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Bahrain expels top US official over intervention in domestic affairs

Mon Jul 7, 2014 22:38:45

A top US official has been declared persona non grata and asked to leave Bahrain, just a day after meeting with a leading opposition group, Bahrain's Foreign Ministry says.

Senior Iraq army commander killed: spokesman

Mon Jul 7, 2014 17:02:43

The commander of the Iraqi army's 6th division has been killed by shelling west of Baghdad, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's security spokesman said in a statement.

18 charged with ISIL affiliation, terrorism in Lebanon

Mon Jul 7, 2014 16:19:07

A military judge in Lebanon has charged 28 terror suspects with belonging to the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group and planning terrorist operations in the country.

Iran and Russia to jointly help Iraq in anti-terror battle

Mon Jul 7, 2014 15:38:55

A senior Iranian foreign ministry official has underlined in an interview with al-Alam Arabic language network that Tehran and Moscow have agreed to jointly assist Iraq in its effort to battle foreign-sponsored terrorism in the war-ravaged country.

Syrian army liberates Kifr Saghir village in N. Aleppo

Mon Jul 7, 2014 15:15:05

Syrian armed forces have restored security and stability to the village of Kifr Saghir to the north of al-Sheikh Najjar Industrial City in Aleppo’s northern countryside.

Hamas threatens revenge for Israel's Gaza air raids

Mon Jul 7, 2014 14:34:47

The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has vowed revenge against the Israeli regime for the death of seven of its members killed in an Israeli airstrike on the besieged Gaza Strip.

Egypt's Sisi calls Kurdistan separation from Iraq disaster

Mon Jul 7, 2014 12:55:19

The Egyptian president has spoken against a potential referendum on the independence of Iraq’s Kurdistan region, warning that it would lead to a “catastrophic” breakup of the Arab country.

Palestinian-American teen walks, others 'rot' in Israel jails

Mon Jul 7, 2014 12:24:04

The mother of the 15-year-old Palestinian boy that was released on bail after being brutally beaten by Israeli police officers says that if her son were not a US citizen, he would likely remain in the Israeli jail.

Flashy wristwatch of purported ISIL leader mocked

Mon Jul 7, 2014 11:06:11

The emergence of purported and highly-secretive leader of ISIL Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi from the shadow of Iraq’s crisis has showed a vain speech after media zoomed in on his expensive wristwatch.

Saudi Arabia slaps rights activist with lengthy jail term

Mon Jul 7, 2014 09:27:41

A Saudi court has sentenced a prominent rights lawyer, described by Amnesty as a prisoner of conscience, to 15 years behind bars, his relatives said in a statement posted online.

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