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Russian, Syrian security forces aim to push Kurdish fighters back from the border as part of deal reached with Turkey.
Russian military police deployed on the streets of Syria’s northeast border town of Kobane on Thursday under a deal with Turkey to drive out Kurdish fighters.
About four Yemeni soldiers were killed and eight others injured on Monday during an armed confrontation in the southern province of Abyan, a military official told Xinhua.
According to the local military official, who asked to remain anonymous, pro-government Yemeni forces clashed with security units of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Mudiyah district in the eastern part of Abyan.
Two members of Iraq’s security forces were killed and three wounded when ISIS militants attacked checkpoints in the Alas oilfields area of the northern Salahuddin province on Monday, the military said in a statement.
Turkey and Syrian Kurdish forces are both accusing each other of violating a temporary ceasefire agreement in northern Syria.
The US announced on Thursday it had brokered a five-day pause in fighting to allow Kurdish forces to withdraw.
Turkey has agreed to a temporary ceasefire to allow Kurdish-led troops to withdraw from northern Syria.
The country will pause its offensive in the area, overseen by the US, for 120 hours in order to allow for the pullback.