Turkish authorities are conducting an investigation into a bombing attack in front of the interior ministry’s building in Ankara, the capital city. Two police officers suffered minor injuries in the attack. One of the attackers died after detonating a suicide bomb, while the police shot and killed the other bomber. Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya provided these details. (Türkiye-Bomb Attack)
In response to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Turkish forces carried out airstrikes in northern Iraq. The country’s Defense Ministry announced that 20 targets belonging to the PKK were destroyed in the airstrikes. The PKK bases in Gara, Hakurk, Metina, and Qandil were specifically targeted. (Türkiye-Iraq-Kurdish Militants-Airstrikes)
After experiencing devastating floods, schools in Derna, an eastern city in Libya, reopened. The floods resulted in numerous casualties and massive destruction. Libya’s Education Ministry stated that students whose schools were damaged or destroyed would be accommodated by other schools. (Libya-Schools Reopen)
The Iraqi authorities have ruled out intentional causes for a fire incident that occurred at a wedding party in a predominantly Christian town in northern Iraq. More than a hundred lives were lost in the fire. Saad al-Dulaimi, the head of the investigation committee, shared the probe’s findings during a press conference in Baghdad. The final death toll is reported as 107, with 82 people injured. (Iraq-Wedding Hall Fire-Probe Result)
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