An Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle strike in the northern Sinai Peninsula killed five suspected Islamist militants and destroyed a rocket launcher Aug. 9, Egyptian security officials said, AP reported.
Several high-ranking Egyptian security and intelligence officers appointed by former President Mohammed Morsi have been removed from their posts, Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv reported Aug. 8.
Two separate gunfights between Nigerian security forces and Islamist militant group Boko Haram killed at least 35 people, Reuters reported Aug. 5, citing the army.
An Egyptian soldier was killed and two others wounded Aug. 5 by gunmen who opened fire at an army checkpoint outside a military building in northern Sinai, AFP reported.
Syrian rebels took control of four villages in the coastal province of Latakia, Lebanon’s Daily Star reported Aug. 5, citing the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
More than 100,000 people protested in Taiwan on Aug. 3 in response to the death of a young conscript who was allegedly abused in the military, AFP reported.
