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Rebels surrender to U.N. following attack on Congo mining hub
KINSHASA, March 24 (Reuters) – Nearly 250 rebels who attacked a military camp and the provincial governor’s office in Democratic Republic of Congo’s southern mining hub of Lubumbashi on Saturday have surrendered, the country’s U.N. peacekeeping mission said.
Syrian rebels report capture of provincial capital
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian opposition fighters captured the northeastern city of Raqqa on Monday and crowds toppled a statue of President Bashar al-Assad’s father, opposition sources and residents said.
UPDATE 4-France bombs Mali rebels, African states ready troops
* Islamist group says French hostages and citizens at risk
CAR rebels say aim is not to join government
PARIS, Dec 30 (Reuters) – The Seleka rebel alliance in the Central African Republic will consider an offer by President Francois Bozize on Sunday to form a coalition government, but the group’s aim is not to join the existing government, … Continue reading
U.S., rebels urge gloomy Moscow to help oust Assad
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s rebel leadership and the United States seized on Russian pessimism over President Bashar al-Assad’s future to urge Moscow to help push its ally into ceding power and end the battles closing in around his capital.
Russia says Syrian rebels might win; car bomb kills 16
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian rebels are gaining ground and might win, Russia’s deputy foreign minister said on Thursday, in the starkest such admission from a major ally of President Bashar al-Assad.
Russia says Syrian rebels might win; car bomb kills 16
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian rebels are gaining ground and might win, Russia’s deputy foreign minister said on Thursday, in the starkest such admission from a major ally of President Bashar al-Assad.
CORRECTED-UPDATE 5-Congo army fights back, rebels hold Goma
(Corrects 1st paragraph to clarify U.N. peacekeepers stayed in Goma)
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Rebels ‘attack key Syria airbase’
Rebels in Syria say they have launched a major offensive to capture the key airbase of Taftanaz in the north of the country.
Assad forces accused of using cluster bombs as rebels gain
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian government forces have dropped Russian-made cluster bombs over civilian areas in the past week as they battle to reverse rebel gains on a strategic highway, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday.