SWAIDA Cheap Men's Nike Air Vapormax Flyknit 2018 Grey Black , Syria, June 16 (Xinhua) -- The Syrian army on Monday foiled a massive offensive launched by armed militants against a key Syrian airbase in the southern province of Swaida, a military source in the province told Xinhua.


Several militant groups, mainly the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, launched a wide-scale offensive against the Thaaleh airbase in the western countryside of the predominantly Druze province of Swaida on Monday, the second of such offensives since the same militants attempted to storm the facility on June 10 without a success, the source said.


He said the attack lasted for eight straight hours on Monday Cheap Men's Nike Air Vapormax Flyknit 2018 White , adding that the Syrian air force intervened and pushed the militants around 1,800 meters away from the airbase.


The artillery also pounded the areas, from which the rebels unleashed their attack in the countryside of the nearby province of Daraa.


The Thaaleh airbase is located in a town under the same name, around 10 km west of Swaida and adjacent to towns under the rebel control in the eastern countryside of Daraa province.


The airbase and the town are considered the first defense line to Swaida, a province that has largely remained intact during Syria's long-running conflict.


The source said over 100 militants were killed during Monday's attack, adding that six Syrian soldiers and an officer were killed during the militants' attack Monday.


A day earlier, a Syrian officer told Xinhua that the Syrian army was determined to eliminate the armed militants Cheap Nike Air Vapormax Flyknit 2018 Blue Black , who have been trying to storm Thaaleh.


The officer, who asked not to be named, said the June 10 attack by the rebels on the Thaaleh airbase was thwarted quickly by the Syrian army forces, who were aware of the attack by observing the movement of the rebels in the nearby towns in the adjacent countryside of Daraa province.


The officer said the militants are currently located in three Daraa towns near Thaaleh, namely the towns of Um Walad, al-Karak and Harak, which were captured by the rebels earlier this month.


"Al-Karak is seven or eight kilometers from Thaaleh. Um Walad is three or four kilometers while Harak is nine kilometers from Thaaleh Cheap Nike Air Vapormax Flyknit 2018 Grey White ," he stated.


"We have a plan to clean those areas from the terrorists as part of our bigger plan of fighting terrorism. We are also working to clear the towns near the Thaaleh airbase from the terrorists," he stressed.


The officer said that many of the Thaaleh residents offered to help the Syrian army in defending the airbase and their town against the extremist militants attack.


Meanwhile, the officer stressed that the Syrian army will defend Swaida, as it's the case in any other Syrian province.


The Druze minority, along with other minority groups in Syria, has emerged as supporters of President Bashar al-Assad, fearing the expansion of radical jihadist groups that showed no tolerance of minority groups in Syria.


The residents of the Thaaleh have been on alert as the threats of the militants have inched closer to the western countryside of Swaida.

The 2017 Pingyao International Photography Festival is held in Pingyao cheap nike air max 90 white , north China's Shanxi Province, Sept. 19, 2017. (XinhuaCao Yang)

PINGYAO, Shanxi, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- More than 2,000 photographers from 23 countries and regions gathered at Pingyao, one of China's best preserved ancient towns cheap nike air max 90 black , in the northern province of Shanxi.


More than 16,000 photos by photographers in the United States, Britain, France and Sri Lanka among others are on display at the 17th Pingyao International Photography Festival (PIP), which opened Tuesday.


"It is a unique opportunity to participate in this festival. It is my first trip to China," said French photographer Philippe Vermes, known for his black-and-white portrait photography cheap nike air max 90 ultra se , at the opening ceremony.


"Photography is a binding force. It is the reason that we are here today to participate in this diverse and colorful cultural exchange," he said.


Photos that show China's industrial development by domestic photographer Wang Yuwen are on display in a special zone for exhibiting Chinese contemporary photography.


This year's festival also features works by American aerial photographer Jamey Stillings and leading British artist Marcus Lyon. The latter, in his work Somos Brasil (We are Brazil), documented more than 100 Brazilians through photography, sound and DNA sampling.


There will also be slide shows, videos, workshops cheap nike air max 90 pinnacle , symposiums and forums during the week-long festival.


Launched in 2001, the annual PIP festival has been running for 17 years. Advocating diversity, internationalism and professionalism, it is considered an important stage for international photographers to display their talent.


SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, or UCSF cheap nike air max 97 , have found that gut microbes may play a role in the neurodegeneration that characterizes multiple sclerosis (MS).


By identifying specific gut microbes associated with MS in human patients and showing that these microbes take part in regulating immune responses in mouse models of the disease, the researchers hope to understand the origins of MS and potentially lead to treatments.


An autoimmune neurodegenerative disorder that affects approximately 2.5 million people worldwide with progressive loss of vision, weakness and tremors, and problems with coordination and balance, MS is caused when the immune system attacks the layers of insulation that surround nerve cells.


While suspected environmental contributors to MS, such as history of smoking, diet cheap nike air max flair , and environmental exposures, are hard to pin down and associate with a biological impact on patients, a growing number of studies demonstrating that gut microbes can directly influence the function of the human immune system.


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