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Israeli aircraft downed in Golan Heights

Tuesday, 13 September 2016 10:01 AM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 13 September 2016 10:01 AM ]

Here is a round-up of global news developments:

The Syrian Army says its forces have shot down an Israeli warplane in southwest of the town of Quneitra in the hourly hours of Tuesday after it pounded military’s positions in the area.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has accused Israel of carrying out ethnic cleansing against the Palestinians.
The Syrian army says foreign-backed militants have twice violated a newly-implemented ceasefire which went into effect on Monday.
The Qatari military says three of its soldiers have been killed in Yemen. On Monday, Yemen’s Ansarullah fighters also gunned down six Saudi soldiers in the Kingdom’s Najran and Asir provinces.
Protests in Indian-controlled Kashmir have turned violent, leaving two protesters dead and scores more injured.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has called for the withdrawal of U-S Special Forces from islands in the southern Philippines.
Brazil’s lower house of Congress has overwhelmingly voted to expel former speaker Eduardo Konya, who led the drive to impeach former president Dilma Rousseff.
Colombia’s FARC rebels have apologized for the grave pain they’ve caused by kidnapping thousands of people during half a century of conflict.

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