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In the center of Istanbul explosion According to preliminary data, the cause of the explosion could be a terrorist attack using a car bomb. The explosion caused a fire. ANKARA, December 10 — RIA Novosti, Alain Palazhchenko. The explosion occurred in Istanbul’s Besiktas district in the city centre near a Park Macka. The explosion caused a fire, which extinguish the fire brigades arrived, informs television channel NTV from the scene. About the victims. According to preliminary data, the cause of the explosion could be a terrorist attack using a car bomb, the TV channel. Users of Twitter reported that there were two explosions and they occurred near the football stadium of Besiktas. BREAKING: Two large explosion reported near Besiktas football stadium in Istanbul pic.twitter.com/9ncLVtQLro — Turkey Untold (@TurkeyUntold) 10 Dec 2016 Bi patlama meydana geldi yine yeniden ve yaralılar var yardım gelsin #besiktas #patlama pic.twitter.com/0gCCjF2TkJ — Ümmühan D. (@padilla1905) 10

The Verkhovna Rada Committee on legislative support of law enforcement plans to consider the issue about resignation of the Minister of internal Affairs Arsen Avakov. About this in Facebook said MP of Ukraine Ihor Lutsenko.   According to him, the MPs will consider the draft resolution on the resignation of the Minister on Wednesday, December 21.   Recall that the rumors about the resignation of Avakov from the post of Minister of the interior showed up today. This was reported to news Agency “Kharkiv” , referring to the former Ukrainian MP Oleg Tsarev.   According to Tsarev, Ukraine has submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Vladimir Groisman 8 Dec.   Tsarev stressed that, although the information about the resignation of Avakov is not in the Ukrainian media, and the head of the interior Ministry has not commented on the rumors, he was inclined to trust this source of information. Photo:

In an accident in the Orenburg region killed seven people Moscow. 10 Dec. INTERFAX.RU — Seven people were killed and four hospitalized in a road accident in Gai district of the Orenburg region, has informed Agency “Interfax” in a press-service UMVD of the region on Saturday. A car accident occurred at about 17:30 Moscow time on 249 km of the highway Orenburg — Orsk. As a result of collision of three cars, their brands are established, seven people died, four more were hospitalized in hospitals of the city of Orsk.the press service of the Ministry of internal Affairs of the Orenburg region At the place of work police officers who collect the materials. The results of verification and establishing the circumstances of the accident will be a procedural decision. The first photos from the scene of a terrible #accident near Orenburg, where 7 people were killed https://t.co/xzYrg9TkZO#новости pic.twitter.com/M1fgYRwoN7 — REN-TV

Terrorist group ISIS have been able to transfer large forces to storm Syrian Palmyra, taking advantage of the fact that the Western coalition has suspended active operations in raqqa. This was reported in the Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation.   “Using the fact that active hostilities of the US and the international coalition in the area of Raqqa were suspended until the spring, ISIS has deployed large forces in the assault on Palmyra,” – said the official representative of the military Department Igor Konashenkov.   Major-General confirmed appeared earlier in mass media information about the fact that the assault on Palmyra from Raqqa and Deir-ez-Zor arrived to five thousand terrorists in stock which have infantry fighting vehicles, tanks and jeeps with heavy weapons.   “The attack of terrorists on the city was carried out in three directions: from the North, East and South. The total number of attackers

In Crimea, more than 15 thousand people were left without heat because of the accident Moscow. 10 Dec. INTERFAX.RU — More than 15 thousand people were left on Saturday without heat because of a breakthrough in the heating duct in Kerch in the Crimea, reported the press service of the Crimean emergency Department. “Without heating there are 15 672 thousand people and ten socially significant facilities, eight of which without round-the-clock stay of people”, — said in a press release. At the scene work of the repair crews, “Cartaromana” and rescuers. Yesterday in the same city in the East of the Crimea remained without heat for almost five thousand people, two schools and a kindergarten. The accident at the heating duct eliminated on the same day. In Kerch there are about 150 thousand people. The temperature in Kerch is currently 5 degrees.

Syrian troops have managed the day to oust terrorists from the seven districts of Aleppo. Military and militias with precision artillery support, fighting for every house.   There is work for the Russian sappers. Leaving Aleppo, the extremists are undermining the administrative buildings, shops, kindergartens and mosques. Over the past day Russian troops had cleared from the shells of almost four kilometers of roads and seven hectares of territories.   According to the Russian Center for reconciliation of the warring parties, government forces established control over 95% of the city. Monday, December 12, it became known about the release of the neighborhoods of Sheikh Saeed, Karim Hum and El Makamat. Militants occupied area does not exceed ten square kilometers.

In “Progress” before the accident crashed netclusive stage booster According to the source, the incident was provoked by the damage of the propulsion system. Moscow. 10 Dec. INTERFAX.RU — Crash of the space truck “Progress MC-04” was triggered by the damage of the propulsion system in case of abnormal separation of the third stage, reported “Interfax” a source at the cosmodrome. After separation of the spacecraft from the third stage of the rocket its engine for an unknown reason, was not disconnected and continued to work. In the result the third stage hit the ship and critically damaged its propulsion system.source Agency “Interfax” does not yet have official confirmation of this version from the Russian space Agency. See alsoMCC called the cause of the crash of “Progress” Meanwhile, the Commission continues its work and examines different versions of what happened. The results will be published before 20 Dec. On 1

The media reported the death of 90 Iraqi soldiers in an attack by the United States air force A total of 90 Iraqi soldiers were killed in Mosul in the result caused by mistake of hitting the United States air force. On Saturday, December 10, Sputnik reports, citing the portal Factiniraq. It is noted that another 100 people were injured. In addition, the attack of Iraqi military equipment were damaged and the troops had to retreat. December 1, Reuters reported that the Pentagon acknowledged the death of 54 civilians in Iraq and Syria as a result against the militant strikes of the US-led coalition in the period from 31 March to 22 October this year. In October Amnesty International stated that for two years as a result of coalition strikes in Syria killed about 300 civilians. A ground operation to liberate Mosul, who in June 2014 was captured by the