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Around 600 Palestinians seized by Israel in August: NGO

Sat Aug 30, 2014 16:27:56

Israeli forces have arrested 597 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East al-Quds (Jerusalem) in August, raising the number of Palestinians in Israeli prisons to more than 7,000, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said.

Saudi king urges 'tough' stance against terrorism

Sat Aug 30, 2014 15:30:33

Despotic Saudi Monarch King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has called for the need to take a forceful stance against terrorism in a meeting with a group of foreign envoys in capital Riyadh.

Rouhani says US anti-Iran bans constitute coercion

Sat Aug 30, 2014 15:04:53

Iranian president has reiterated that US-led sanctions against the country must be challenged since they amount to coercion and violation of the rights of a nation.

Over 650k Iraqis internally displaced by terrorists: UN

Sat Aug 30, 2014 14:46:48

The UN has said more than 650,000 Iraqi civilians have been internally displaced in the past few weeks mainly because of attacks by the Takfiri terrorists.

Time for Non-Alligned Movement to boycott UN

Sat Aug 30, 2014 14:34:07

The Iranian government is sending a formal letter of complaint to the United Nations Security Council condemning the recent incursion of an Israeli military drone into Iran’s territory.

Terrorists from 81 nations trigger Syria insurgency

Sat Aug 30, 2014 14:01:53

The Soufan Group, a New York-based intelligence firm, has estimated that there have been at least 12,000 foreign militants from 81 countries in the Syrian conflict, including some 3,000 European nationals.

Hezbollah remembers revered leader Imam Musa Sadr

Sat Aug 30, 2014 13:06:33

Prominent Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has remembered the country’s revered Shia leader Imam Musa al-Sadr in the anniversary of his 1978 disappearance in Libya while on an official visit, describing his yet unknown fate as a major national tragedy.

ISIL beheads Kurdish fighter to warn US, Kurds: Video

Sat Aug 30, 2014 12:58:26

The ISIL terrorist group has released another graphic video, claiming to show the beheading of a Kurdish Peshmerga fighter in Mosul, Iraq.

Over 50,000 Gazans live in UNRWA shelters

Sat Aug 30, 2014 11:43:01

At least 54,000 people still remained in 78 United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) shelters in Gaza Strip, a UN official said.

Syrian Army destroys Qalamoun bomb making plant

Sat Aug 30, 2014 11:39:03

In their latest military operation, Syrian armed forces have advanced towards the northern side of the southwestern border town of Tufail and Qalamoun in a special operation that led to the discovery of a major bomb-making and weapons manufacturing factory.

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