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Kuwaiti ex-MPs get jail terms for ‘insulting the emir’

Mon Jun 9, 2014 12:02:02

Kuwaiti Supreme Court has sentenced three former opposition lawmakers to 20-month suspended prison terms for publicly insulting the country’s ruler, overturning an acquittal by the appeals court.

Iran says persisting US-led bans deepen distrust of West

Mon Jun 9, 2014 11:14:54

Iranian foreign minister has emphasized that maintenance of illegal US-led sanctions against the Islamic Republic that even include medical and scientific items further exacerbates the distrust the Iranians hold towards the West.

Palestinians shut shops to support striking captives

Mon Jun 9, 2014 10:12:03

Palestinians have shut down their shops in the occupied West Bank in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners who have gone on hunger strike in Israeli jails to protest their indifinite detention without charge or trial.

Syria army advances in Aleppo, Idlib, Daraa

Mon Jun 9, 2014 09:20:33

Syrian Army has carried out major military operations against militants in several areas around the war-torn country, killing a number of armed insurgents and injuring scores of others.

Two Saudis involved in Iraq's Samarra terror attack

Mon Jun 9, 2014 09:12:15

A Saudi-based news website has identified two of the terrorists involved in the recent armed attack on Iraq’s holy city of Samarra as Saudi nationals who had also fought along with al-Qaeda-linked ISIL terrorists against the Syrian government.

El-Sisi warns "extremists" of no reconciliation

Mon Jun 9, 2014 08:57:14

Egypt's newly sworn-in president has vowed that there would be no reconciliation with anyone who had "committed crimes" or "adopted violence" against Egyptians, a thinly veiled reference to the Muslim Brotherhood and other opposition movements.

UN envoy in Gaza to show support for unity gov’t

Mon Jun 9, 2014 08:00:31

A United Nations envoy has met with ministers of the new Palestinian unity government in the occupied Gaza Strip, assuring Palestinians of United Nations support.

Exclusive: Rebel infighting leaves 120 dead in Syria

Sun Jun 8, 2014 21:45:30

Infighting between Syria's militant groups has intensified in the past couple of days, leaving more than 120 dead, Al-Alam reports.

Hezbollah: Syrian vote, triumph to the axis of resistance

Sun Jun 8, 2014 18:49:31

Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem says the recent Syrian presidential election paved way for the postwar phase and save Syria from the ongoing crisis.

Terrorist attack on Kurdish party office in Iraq kills 19

Sun Jun 8, 2014 16:45:42

A double bombing at a Kurdish party office in Diyala, a town near Iraqi capital, has killed 19 people.

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