Sunday

August 16, 2015

Armed conflicts and attacks

2015 Douma market air strikes, Syrian Civil War

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a series of air-raids by the Syrian Arab Air Force on the rebel-held market town of Douma kills at least 110 people and leaves hundreds injured. (BBC), (The International Business Times), (Reuters), (Xinhua), (Al Jazeera)

2014–15 India–Pakistan border skirmishes, Kashmir conflict

India and Pakistan trade gunfire over the border in the disputed area of Kashmir leaving eight people killed in the past week. (AP via Fox News)

Turkey–PKK conflict

A clash in Turkey's Kars Province kills a Turkish Army soldier and three PKK militants. (The Daily Star via Reuters)

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

ISIL militants execute 15 women in Mosul. (Al-Manar)

A parliamentary report on the causation for Mosul's fall to ISIL with so little resistance includes former Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki among dozens of officials named. (The Washington Post)

Disasters and accidents

An Indonesian plane (Trigana Air Service Flight 257) with 54 people on board goes missing in Papua. There are later reports that the remains of the aircraft have been found in the Oksibil district. (BBC), (AFP via Yahoo)

Ecuador declares a state of emergency over increased activity at the Cotopaxi volcano near the capital of Quito. Its last major eruption was in 1877. (BBC), (Dalje.com)[permanent dead link], (Al Jazeera)

2015 Tianjin explosions

The death toll from the explosions rises to 112 with 95 people missing including 85 fire fighters. (Reuters), (Al Jazeera)