Ten terrorists and nine soldiers were killed Wednesday when militants stormed a check-post in Pakistan’s northwest, a media report said.
The attack took place in South Waziristan Agency, Geo News reported.
Dozens of militants, carrying rockets and grenades, launched an assault on the checkpost in Surang Baba Ziarat village, said a senior security official.
Nine soldiers were killed and four were injured while 10 militants were killed in retaliatory fire.
Moscow has urged the UN to respond to Syria's request to probe the alleged use of chemical weapons on its territory in March, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
Militants in Syria have used chemical weapons against civilians with the aim of discrediting forces loyal to President Bashar Assad, Syrian state-run TV said Tuesday.
A violent clash between suspected terrorists and authorities in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region left 21 people dead, including 15 community workers and police officers, authorities said Wednesday.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has called on the NATO to prepare for the possible use of chemical weapons by Syria in the ongoing civil war there.
