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Pak: Baloch youth killed as state-backed militias continue targeted attack
Updated : 1 year ago IST
According to a report by The Balochistan Post (TBP), the victim, named Karim Dad, son of Manzoor and a resident of the Gomazi area in Tump, was fatally shot by armed individuals in the Kohad area. Local sources informed The Balochistan Post that Karim was in a vehicle when he was attacked an
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Pakistan: Rights group list recent enforced disappearances as Balochistan
Updated : 1 year ago IST
BYC, in a post on X, listed the recent disappearances and alleged that the families of victims were harassed at the hands of "security forces and state-sponsored death squads" and their family members were threatened and their phones were also taken away.
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Pakistan: BYC condemns actions of 'state-sponsored militias' against Baloc
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Leading Baloch human rights body, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) condemned the firing opened by 'state-sponsored militias' which resulted in the injury of an individual who eventually succumbed to death. BYC also highlighted the plight of villagers who are suffering at the hands of 'state s
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PAANK October report highlights alarming human rights abuses in Balochista
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The Baloch National Movement's human rights wing, PAANK, has documented 110 enforced disappearances and six extrajudicial killings in Balochistan during October 2024. Accusing Pakistani forces and allied militias of systematic violence, the report calls for urgent international action to add
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"Shame on them," says PM Netanyahu on France's embargo call against Israel
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, said that "all civilised countries" should be standing firmly by Israel's side as it "fights the forces of barbarism" led by Iran, as he dubbed French President Emmanuel Macron's call for an arms embargo against Israel a "shame."
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In rare admission, Israel acknowledges air strikes in Syria
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
In a rare admission, Israel Defense Forces spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari acknowledged on Saturday that Israel has hit more than 50 targets belonging to Hezbollah and other Iran-backed militias in Syria since October 7.
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US launches retaliatory strikes on Iranian-linked militia targets in Iraq,
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
This marks the beginning of what appears to be a series of more substantial strikes against Iranian-backed militias, who have been implicated in attacks on US troops in the region. Two US officials confirmed the commencement of these retaliatory measures.
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US carries out airstrikes on "Iranian-backed militias" in Iraq after repea
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The United States has carried out airstrikes in Iraq targeting facilities used by "Iranian-backed militias" in the country following repeated attacks on US forces, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement on Tuesday (local time).
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"Will not hesitate...": US after striking Iran-backed facilities in Iraq
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday (local time) said that Washington will not hesitate to attack Iran-backed facilities in Iraq if it becomes "necessary" to protect the security of America.
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Myanmar's military junta faces biggest threat to its power since 2021 coup
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The ruling Junta in Myanmar has been losing vital military locations and border towns to well-armed ethnic militias that have collaborated with resistance forces to launch massive new offensives in recent weeks, CNN reported.
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US airstrikes target Iran-backed militias in Syria
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
US airstrikes on Iran-backed militias in eastern Syria hit a weapons site and training facility, the Pentagon announced on Sunday. The strikes follow recent missile and drone attacks on US forces in Syria and Iraq by Iranian proxy militias.
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US conducts self-defense strikes on 2 facilities linked to Iranian-backed
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The strikes which were conducted on US President Joe Biden's direction, are a response to a series of ongoing and mostly unsuccessful attacks against US personnel in Iraq and Syria by Iranian-backed militia groups that began on October 17, as per a statement by the US Secretary of Defence Ll
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