Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, March 23

At least 10 people were killed and 33 others wounded on Monday by a fresh rebel shelling in Syria's northern city of Aleppo, according to a monitoring group.

The mortar shells slammed into government-controlled areas of al-Baron and Jamiliyeh streets as well as the surrounding of the Sa'adallah al-Jaber square in Aleppo, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (Syria-Mortar Attack)

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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi security forces on Monday continued clashes with the Islamic State (IS) militants in the country's western provinces of Anbar, while a car bomb struck the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, security sources said.

In Anbar province, security forces, backed by allied Shiite and Sunni militias and covered with Iraqi and U.S.-led aircraft, carried out an offensive against the IS positions in northwest of the militant-seized city of Fallujah, some 50 km west of Baghdad, a provincial security source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. (Iraq-IS)

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GHAZNI, Afghanistan -- About five children were killed and 10 others wounded after a bomb went off in eastern Afghan province of Ghazni on Monday, the provincial deputy governor said.

The blast took place when children were playing football in a ground in Qala-e-Qazi locality of provincial capital Ghazni city at around midday, Mohammad Ali Ahmadi told Xinhua. (Afghanistan-Bomb Explosion)

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TRIPOLI -- Eight displaced Libyan civilians were killed in air strikes near the capital of Tripoli on Monday, the U.S. ambassador to Libya said.

War planes from Libyan internationally recognized government's air force on Monday attacked Tarhouna, a town 80 km southeast of the capital Tripoli, which is held by the Islamist armed coalition Libya Dawn, according to military sources. (Libya-Air Strike) Endi