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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Dec. 15

Xinhua, December 15, 2015 Adjust font size:

Iran has assisted Syria with the military advisory in its fight with terrorism and will continue to do so, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari said here on Tuesday. (Iran-Syria-Assistance)

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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi security forces on Tuesday foiled six suicide car bomb attacks by Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq's western province of Anbar, a provincial security source said. (Iraq-Suicide Attacks)

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PARIS -- A man was arrested in Paris suburbs on Tuesday on alleged links with extremist gunmen who killed 130 people in coordinated attacks in the French capital on Nov. 13, news channel BFMTV reported. (France-Man-Arrest)

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BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi government on Tuesday renewed its demand of full withdrawal of Turkish troops from the Iraqi territory, asserting that Turkey must respect Iraq's sovereignty. (Iraq-Turkey-Troops)

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ADEN, Yemen -- A 7-day ceasefire went into effect on Tuesday afternoon between the Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces and the armed rebels of the Shiite Houthi group across the country's war-torn provinces, a government official told Xinhua. (Yemen-Ceasefire)

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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan on Tuesday conducted a successful flight test of a ballistic missile capable of delivering different types of warheads to a range of 900 kilometers, the military said. (Pakistan-Missile-Testing) Endi