The Daesh terror group has released videos showing the brutal execution of 25 Ansarullah fighters in Yemen. Six men were blown up by a rocket launcher, another six were put on a boat which was exploded, four were killed by mortar shells hung around their necks and nine were beheaded.
Saudi warplanes have targeted a market in the Yemeni province of Sa’ada. There are no reports of casualties. Earlier on Friday, Saudi jets hit various parts of the provinces of Ta’izz and Ma’rib. Over 72-hundred people have been killed in Riyadh’s aggression against its neighbor.
Iraq’s Foreign Ministry has condemned QUOTE the incursion of Turkish military units into Iraqi territories. The Iraqi prime minister's office has also demanded the Turkish government immediately withdraw its troops from Iraq. Ankara deployed hundreds of soldiers to Iraq on Friday.
The U-N human rights office says 16 mass graves have been discovered near the city of Sinjar in northern Iraq, following its liberation from the Daesh terrorist group. The mass graves are believed to contain the remains of the members of the Izadi minority, executed by the terrorists.
China’s Foreign Ministry says Beijing supports Moscow’s anti-terror campaign in Syria. The ministry called Russian airstrikes in line with international law. Meanwhile Russian Defense Ministry has announced its warplanes have hit some 15-hundred targets across Syria over the past week.
Protesters in Bahrain stage anti-government rallies in several villages calling for the release of all political prisoners including prominent opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman. The cleric has been given a 4-year jail term on charges of inciting civil disobedience and insulting public institutions.
EU justice and home affairs ministers agree on the text of a new law forcing the bloc's airlines to share the personal data of passengers with national authorities. The EU parliament will vote on the law next week. Many legislators are opposed to the law as they believe it threatens European citizens' civil liberties.
In the U-S, the family attorneys of one of the shooters involved in Wednesday’s California massacre have appealed to media to avoid stereotyping Muslims as terrorists. Earlier, the F-B-I said it is investigating the attack which killed 14 people as an act of terrorism.