Euronews
| Dec 1, 2012
Rebel M23 forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo moved out of Goma as promised, pulling back the agreed 20 kilometers to allow talks to begin with the government in Kinshasa. However, will the rebels newly seized arsenal and the DRC military's...
Al Jazeera English
| Nov 30, 2012
M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo say the United Nations is stopping trucks full of weapons and ammunition from leaving the city of Goma. The rebels were due to meet a Friday deadline to retreat from the city after capturing it la...
France 24
| Nov 28, 2012
Two Syrian military aircraft downed in two days -- seemingly by ground-to-air missiles -- changes everything, says Joshua Landis of SyriaComment.com, who believes the growing dominance of the Syrian Free Army in the north of the country may force ...
Euronews
| Nov 20, 2012
French combat troops in Afghanistan are preparing to come home on Tuesday as their mission officially ends. Some 400 soldiers are pulling out from their forward operating base in Kapisa province to handover to the Afghan army. Between now and th...
Al Jazeera English
| Sep 29, 2012
Rebel al-Shabaab fighters have pulled out of the southern port city of Kismayo, their last stronghold in Somalia, after a military assault by Kenyan and Somali troops, the rebels have said. "The military command of al-Shabab mujahedeen ordered a t...
Al Jazeera English
| Apr 20, 2012
After weeks of fighting along the Sudanese border, Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has declared victory against his southern neighbor. The news was met with celebrations in Khartoum, but South Sudan has denied it suffered a military def...
Al Jazeera English
| Mar 14, 2012
US defense secretary Leon Panetta is in Afghanistan to hold talks with local leaders, with emotions running high just days after a rogue American soldier killed 16 civilians in Kandahar Province.
— Apr 5, 2012 at 02:28 pm
...UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council is calling on Syria "to urgently and visibly" fulfill its pledge to halt the use of troops and heavy ...
— Apr 20, 2012 at 07:24 am
— May 13, 2012 at 11:44 pm
A withdrawal is a type of military operation, generally meaning retreating forces back while maintaining contact with the enemy. A withdrawal may be undertaken as part of a general retreat, to consolidate forces, to occupy ground that is more easily defended, or to lead the enemy into an ambush. It is considered a relatively risky operation, requiring discipline to keep from turning into a disorganized rout.
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