Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) positions in northern Kurdistan Region areas near the Turkish border on Sunday, the Turkish military said.

The Turkish jets hit a number of targets in northern Iraq’s Zap, Mount Qandil, Sinat-Haftanin, Gara and Hakurk regions in northern Kurdistan Region, the Turkish General Staff said on Monday, state-run Anadolu Agency said.

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As many as 23 al-Houthi militants and four pro-government tribesmen have been killed in fierce clashes in the central province of Baydha when the Iran-backed rebels launched an attack to expand their territories, state-run media and activists said on Sunday.

A large number of heavily-armed fighters mounted an offensive on Al Humygani tribesmen in Al Zaher district, setting off bloody clashes that continued Saturday afternoon, Abdul Rab Al Humygani, a local activist close to government fighters, told Gulf News.

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Syria’s army and its allies captured Daesh’s (also known as ISIS or ISIL) last stronghold in Syria on Wednesday, media reports said.

“The last stronghold of Daesh, al-Bukamal, is free of the Daesh organization,” a commander in the Syrian army said to Reuters.

Syrian state television also confirmed that “al-Bukamal is liberated”.

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Fierce armed clashes continued Sunday between Yemeni security forces and the Islamic State (IS) militants at Aden’s security HQ, killing 21 people, a military source said.

A military source based in Aden’s neighborhood of KhorMaksar said that the security forces supported by anti-terror units attempted to raid the building of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), but a huge explosion occurred.

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Syrian Government troops announced they have liberated the eastern city of Deir ez-Zor from the so-called Islamic State group.

The army says it is now in full control of the long-contested city as it flushes out the terror group from its last remaining strongholds in the oil-rich province bordering Iraq.

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