Iran slams deadly terrorist attacks in Syria

Here is a round-up of global news developments:

• Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Bahram Qassemi, has condemned the latest wave of terrorist attacks in Syria which left nearly 50 people dead. Qassemi said Daesh is resorting to targeting civilians because they’re losing on the battlefield. He urged the international community to act responsibly against the bloodshed.
  
• A car bomb explosion in the Iraqi capital Baghdad has left 9 people dead and 30 more wounded. The blast occurred near a hospital in Karrada district. Daesh Takfiri terrorists have claimed responsibility for the attack. Reports say the death toll is expected to rise.
  
• Turkey says its fighter jets have conducted airstrikes in northern Iraq, killing 30 Kurdish militants. According to a Turkish military source, air raids targeted the positions of militants from the Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK in Qandil Mountains. Unconfirmed reports say some senior PKK officials were among the dead.
  
• A massive explosion has hit the Afghan capital Kabul, with no immediate reports of casualties.The blast occurs hours after twin bombings claimed by Taliban militants killed at least 24 people near the Afghan defense ministry.
  
• Israeli warplanes have targeted residential buildings, north of the city of Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip. Israeli tanks also shelled the besieged Palestinian territory. There are no reports of casualties. Tel Aviv says the airstrikes hit sites belonging to the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas.
  
• Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have agreed on Russia’s proposal to go back to the negotiating table. Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to host a face to face meeting between Abbas and Netanyahu in Moscow but the exact date has not been set yet.
  
• In Lebanon, a national dialogue of rival politicians has been suspended after a major Christian party allied to the resistance movement Hezbollah walked out, rejecting the talks as pointless. The Arab country has been without a president for over 2 years because of sharp divisions in the political spectrum.
  
• The UN human rights chief has strongly slammed Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilder for his recent anti-Muslim rhetoric. Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein described Wilders’ pledge to ban Muslim refugees and the Qur’an grotesque. He compared the fear mongering tactics by Wilders to those of Daesh terrorists.

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