Bloomberg Kenya’s army said it killed the head of Al Shabaab’s intelligence wing and 10 other leaders in a strike on one of the extremist-militant group’s training camps in southern Somalia. Mahad Karate, who was also a deputy commander of Al Shabaab, died in a “major strike” by the Kenya Defence Forces(KDF) on Feb. 8 at Nadaris, about 300 kilometers ...

Damascus / AFP Trucks carrying aid entered four besieged towns in Syria on Wednesday, in what the United Nations described as a test for the country’s warring sides ahead of a hoped-for ceasefire. The Red Crescent said trucks laden with supplies entered Moadimayet Al Sham, near Damascus, the first delivery of aid since world powers agreed on an ambitious plan ...

Beirut / AFP More than 60 health facilities in Syria supported by the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) charity were hit in attacks last year, with a dozen completely destroyed, the group said on Thursday. In a new report, MSF warned Syria’s health infrastructure “has been decimated”, with frequent aerial assaults and shelling of hospitals and clinics, in violation of international ...