UK Labour leader gives party members free vote on Syria airstrikes

1. Russia’s president says Ankara’s decision to shoot down a defenseless, non-threatening Russian warplane was dictated by the desire to defend Daesh's oil supplies to Turkey.

2. The British premier says Parliament will hold a debate Wednesday on whether the UK should launch airstrikes against militants in Syria after Labour MP-s were given the right to free vote.

3. An Israeli court suspends the conviction of the key person accused in the brutal burning to death of Palestinian teenager Muhammad Abu Khudair in 2014.

4. Saudi Arabia kills more civilians in its airstrikes on Yemen as Ansarullah fighters and allied army units launch retaliatory attacks, killing at least 4 Saudi soldiers and several foreign troops.

5. Millions of pilgrims continue marching on Iraq’s holy city of Karbala to mark Arba’een, the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of the third Shia Imam.

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