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Syrian rebels advancing from the Jordanian border seized a strategic army position in the southern city of Daraa on Friday as fighting raged in the surrounding province, a watchdog said.
“They seized two buildings in the provincial capital that regime forces were using to keep the whole city under surveillance,” Syrian Observatory for Human Rights director Rami Abdel Rahman said.
Health Minister Nurideen Doghman announced five people were killed and nearly 100 people were wounded during clashes between rival militias in Tripoli on Wednesday.
Reports of heavy gunfire and explosions carried on into the night, while heavily armed groups continued to fight for power.
One government soldier has been confirmed dead and 9 others have sustained serious injuries after al-Shabaab attacked a government troops convoy between Qansax Dere and Awdinley towns in Bai region. The troops were attacked as they were heading towards Awdinley when Alshabab fighters launched a sudden attack on the government forces.
AMISOM troops and additional government soldiers arrived at the scene to scare away the al-Shabaab fighters who faced the travelling government convoy. The injured government soldiers have been rushed to Baidoa general hospital.
FIERCE battles have raged on the edges of Damascus as the army presses a major assault to crush rebels around the capital, a monitoring group and activists say.
And in the contested city of Aleppo in the country’s north, rebels attempted to advance into western regime-held districts, sparking clashes with government forces, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday.
The Israeli Army launched seven air strikes on different districts in the Gaza Strip on Monday morning.
Palestinian security sources told that after the missile attack from Gaza Sunday night, Israeli warplanes attacked the districts of Rafah, Khan Yunis and Al Zawaideh for seven times. Most of the missiles hit non-residential areas why there was no casualtines.
At least four suicide bombers and three security guards of Afghan presidential palace were killed following attack in capital Kabul on Tuesday.
Afghan interior ministry officials said the attack was carried out near the eastern entrance gate of the presidential palace around 6:30 am local time.
The officials further added that the militants were equipped with heavy and light military equipments.
The army on Monday stormed the security zone of Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir’s mosque in the Sidon suburb of Abra and arrested a number of gunmen as the Islamist cleric fled to an unknown destination, following clashes that left 16 troops martyred.
Several local TV networks aired live footage showing army troops advancing into Asir’s security zone and arresting a number of his gunmen.