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On March 27, Iraqi security forces (ISF) killed six ISIS militants in the Hawija area in the province of Kirkuk, Alghad Press reported. “A joint force from Iraqi Police and the Tribal Mobilization Forces stormed a secret tunnel used by ISIS militants between al-Fara and Hosayneya villages in al-Zab area in Hawija,” the media outlet quoted a local security sources. The reported opeartion took place in the framework of the wider effort to crack down the remaining ISIS cells in central and northern part of the country. Since the liberation of the city of Mosul from ISIS in 2017, ISF has been working to establish security in the areas liberated from the terrorist group. However, the security situation remains complicated and ISIS cells are still active across the country. On the same time, Iraq is currently under a direct threat of a possible Turkish military intervention in the area of Sinjar.  Ankara is almost openly preparing for it justifying the possible move with ...

Signs prohibiting access near to the Porton Down Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, near Salisbury, Britain, March 19, 2018. © Peter Nicholls / Reuters Dilyana Gaytandzhieva is a Bulgarian investigative journalist and Middle East Correspondent. Over the last two years she has published a series of  revealing reports on weapons smuggling . Two months ago South Front published her  investigation into the Pentagon bio laboratories in 25 countries  across the world. Her current report provides an overview of the Pentagon-funded experiments at the secretive UK military laboratory Porton Down near Salisbury, where an ex-Russian spy and his daughter were allegedly poisoned with a nerve agent. By Dilyana Gaytandzhieva exclusively for SouthFront Twitter/@dgaytandzhieva The Pentagon has spent at least $70 million on military experiments involving tests with deadly viruses and chemical agents at Porton Down – the UK military laboratory near the city of Salisbury....

On March 27, the Houthis attacked and captured a number of positions belonging to Saudi-backed forces in the Yam mountain range area. According to pro-Houthi sources, Saudi-backed forces had de-facto lost control over a large part of the area. The Yam mountain range is located in the district of Nehim east of the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. If Saudi-backed forces retreat from it, their attempt to reach the countryside of the country’s capital can once again be considered as a failure. Video Player 00:00 02:15