Mosque in pakistan. Robert mu mugabe confronts several challenges on the continent. We begin with attacks by Islamic State of iraq and the levant. Isil fighters have killed at least 15 solders. A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives close to an iraqi army base. At least ten were walkeded in the exchange of fire that followed. Isil fighters have killed a senior kurdish soldier. Gunmen stormed the hotel in the oilrich city triggering a fire fight with police and Kurdish Forces. Dozens were injured in the violence. The Kurdish Forces took control of Kirkuk Province in june when the iraqi army abandoned its position there. Al jazeera has gained a rare incite into what life is like for People Living in the iraqi city of mosul, which is under the control of fighters from isil. Mosul with considered iraqs second largest city. Tense of thousands have since fled the violence there. It is considered strategic because of the nearby mosul dam which supplies most of the countrys power. Right
The fight against obesity epidemic getting bigger and bigger. Thousands of syrians living abroad are casting votes ahead of next weeks president ial e elections. Poll all but certain to rubber stamp bashar al assad. In lebanon thousands have blocked to the embassy in beirut that is the one and only polling station there. Lebanon is home to more than a million syrian refugees. Only 40,000 are on the register. We are looking at voting in jordan where nearly a quarter of the population is syrian. You have a fraction, 35,000, estimated 35,000 who are actually registered to vote. Lets go to beirut. It was chaotic two hours ago. It looks the same now . Its still chaotic but a little more under control. We are in front of the Syrian Embassy. You can see the people going in to the embassy a couple of hours ago, the crowds were on top of each other, desperate to get in. Some of them, some supporters support Bashar Al Asaad. Some believe he has prevailed after three years of fierce battles. For
June 12, 2024. Dear President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, I extend my warmest congratulations to you on your victory in the 2023 presidential poll as affirmed and