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  Eleven people, including several children, died as a result of a gas leak from a factory which also affected nearby houses.  The gas leak occurred in Giaspura, the Ludhiana industrial area in northern Punjab state.  According to Deputy Police Commissioner Ludhiana Surabhi Malik, the cause of the gas leak has yet to be ascertained.  "Eleven killed, four hospitalized. Rescue efforts are still going on, an official said following the tragedy, according to the AFP.  Officials told that the gas may have come from the well and likely formed as a result of a chemical process involving methane.  A gas leak at a garment factory in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh hospitalized more than 100 women in August last year.

  DAMASCUS,  Syria-  Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will pay an official visit to Syria next week, according to the Arabic language newspaper.  President Raisi is expected to land in Syria on Wednesday for a two-day visit, according to Damascus-based Al-Watan newspaper. During his visit to Damascus, Iranian President Sayyid Ebrahim Raisi will meet with Syrian President Bashar al Assad to discuss strategic cooperation between the two countries, particularly in the economic field. If this happens, it will be the Iranian president's first trip to Syria in 12 years.     

TEHRAN, Iran - At least 15 people were killed and 40 injured in an attack on a Shi'ite shrine in Shiraz, southern Iran, a report said. As per the report, the attack, which happened at the Shah Cheragh shrine on Wednesday morning, was carried out by three gunmen who entered the site. Two of the three attackers were arrested, and one is still on the run from police. In a statement published on its Telegram channel, ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack. Iranian state media previously reported that the attackers were not Iranian nationals. A woman and two children were reportedly among those massacred in Shiraz, according to the report. The shrine is a top destination for religious tourists, according to local media. It is a well-known place of pilgrimage and tourism. The last attack in   Shiraz  occurred in April 2008 when a bomb exploded in a mosque, killing 14 people. By Shujaat Hussain Abbasi

According to familiar sources with the situation, al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a CIA drone strike in Afghanistan. According to a person who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the matter, current and former officials began hearing Sunday afternoon that al-Zawahiri had been killed in a drone strike, but the government delayed releasing information until his death was confirmed. White House officials declined to confirm al-Zawari's death but said in a statement that the US had carried out a "successful" counterterrorism operation against a key al-Qaeda target with no "civilian casualties". According to a senior intelligence officer, a US ground team that was in Afghanistan to support the attack has now left.

Afghanistan, (Daily Post). Insurgents attacked two vans in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif on Thursday, killing at least nine people. "The bombs were installed inside the vans; as a result of those blasts, nine people were killed and 13 were injured," Mohammad Asif Waziri, the commander of Mazar-e-Sharif, said.  The local Shi'ite community operated and used the public transportation vans, he added.  The Shiite Muslim Hazara community, a minority Muslim sect in Afghanistan, is often attacked by armed groups, including the Islamic State.  The Taliban, who seized power following NATO's withdrawal, claimed earlier this week that they had eliminated the majority of the Islamic State's presence in Afghanistan.  Despite the Taliban claims, attacks on Shia Muslims continue in many parts of the country.

Ramadan gathering attacked during iftar by ISIS armed group It killed seven people and injured four others in eastern Syria Syria, (Daily Post). According to Arab media suspected ISIL (ISIS) shooters killed seven people and injured four others during a Ramadan-iftar gathering in Deir Az Zor province in northeast Syria. Nouri Hamish, a former spokesman for the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, hosted an iftar dinner on Wednesday, marking the end of the fast, at his home in Abu Khashab.  According to the Euphrates Post, the Syrian news organization Iftar party organizer was one of the dead.  The assailants arrived on motorbikes and withdrew after being tackled by villagers, reports said. 

Four people were killed in gun violence in Mississippi, and a possible suspect was found dead The USA,(Daily Post). Local media reported another shooting, this time in Mississippi, in which four people were killed and the suspect was found dead.    Authorities said Wednesday that the possible suspect in the fatal shooting of the owner and two employees of a Mississippi Gulf Coast local hotel, as well as the subsequent death of a person shot during a carjacking, was found dead after a standoff with police.  Jeremy Alesunder Reynolds, 32, was identified as a possible suspect by Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer.   As per the incoming chief of the Gulfport Police Department, Adam Cooper, Reynolds holed up at a Gulfport convenience store after fleeing a stolen vehicle.  Gulfport is located just west of Biloxi, where the shootings at the Broadway Inn Express motel occurred.   Switzer told news outlets that the victims were motel owner Mohammad Moeini, ...