Iran urges US to share information on al-Qaeda

These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:

• Two assailants briefly take several people hostage in a church near the northern French city of Rouen. Police say the attackers and one hostage are killed.
  
• Syria once again accuses Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey of supporting militant groups fighting government forces in the country.
  
• Israeli troops raze nearly a dozen Palestinian homes in the West Bank town of Qalandiya. Many Palestinians are injured in the ensuing clashes.
  
• Iran says it has no information about the presence of al-Qaeda members on its soil, as claimed by the US.
  
• Forces loyal to the former Yemeni president shell a village in Ta’izz province, forcing residents to flee their homes. No immediate report of casualties.

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