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Intense fighting has been reported in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh inside Azerbaijan, with heavy casualties reported on both sides and the OSCE expressing its “grave concern” at developments.
The Armenian military accused Azerbaijani forces of launching a major offensive, involving tanks, heavy artillery, and helicopter gunships.
The New IRA terror group has warned of more attacks on prison officers and members of the security forces in Northern Ireland.
In a statement to mark the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland, the paramilitary organisation claimed that “a century on and the IRA armed actions against Britain and her agents are [as] legitimate as they were in 1916”.
Turkish fighter jets have heavily pounded the Islamic State (IS) position near Mosul, in the north of Iraq.
In response to a recent IS offensive in northern Iraq against the Turkish troops, Turkish warplanes carried out airstrikes against four IS positions in the area on Saturday.
One Ukrainian serviceman was killed, another ten were wounded in the ATO area in eastern Ukraine as a result of the intensified armed hostilities.
Spokesman for the Presidential Administration on the anti-terrorist operation, Colonel Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing in Kyiv, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
Turkish military forces shelled Daesh in northern Iraq after the terror group attempted an attack on the Bashiqa military camp on Tuesday morning.
Military sources said that a group of Daesh militants attempted an attack on the camp near Mosul, a stronghold of the group in northern Iraq, but Turkish military foiled the plot by opening fire on them.