1. Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps denies the US military claim that it has fired rockets near an American aircraft carrier in the Strait of Hormuz.
2. Daesh terrorists, disguised in Iraqi army uniforms, execute forty civilians including women and children east of Ramadi. The city has been recently liberated from Daesh.
3. A leading Arab rights advocacy group says the detention of a Palestinian boy by Israeli forces is a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law.
4. Saudi Arabia pushes ahead with its bombardment of Yemen targeting Sana’a International Airport and an adjacent military base. Several civilians are also killed in Hajjah.
5. Nigeria’s president says he is open to talks with Boko Haram Takfiri militants over the release of two hundred schoolgirls abducted by the terror group.