The head of the Syrian Observatory, Rami Abdel Rahman, advised AFP that President Assad’s forces had surrounded the town from three sides within the house of forty eight hours by capturing several villages. Rabia had been controlled by different teams including al-Nusra – an al-Qaeda affiliate. At least 50 persons are reported to have been killed in north-jap Nigeria in a gun and bomb attack by suspected Boko Haram militants. Pictures from the village of Dalori show burned-out buildings and charred livestock.
Al-Qaeda militants attacked the Splendid Hotel within the West African state’s capital, Ouagadougou, as well as a cafe and one other hotel nearby. Four of the attackers have been killed, two of them reportedly women.
Fires from the burning village might be seen within the town of Maiduguri, almost 10km away. One witness reported listening to the screams of youngsters as huts had been set on fireplace. Other survivors say the shooting on Saturday evening continued for hours and left barely any elements of the village untouched. Residents stated a minimum of 50 people have been killed, though a Reuters reporter counted sixty five bodies at a hospital morgue. At least 50 folks have died in blasts near the Shia shrine of Sayyida Zeinab, south of Syria’s capital Damascus.
Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag called an “act of terrorism”. Large plumes of smoke have been seen rising from the area and witnesses mentioned the blast was heard everywhere in the city. More than 10 million folks in India’s capital, Delhi, are without water after protesters sabotaged a key canal which provides a lot of town.
A bus station and a building housing military headquarters had been hit by the blasts, which mangled nearby autos. It happened as the federal government and opposition teams gathered in Geneva in a bid to start out talks aimed toward a political answer to the conflict.
The attack, claimed by the Islamic State group, was geared toward disrupting the talks, the EU stated. At least 24 people have died in current days in central Java, Indonesia, from ingesting illegally-produced alcohol. Most died after buying the black-market spirits, created from ethanol, water and fruit, from a couple in Sleman, north of Yogyakarta metropolis. The alleged maker and seller of the drink has been arrested. A large explosion within the Turkish capital, Ankara, has left at least 28 people useless and 61 injured, Turkish officers have said. A vehicle filled with explosives was detonated as military buses have been passing by, according to the Ankara governor’s office. The blast happened in an area close to parliament and Turkey’s navy headquarters.
The military took management of the Munak canal after Jat community protesters, offended at caste job quotas, seized it. All Delhi’s faculties have been closed due to the water crisis. Sixteen individuals have been killed and tons of damage in three days of riots.
The siege at the Splendid was declared over after a joint operation by native and French security forces. The Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb militant group has stated it carried out the assault. Syrian authorities forces say they have seized the final major city held by rebels in western Latakia province. State TV stated Rabia, in rebel hands for 4 years, was overrun by the military and “popular defence” forces.