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Dozens of people are reported to have been killed in an air strike on a refugee camp in rebel-held northern Syria, monitors say.
Images on social media showed tents destroyed at the Kamouna camp near Sarmada in Idlib province, close to the Turkish border.
Israeli aircraft struck five Hamas targets in Gaza on Wednesday in response to mortar rounds fired at Israel from the coastal territory run by the Islamic militant group, the military said.
The military did not specify what was hit, saying only that “Hamas terrorist infrastructure” was targeted in southern Gaza. Palestinian media reported that open areas were struck as well as a guard post. No injuries were reported.
Kurdish Peshmerga forces in fight with IS militants. Photo: Peshmerga sources/sm
Islamic State militants attacked Kurdish peshmerga forces on multiple fronts in northern Iraq on Tuesday, breaching their defenses and briefly taking over a town, military sources said.
The attacks around the northern city of Mosul are the largest against Kurdish forces in recent months by the insurgents, who have been losing ground to an array of forces in the north and west of the country.
Rebel fire on a hospital in a government-controlled neighbourhood of Syria’s battered second city Aleppo left dozens dead or wounded on Tuesday (May 3), state television reported.
The rockets hit Al-Dabbeet hospital in the Muhafaza district, the television said.
Turkish forces and coalition aircraft have killed at least 63 Daesh terrorists in northern Syria, a security source said Monday.
The strikes by artillery and armed aerial drones followed rocket attacks on Turkey’s southern Kilis province from Syria on Sunday. Eight people were wounded in two attacks launched from Daesh-controlled territory.