Syrian Kurdish fighters have taken control of a strategic hill in Aleppo from the al-Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front group. br br Iraqi officials have hailed new achievements by the army forces and volunteer forces in an operation against ISIL terrorists. br br Turkish police attack pro-Kurdish protesters in the city of Diyarbakir. br br Medical charity, Doctors Without Borders, has closed its only facility in the Razih district of Yemen’s Sa’ada province. br br Egyptian lawmakers have dismissed a deputy after he held talks with the Israeli ambassador to Cairo during a dinner at his home. br br The United Nations has warned that the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan is worsening.