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Self-proclaimed Islamic State in Iraq and Sham (ISIS) militants captured 170 youths from two villages located in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Saturday, according to a security source.
The youths are from the al-Jubur tribe and were taken to a prison in Hawija district located 55 km from the city of Kirkuk.
Massacre of soldiers in Libya, killed by a group of armed militants. At least 18 people, 17 soldiers and one civilian, have been killed in attack against a check-point in central district of Giofra.
At least 19 people were killed overnight by Syrian rebel fire on government-controlled parts of the northern city of Aleppo, a monitor said yesterday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the dead included at least five children, three of whom were killed with their mother when a rocket hit the car they were in.
At least 11 people were killed and six others were injured in Cameroon when Boko Haram militants opened fire on a bus late Thursday, local time, residents said.
The attack to place in Waza, a region bordering northeast Nigeria.
The Operation to Liberate Sinjar started by Kurdish joint forces of defense in the Yazidi town on 19 December is continuing.
HPG (People’s Defense Forces) Sinjar Command and YBŞ (Sinjar Resistance Units) General Command reported in a written statement that clashes erupted yesterday afternoon after HPG and YBŞ forces noticed and intervened a group of ISIS members that attempted to attack the areas held by Kurdish forces.
Burmese army’s 5th Light Infantry Regiment troops on Sunday launched a surprise attack on Kachin volunteer troops under KIA’s 6th Battalion near Kahtan Yang village located on Mogaung-Hpakant motor road at around 4:30 pm.
Pakistani forces targeted 12 Indian posts late last night along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir, at an area where cross border firing killed an Indian jawan and four Pakistani soldiers hours before.
Reports suggest that a civilian was injured in mortar shelling by Pakistani troops through the night in Samba district, 41 km from Jammu. This is the third ceasefire violation by Pakistan in two days.