Monday

February 15, 2016

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian Civil War, Spillover of the Syrian Civil War

A Turkish soldier is killed following a clash on the Syria–Turkey border with an armed group trying to enter Turkey illegally. The Turkish military says the clash occurred in the Yayladağı district of the Hatay Province. (Reuters)

Médecins Sans Frontières reports that an air strike has destroyed a hospital in the Idlib Governorate of northwest Syria, with seven people killed and at least eight people missing, presumed to be dead. (AFP via Yahoo! News) (MSF)

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu accuses Russia of acting as a "terrorist organization" in Syria, saying "If Russia continues behaving like a terrorist organization and forcing civilians to flee, we will deliver an extremely decisive response". (Israel National News)

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces take control of Tell Rifaat in the Aleppo Governorate after pushing back mostly Islamist rebel fighters, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Kashmir conflict

India imposes a curfew in some parts of Kashmir following a general strike being called by separatists to protest the death of two protesters. (The New York Times)

Insurgency in the North Caucasus

A car bomb kills two policemen at a checkpoint in Russia's republic of Dagestan. (Reuters)

Yemeni Civil War

Cross-border shelling from Yemen kills a Saudi Arabian border guard in the Jizan Region. (AP via ABC News)

Arts and culture

The 58th Annual Grammy Awards are held at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles. (Entertainment Weekly)