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UN Security Council demands halt to Yemeni protests

Sat Aug 30, 2014 09:36:38

The United Nations Security Council has gone as far as demanding the Houthi population in Yemen to end their protest rallies against the widely unpopular, US-backed government there.

Syrian air force pound insurgent positions in Jobar

Sat Aug 30, 2014 09:28:38

Syrian military forces have continued with second day of air strikes against insurgent positions near the Jobar neighborhood in the outskirts of the capital Damascus.

Kurdish fighters recapture 7 villages from ISIL in N Iraq

Fri Aug 29, 2014 15:31:38

Iraqi Kurdish forces have recaptured seven villages from the grip of the ISIL Takfiri militants near a strategic dam in the northern city of Mosul.

UN: Syria is the biggest humanitarian emergency of our era

Fri Aug 29, 2014 15:14:06

The United Nations says more than three million Syrians have fled the extremist-marked violence in their country warning that the condition is getting worse for the refugees.

ISIL terrorists massacre 250 Syrian troops in Raqqa

Thu Aug 28, 2014 23:50:12

The notorious ISIL terrorists have brutally massacred 250 Syrian troops taken hostage at an airbase in the northern province of Raqqa, reports indicate.

Syrian army push against intruding insurgents persists

Thu Aug 28, 2014 23:26:01

Syrian Army operations against foreign-backed insurgents have continued in full swing, leading to the elimination of scores of armed elements, including non-Syrian terrorists, as well as the destruction of many of their armed vehicles and military hardware.

Iraqi forces liberate villages in push towards Amerli

Thu Aug 28, 2014 22:32:18

Iraqi military forces backed by the country’s newly-established volunteer militiamen have liberated several villages located on the way to the town of Amerli, which the Takfiri ISIL terrorists have besieged for months.

Israeli spy drone crashes near Baghdad airport

Thu Aug 28, 2014 21:11:48

An Israeli Hermes spy drone has reportedly crashed in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad near the airport.

Iraqi Izadis remain stranded in Sinjar amid US aid vow

Thu Aug 28, 2014 17:51:59

Hundreds and likely thousands of Iraq’s minority Kurdish Izadi community fleeing from ISIL’s Takfiri terrorist remain abandoned on top of the country’s Sinjar Mountain despite Washington’s claims of launching military action to rescue them.

ISIL burns 3 Iraqi oil wells amid Kurdish offensive

Thu Aug 28, 2014 17:26:58

Retreating ISIL terrorists have set three Iraqi oil wells ablaze at an oil field north of the country as they battled Kurdish forces that launched a major attack nearby, officials said.

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