46 people killed in IS attacks at camp near Syria-Iraq border

In Syria, a Islamic State militant assault led by suicide bombers killed at least 46 people yesterday at a camp for the displaced near border with Iraq. 

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights chief Rami Abdel Rahman said at least five suicide attackers blew themselves up outside and inside the camp for Iraqi refugees and displaced Syrians in Hasakeh province. As the tolls mounted,



US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed the need for safe zones in Syria in a telephone call.

IS appears to be lashing out as it faces escalating offensives on its last two major bastions, one in Mosul city in Iraq and Raqa in neighbouring Syria. In another IS attack 10 soldiers were killed in Iraq, along Syrian border.