According to reports from the British-based Syrian Observatory on Human Rights (SOHR), government attacks on the town of Douma, east of Damascus, killed at least 12 and wounded at least 100 on February 5.

The Jaysh al-Islam (Army of Islam) group, which operates in the east Ghouta town of Douma, was reported to have carried out shelling of Damascus on the same day.

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The battle has been led by the Badr Brigade, a Shia group in the Iraqi army [Reuters]

The Iraqi government and a powerful group of Shia fighters have declared victory over the the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group in the key Iraqi province of Diyala.

The offensive has been led by the Badr Brigade, a Shia group in the Iraqi army.

The group held a victory rally on Monday and says it is ready to move north into ISIL strongholds.

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At least 10 people have been killed in Yemen over the past four days in attacks led by an al-Qaeda’s affiliate against Shi’ite Houthi fighters and the Yemeni army, local officials and the group said.

Yemen has been in limbo since its president and prime minister resigned less than two weeks ago after the Houthis seized the presidential palace and confined the head of state to his residence in a struggle to tighten control over Yemen.

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Clashes broke out Friday between fighters of al-Nusra Front (Syrian branch of al-Qaeda) and rebels of Hazm Movement in the western countryside of Aleppo. The clashes followed attacks by Nusra militants against strongholds of Hazm in Aleppo earlier on Thursday, activists reported.

Al-Nusra group took control Thursday of the Hazm Movement’s headquarters in Salman Camp in the western countryside of Aleppo after a fierce battle between the two sides in the vicinity of the towns of Atareb and Orim.

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On Thursday, a local source in Nineveh province said, that the paramilitary Kurdish Peshmerga forces repelled a violent attack on western Mosul and killed 30 elements of the ISIS group.

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