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FBI agent's testimonial about Blackwater's slaughter of Iraqis in 2007

Sat Jul 12, 2014 19:08:29

An FBI expert's testimony shows infamous Blackwater guards fired dozens of shots into civilians in 2007 that left at least 14 Iraqis dead in Baghdad.

Israeli bombardment kills another 20 civilians in Gaza

Sat Jul 12, 2014 18:54:45

Israeli airstrikes have killed more than twenty Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip as warplanes continue to pound many residential areas and several locations in the coastal enclave for the fifth consecutive day.

Iraq launches major operation against ISIL in Baquba

Sat Jul 12, 2014 17:41:44

Iraqi army troops have launched a major anti-terrorist operation to clear militants from northeastern areas of Baquba, the provincial capital of Diyala, a senior army commander has said.

Iraq sending 4,000 volunteers to Ramadi as jets pound ISIL in al-Anbar

Sat Jul 12, 2014 17:40:27

Some 4,000 volunteer fighters are being dispatched to the embattled city of Ramadi west of Baghdad to help Iraqi army fighting militants, authorities say, as air force targets militants’ hideouts in al-Anbar province.

Gloomy days for Syrian refugees; 24% think about ending their own lives

Sat Jul 12, 2014 17:39:26

Young Syrian refugees in Lebanon are living in tragic conditions. This is what a study of young people affected by the Syrian crisis in Lebanon has concluded, with 17 percent of young refugees having thought “often” about suicide, and 24 percent having thought about ending their own lives “sometimes.”

Explosion wounds several in Istanbul, Turkey

Sat Jul 12, 2014 14:56:27

An apparent bomb blast near a tram stop in Turkey's largest city of Istanbul has reportedly wounded several people, local press accounts said.

Gaza steps up retaliatory rocket attacks against Israel

Sat Jul 12, 2014 14:27:41

Palestinian resistance fighters have intensified rocket fires into Israeli cities in retaliation for Tel Aviv’s attacks on the Gaza Strip.

Iran deplores UN silence on Israeli Gaza onslaught

Sat Jul 12, 2014 14:04:29

The Iranian president has strongly censured the UN Security Council for its continued silence in the face of the Israeli regime’s brutal onslaught against the Palestinian people in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Gaza toll tops 122 in fifth day of Israeli airstrikes

Sat Jul 12, 2014 13:43:15

Sixteen more Palestinians have been martyred in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, bringing the toll on the fifth day of violence to 122, medics say.

Israel police deny access to al-Aqsa Mosque

Sat Jul 12, 2014 13:20:20

The Israeli occupation police have denied access to the holy al-Aqsa Mosque to hundreds of Palestinian worshippers to perform their second Friday prayers during the fasting month of Ramadan.

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