Soldiers

The International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday it had facilitated the release of 125 Sudanese army soldiers held captive by the country’s rival paramilitary force. The soldiers walked free on Wednesday, the ICRC said, as the…

Militants attacked a security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, near the border with Afghanistan, triggering a shootout that left three soldiers and three militants dead, the army said Sunday. Four militants were also wounded, the…

Two Yemeni soldiers were killed and three others were injured on Sunday morning when Al-Qaeda militants attacked their outpost in the southern province of Shabwa, local officials and media reports said. This was Al-Qaeda’s bloodiest…

Israeli soldiers will for the first time take part in military exercises in Morocco when the biggest war games event in Africa kicks off Tuesday, the Israeli army said. “This is the first time that the IDF is taking an active part in the…

Fighters opposed to the government in Moscow say they have captured some Russian soldiers in Belgorod, near the border with Ukraine. Belgorod’s top official replied to say he had agreed to meet the men’s captors if the soldiers were…

Around 25 NATO peacekeeping soldiers defending three town halls in northern Kosovo were injured in clashes with Serb protesters on Monday, while Serbia’s president put the army on the highest level of combat alert. KFOR, the NATO-led…

Israel has launched air raids on outposts in Syria’s Homs province, wounding at least five soldiers, according to the Syrian defense ministry. The raids early on Sunday were the third in recent days and came only a day after another…

Syrian media reported that Israel launched air strikes in the Damascus region early Thursday, wounding two soldiers and causing material damage. Strong explosions were heard over the Syrian capital at around 1:30 a.m., with the official …