At least one Syrian soldier was killed and several others wounded on Tuesday when a booby-trapped vehicle detonated near a defense ministry building in Damascus, according to state media.

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani met Italian President Sergio Mattarella in Rome on Tuesday, discussing bilateral ties and Italy’s support for Iraq and the Kurdistan Region.

A convoy carrying 623 displaced families returned from the Kurdish town of Kobane in northern Syria to Afrin on Tuesday, a local official said.

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