ANKARA -- The U.S. and Turkish troops held the third joint land patrol on Friday in the planned safe zone in northern Syria, Turkey's Defense Ministry said.

"Turkish Armed Forces and the U.S. personnel started the third unified land patrol in the east of Telabyad within the scope of the safe zone facility in eastern Syria with the participation of land vehicles and UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles)," the ministry said on its Twitter account. (Turkey-U.S.-Syria-Land Patrol)

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TUNIS -- Tunisian parliamentary elections officially started on Friday in six overseas constituencies to elect 18 of the 217 deputies to constitute the Assembly of People's Representatives, the Independent High Authority for Elections said (ISIE).

"The Tunisian community abroad will go to the polls from Oct. 4 to 6," the ISIE said. (Tunisia-Parliamentary Elections)

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ADEN -- An officer of the Yemeni southern forces was killed Friday by unknown gunmen in the turbulent province of Abyan, a government official told Xinhua.

"Gunmen opened fire from assault rifles and killed Abdullah Abdul-Muttalib, a prominent security commander in Mudiyah village of southern Abyan province," the government source said on condition of anonymity. (Yemen-Southern Forces-Officer Killing)

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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's prominent Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Friday urged the government of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi to resign amid the rising death toll in the ongoing anti-government protests.

"I demand that the Iraqi government fully resign and start early elections under the supervision of the United Nations," al-Sadr said. (Iraq-Shiite Leader-Gov't Stepdown) Enditem

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