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Iraq begins massive offensive to fully liberate Ramadi

Tuesday, 22 December 2015 3:39 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 22 December 2015 3:40 PM ]

Iraqi tribal forces hold a position in the Tel Mushaihed area, east of Ramadi, a large city on the Euphrates 100 kilometres (60 miles) west of Baghdad on December 17, 2015. AFP

The Iraqi army begins a massive offensive to fully liberate the central city of Ramadi from the Daesh terrorists. Iraqi troops have now advanced into the center of Ramadi. The soldiers had earlier taken control of its suburbs. Ramadi fell to the ISIL in May.
At least nine schoolgirls are killed and 20 others wounded in a mortar attack carried out by the Daesh terrorists in Syria's eastern city of Dayr al-Zawr. Some sources say the fatalities are likely to increase as many of the wounded are in critical condition.
The Greece parliament has recognized the State of Palestine in a session attended by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Lawmakers passed a resolution giving recognition to a Palestinian State within the 1967 borders. Palestine is currently recognized by 135 of the 193 United Nations member states.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says his administration is set to issue State of Palestine passports next year. Abbas has also called for an end to Israeli settlement expansions and the release of Palestinian prisoners. He made the remarks after a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens.
Israeli settlers have targeted a Palestinian family in another hate-fueled attack in the occupied West bank. The assailants threw two smoke grenades into a home in the town of Beitillu in the early morning hours. A Palestinian infant and his parents, who were inside the house, were not hurt in the attack.
The United Nations Children's Fund says Boko Haram insurgency has forced more than one million children out of school in Nigeria and neighboring countries. According to UNICEF, more than 2-thousand schools in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger have been closed and hundreds more damaged because of the violence.
Burundi lawmakers reject the deployment of an African Union peacekeeping force to help check the current spate of violence in the country. They've called on the government not to mortgage the national sovereignty to the African Union. Burundi has been gripped by a political turmoil that has claimed hundreds of lives.
The number of British families living in emergency accommodation has reached a record high. Official figures show that nearly 69-thousand families had to stay in bed-and-breakfast lodging and other temporary housing between July and September. That’s the highest number in a three-month period since the 2008 financial crash.

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