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UN rights chief slams UNSC inaction over global conflicts

Fri Aug 22, 2014 08:06:18

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights strongly condemns the UN Security Council for placing "geopolitical considerations" above the "collective interest."

Hezbollah condemns ISIL killing of James Foley as savagery

Thu Aug 21, 2014 22:49:47

Hezbollah resistance movement has issued a statement condemning the beheading of American photojournalist James Foley by the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group as a “savage crime.”

ISIL spokesman in Raqqa killed in Syrian army operation

Thu Aug 21, 2014 20:58:11

A spokesman for the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group has been killed in Syrian army’s anti-terrorist operation in the northern city of Raqqa.

Iraqi army, Kurdish forces retake Mahmur region

Thu Aug 21, 2014 18:52:39

Iraqi army troops backed by Kurdish Peshmerga forces have recaptured Mahmur region in Nineveh province from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group, Al-Alam reports

9 ISIL militants killed in Iraqi army's anti-terrorist operation

Thu Aug 21, 2014 17:43:43

Iraqi artillery attacks have killed nine militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group in the northern part of the city of Fallujah.

4 killed in Israeli airstrike on funeral procession in Gaza City

Thu Aug 21, 2014 16:07:37

Israeli forces have killed four Palestinian civilians in an airstrike on a funeral procession at a graveyard in Gaza City.

ISIL besieges thousands of Shia Turkmen in Iraq

Thu Aug 21, 2014 13:25:37

Thousands of Turkmen Shias have been under the siege of Takfiri militants in Tuz Khurmatu, Salah al-Din province in Iraq.

Israel fresh raids kill 7 Gazans, 4 of them children: medics

Thu Aug 21, 2014 12:42:15

Israeli air strikes killed at least seven Palestinians, four of them children, in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, the spokesman for the emergency services said.

Gaza students unable to return schools: official

Thu Aug 21, 2014 12:29:24

The school year in the Gaza Strip has scheduled for August 24, but with the ongoing violence, the start date has been delayed indefinitely, according to Ziad Thabet, the deputy minister of education in the blockaded enclave.

Bahrain forces use tear gas, rubber bullets against protesters

Thu Aug 21, 2014 09:11:51

Bahraini regime forces have launched a new crackdown on anti-government demonstrations in the tiny Persian Gulf nation.

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