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4 killed in missile strike on Medicins Sans Frontieres clinic in Yemen
At least four people have been killed in a missile strike on a Medecins Sans Frontieres medical facility in Yemen, a spokesman has confirmed. The organization “strongly condemns this,” while adding that 10 people have been injured in the attack. The facility, which was hit by a rocket on Sunday, is in Razeh in the...
Militants deploy prohibited weapons in Sloviansk and Mariupol direction – intelligence data
Representatives of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission operating in the Anti-Terrorist Operation Zone (ATO) have informed about the presence of weapons, which are prohibited according to the Minsk agreements, in areas near Debaltseve and Mospyne, the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported....
German Tornado jets begin mission against Islamic State
German Tornado jets have flown their first reconnaissance mission over territory held by the Islamic State, according to Deutsche Welle. German Tornado reconnaissance jets flew for the first time on Friday in a mission against the extremist militia group calling itself "Islamic State" (IS) on Friday, Deutsche Welle...
OSCE reports Donbas militants still deny access to occupied Kominternove
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine reports that militants from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) still deny access to the buffer-zone village of Kominternove, which was reportedly occupied by the combined Russian-separatist forces late in December 2015. "Armed 'DPR' members...
Israeli police shoot dead Arab man wanted over Tel Aviv shooting — report
Israeli police have killed an Arab Israeli wanted over a shooting incident in Tel Aviv last week, in which three people were killed, according to Israeli media. Nashat Melhem was in hiding at a mosque in a northern Arab town of Arara when police tracked him down, according to various media reports. Melhem was killed in a...
At least 65 killed in bomb attack on Libya police training center
A truck rigged with explosives crashed into a police training camp in Zliten, Libya, on Thursday, killing dozens and injuring up to 200, according to various sources. At least 65 people were killed, Reuters reported citing hospital sources. Civilians were among the casualties who were transferred to a hospital in nearby...
OSCE reports increased presence of armed men in occupied Debaltseve
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine has reported an increased presence of armed men in the militant-controlled town of Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine. "In 'Donetsk People's Republic' ('DPR')-controlled Debaltseve (57km north-east of Donetsk) the SMM observed a calm situation, but an...
ISIS facility masters ‘missiles, hi-tech bombs’ — report
Islamic State militants are reportedly developing surface-to-air missiles that can hit airliners and military jets, as well as hi-tech car bombs, in a R&D lab in Syria, according to a footage obtained by Sky News. In video footage passed to Sky News by Free Syrian Army fighters, a surprisingly clean and well-lit workshop...
Google Translate turns Russia into ‘Mordor’
A glitch in the Google Translate service saw Russia turning into the grim and rotten land of ‘Mordor’ from J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” when translated from Ukrainian to Russian, proving that a “fully automated” algorithm can’t always be trusted. Numerous screenshots of...
Militants fire 20 times at Ukrainian positions overnight
Pro-Russian illegal armed groups opened fire 20 times in the direction of Ukrainian forces, twice the amount of attacks recorded the previous day, as reported by the press center of the ATO. From 18:00 yesterday until midnight, the militants were most active in the area of the Donetsk airport. "They opened chaotic fire...
Intensity of Russian proxies’ attacks on Ukraine goes down to 10 per day
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked positions of the Ukrainian army participating in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone in eastern Ukraine 10 times in the past day, according to the ATO press center. "Since the beginning of Monday, militants tried 10 times to provoke ATO forces into violating the full...
Ukraine intel spots militant MBTs, self-propelled guns near Makyivka, Mospine
The overall situation in the zone of the Anti-Terrorist Operation remains difficult, according to the Main Intelligence Division of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry. "The enemy attacked 11 times using small arms and rocket-propelled grenades, of which five attacks were on Troitske, Luhanske, Novhorodske (Slaviansk...