Turkey says purges Daesh terrorists from north Syria

Here is a round-up of global news developments:

• Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country’s army and its allied forces have purged Daesh terrorists from north of Syria. Erdogan noted that the Turkey-backed forces would now begin their push southward, marching on the key town of Bab in Aleppo province.
• A Palestinian man has been shot and injured by Israeli forces in occupied Jerusalem Al-Quds. He is in critical condition. The Palestinian had allegedly wounded two Israeli soldiers with a knife. Earlier, Israeli forces shot and injured another Palestinian man over a suspected knife attack in the occupied West Bank.
• Russia’s ruling party led by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is heading to an easy victory in the parliamentary elections held on Sunday. With 93-percent of votes counted, the United Russia Party is leading the polls with over 54% of the ballots. The communist party is in second place.
• Australia says its aircraft were among a group of Western warplanes that targeted Syrian military installations in Dayr al-Zawr on Saturday and killed at least 83 Syrian soldiers there. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has voiced regret over the bloodshed that also left at least 100 military personnel injured.
• The Turkish army says its Air Force has pounded Daesh positions in north of Syria. The Turkish warplanes hit three purported Daesh targets used as shelters, an ammunition depot and the terrorist group's military headquarters. The airstrikes were reportedly carried out on Sunday.
• The self-proclaimed Libyan National Army headed by renegade General Khalifah Haftar has repelled attacks by rival groups on a key oil facility in east of the country. They’ve forced out militias loyal to the UN-backed Unity government, based in Tripoli, from the vicinity of the port of Zuwetina.
• Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Asian countries should not allow regional tensions to turn into a pretext for the intervention of super-powers. In a meeting with head of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea Kim Yong Nam, the president stressed the need for a political settlement of differences.
• Germans on their bikes have pedaled through the central city of Halli in a rally against racism and xenophobia. The protesters rode the streets of the city in Saxony-Anhalt state, calling for more tolerance and understanding of cultural differences. Riot police were dispatched to the scene to prevent confrontations.

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