In just over a century, Chile's Palestinian community has achieved things still not possible at home: a widespread rise to prosperity, elite status and even their own football team.

The summit between South America and Arab nations that starts Monday in Lima will honor the swift, surprising development of the community a long way from its homeland, on South America's Pacific coast.

A suicide car bombing in Qamishli, a Kurdish city in northern Syria, killed at least four people Sunday, state television reported, but a human rights group said that eight members of the security forces died in the blast.

"A suicide terrorist using a car laden with explosives attacked the western district of Qamishli," said the state broadcaster, adding that at least four people were killed.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged China, Iran and Russia Sunday to end their support for the Syrian regime, warning that "history will not forgive" their stance in the face of mounting bloodshed.

"Please rethink your current attitude. History will not forgive those who have sided with these brutal regimes," Erdogan said in a speech at a congress of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

Iraq is determined to stop and search flights from Iran over its territory which are suspected of carrying weapons to Syria, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said in comments reported on Sunday.

"We have assured U.S. officials that the Iraqi government is determined to land (Iranian) flights and carry out random searches," Zebari said, quoted by the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat.

Fierce fighting broke out in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday as rebels attacked an army checkpoint near the capital, killing nine soldiers, monitors said.

Hours after a fire tore through a historic souk in Aleppo, fighting erupted in and around the Old City as rebels tried to seize control the district, said Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Militants carried out bombings and shootings in 10 cities and towns in Iraq on Sunday, killing at least 33 people and wounding 106, in the latest wave of deadly attacks to hit the country.

In total, at least 253 people have been killed and 803 wounded in attacks in Iraq this month, according to an AFP tally based on security and medical sources.

The Israeli navy killed a Palestinian fisherman and wounded another in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical officials said on Saturday.

The brothers had been near the coast off Beit Lahiya along with other fishermen when the Israeli navy opened fire on their boats, the Gaza fishing union said.

Iran on Saturday slammed the United States for removing an exiled Iranian opposition group from its blacklist of designated terror groups, accusing Washington of "double standards" in dealing with terrorism, according to state media.

The de-listing of the People's Mujahedeen of Iran, or Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK), was announced on Friday, ending a complex legal battle fought through U.S. and European courts.

Around 100 people were killed across Syria as fighting raged in a strategic district of Syria's commercial capital Aleppo on Saturday, the third day of a rebel offensive to seize the city, a watchdog said.

The focal point of combat was Salaheddin, a rebel stronghold on the southwest side of the city where insurgents attacked an army position, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The opposition People's Mujahedeen of Iran welcomed Friday's U.S. decision to strike the group from its terror list and vowed to step up its international campaign against the Tehran regime.

Maryam Rajavi, leader of the group also known as the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, "welcomed and appreciated" U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's decision to delist the movement, a statement said.