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Current events of July 11, 2016 (2016-07-11) (Monday)

War in Somalia
- At least 10 Somali Armed Forces soldiers and 12 Al-Shabaab militants are killed in fighting near the town of Afgooye, Lower Shabelle. (Al Jazeera)
Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
- At least 30 civilians have been killed by Indian Army soldiers as anti-government protests and violence spread across the state. (CNN-News18)
Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Aleppo
  - Rebels in Aleppo launch an assault on government-controlled areas in the city. This comes after the Syrian Army blocked off the only road leading into opposition controlled areas. According to state media, at least eight people have been killed and dozens more are wounded. (BBC)
Iraqi Civil War, Military intervention against ISIL
- The United States announces it will be sending 560 more United States Armed Forces soldiers to Iraq to help fight against ISIL. (BBC)

127 people who were massacred in the Srebrenica massacre in 1995 and were subsequently discovered in mass graves are buried in at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial following a funeral. For the first time, Bosnian Serbs were not welcome to attend the ceremony. (Reuters)

Floods resulting from the annual monsoon season cause 22 deaths and make 100,000 people homeless in India. (Reuters via Channel News Asia)
A Lockheed C-130 Hercules owned by the Portuguese Armed Forces catches fire while taking off from Montijo Air Base, killing at least three people. (Reuters)

St. Joseph courthouse shooting
- At least three people die, including the shooter, in a shooting at the Berrien County courthouse in the American state of Michigan. (Washington Examiner)

2016 Zimbabwe protests
- Protest leader, Evan Mawarire, asks the international community to put pressure on the regime of Robert Mugabe. (The Guardian)
Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 2016
- Andrea Leadsom withdraws from the leadership election meaning that Theresa May will become the next leader of the Conservative Party and next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (The Guardian)
- Current Prime Minister David Cameron announces he will step down on Wednesday, July 13. (BBC)