MALIAN ARMY WITHDRAWS FROM KEY TESSALIT MILITARY CAMP. (PHOTO).
Malian army withdraws from key Tessalit military camp: sources Mali’s army and its Russian mercenary allies have surrendered Camp Tessalit, a strategic military post in the north, multiple sources told the AFP news agency on Friday. An official from the Tuareg-led separatist group claimed soldiers and mercenaries at the camp had "surrendered", following a fierce fight over the weekend. Simultaneous attacks in Mali by militants linked to Al Qaeda and separatist Tuareg rebels on April 25 showed how fighters from different groups with different goals were able to strike at the heart of the West African country's military government. Gunfire and explosions were reported in the capital Bamako and around a large military base outside the capital, as well as Gao and central areas, as gunfire continuing in the northern city of Kidal. Defence minister Sadio Camara was killed at his residence in Kati, a garrison town near the capital, Bamako, following the fierce weekend fighting...
According to sources,men in Iran have been posing pictures of themselves wearing the hijab on social media to protest compulsory hijab.The harsh tag #MenInHijab was coined by an Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad calling on male compatriots to share their photos in support.Alinejad was exiled today in New York in 2014,called on his more than a million followers on facebook to support the movement,and they have responded in many numbers. The journalist was protesting the statement by head of Iranian diplomacy,Mohammed Javad Zarif,who told a French senator that when tourists are visiting Iran mus have compulsory veil according to Jeune Afrique.Aliinejad started a movement 'My stealthy freedom'' which calls for the right for individual Iranian women to choose wgether they want hijab.More photos below. 



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