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The violence has pitted the Islamist-led government's security forces against fighters from Assad's Alawite minority.

More than $13 million in US funding for an international security force helping fight armed gangs in Haiti has been frozen, the UN says.

Bushra Bibi entered the capital Islamabad this week with thousands of PTI party supporters who breached heavy security force barricades.

The vehicle was carrying gun-bearing soldiers on a street in Dhaka, as security forces cracked down on student-led protests.

Hundreds of farmers began marching towards Delhi on Tuesday morning after talks between their unions and the government fell through.

Security forces were conducting searches and regaining control of the prisons, the military said.

Datuk Johan Mahmood Merican had been instructed to monitor the task force to ensure approval for the purpose is expedited.

Security forces are already stretched by extensive armed opposition and a strong response on one front could expose the military elsewhere.

For Israelis, images of dead bodies lying in the streets or groups of civilians being driven or marched into captivity in Gaza came as a profound shock.

Israeli media reports gun battles between bands of Palestinian fighters and security forces in southern Israel.

Western nations have poured resources into Niger to bolster its security forces in the face of a growing insurgency by Islamist groups.

A police official said the operation to arrest Khan was halted temporarily to accommodate cricket's PSL played at a stadium nearby.

Three men believed to be militants were killed in a shootout with security forces in Narathiwat, Thailand, on Friday.

Mexican security forces captured drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman, a son of jailed kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, triggering a wave of violence.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic ordered combat readiness Monday for the armed forces and security services at the highest level, said Defence Minister Milos Vucevic.