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“During this operation, 178 people held hostage by terrorists were saved, including 101 children, 67 women and 10 men”, he said in a statement.

Hundreds have been freed from Boko Haram captivity this year but none of the 219 girls abducted in April 2014 from a school in Chibok were among those rescued.

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian troops rescued 178 people from Boko Haram in attacks that destroyed several camps of the Islamic extremists in the northeast of the country, an army statement said Sunday.

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has called the trials “a travesty” held in secret because the soldiers’ evidence is a condemnation of Nigeria’s military establishment – indicating corrupt officers often divert money meant for salaries and arms.

The Nigerian air force said its Alpha jet was instrumental in assisting ground troops repel an attack by Boko Haram on Bita Village in Borno state. Nigerian Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh, who was fired by President Muhammadu Buhari this month together with your complete army...

Boko Haram extremists slit the throats of 10 fishermen in villages near Baga on the shores of the Lake Chad in northeastern Nigeria, a leading fisherman and a resident said Thursday.

He said the fear that a few members of the dreaded Islamic sect may be amongst the IDPs, caused the Cameroonain authorities to take the “involuntary action of repatriating these set of 1500 IDPs and thereby dismantling the camps in the affected location”.

Bahçeli earlier suggested that the MHP form a coalition with the AK Party if it agrees to prevent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan meddling in government affairs in line with constitutional limits, end the initiative to resolve the Kurdish issue through talks with the imprisoned...

Turkey had been reluctant to join U.S.-led coalition airstrikes against the Islamic State group.

The bombing followed a decision by Turkey this week to allow the U.S. military to use the Incirlik air base near the border with Syria to launch airstrikes against the Islamic State.

The jets pounded targets early on Friday, the prime minister’s office said in a statement, confirming earlier comments from a Turkish official.