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At least 50 people were killed and wounded in clashes which erupted between the Syrian army and Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) on Thursday in the Kurdish city of Qamishli in Rojava, northern Syria.
A well-placed source close to the YPG confirmed to Rudaw that since “5pm clashes have stopped at Qamishli. 30 people were killed, among them six are civilians and others are Syrian army soldiers.”
Yemen’s Houthi rebels and their allies have agreed to join delayed UN-brokered peace talks in Kuwait, their representatives said on Wednesday.
The rebels agreed to join the talks after receiving assurances from the UN envoy and ambassadors that a ceasefire in effect since 11 April would be respected by loyalist forces, the rebels’ Al-Masirah television quoted Houthi representative Saleh al-Sammad as saying.
Thirty-three civilians were killed and dozens of others injured on Tuesday when the Syrian air force attacked the city of Maarat al-Numan and the town of Kafr Nabl in the northwestern province of Idlib, a Syrian civil defense official told Anadolu Agency.
According to Omar Alwan, a civil defense official based in Maarat al-Numan, 28 civilians were killed and another 33 injured when a Syrian warplane struck a marketplace in Maarat al-Numan.
Iran has deployed the regular army in its first overseas operation since the 1979 Revolution to bolster Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad amid fears in Tehran that Russia may agree to his removal.
Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards have maintained a discreet presence in Syria since the civil war began five years ago. But reports of the deaths of Iranian commandos in Syria has shed light over a shift in the Islamic Republic’s policy.
Iraqi army forces announced Thursday the liberation of the key district of Hit in Iraq’s northern province of Anbar from the radical group of Islamic State (ISIS) after several months of fighting.
Local media sources confirmed that the Iraqi army forces have caused the ISIS group heavy losses in manpower and equipment during the las few days.
