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A prison van believed to be carrying Aine Davis arrives at the Old Bailey, London's Central Criminal Court, as the alleged British member of the Islamic State group attends a pre-trial hearing accused of terror offences. Davis was part of a group of four known as the Beatles because of their British accents, which murdered hostages while fighting with jihadists in Syria. IMAGES
The United States condemns recent Iranian strikes in Pakistan, Iraq and Syria, which Tehran has claimed were carried out against "anti-Iranian terrorist groups." "We do condemn those strikes. We've seen Iran violate the sovereign borders of three of its neighbors in just the past couple of days," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
State leaders from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a Moscow-led military alliance in Eurasia, take a group photo ahead of a summit in Armenia, Erevan. IMAGES
The US military's Central Command releases images of strikes on targets in northeastern Syria. Centcom, which oversees US military operations in the Middle East, said in a statement, "US forces responded today to rocket attacks at two sites in Syria, destroying three vehicles and equipment used to launch some of the rockets." Centcom added that four suspected Iran-backed militants responsible for one of the attacks were killed. IMAGES
US secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with a small group of ministers ahead of the opening of the meeting of the 79-member Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, which the United States assembled in 2014. IMAGES
Official media shows Syrian regime fire targeting areas held by the Islamic State group in the south of Damascus. IMAGES broadcast by Syrian television described as showing the attacks on the Hajar al-Aswad area. IMAGES / COMPLETES VID1172165_EN