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'West has no right to determine legitimacy of Syria vote'

Sat Jun 7, 2014 13:06:50

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad media advisor has blasted persisting Western efforts to undermine the nation’s recent presidential election, insisting that Syrian election process does not need Western endorsement its legitimacy since Syrian people are the only source of legitimacy for the balloting.

Russia insists Syria held legitimate presidential vote

Sat Jun 7, 2014 09:28:43

Moscow insists that last week’s presidential vote process in Syria, leading to the landslide victory of incumbent President Bashar al-Assad with a sizable turnout amid the persisting foreign-backed insurgency war in the nation, was “legitimate.”

Rice says US supplying lethal aid to Syria insurgents

Sat Jun 7, 2014 09:00:57

A top US national security official now says Washington is supplying the foreign-backed insurgents in Syria with both “lethal and non-lethal” aid in its continued ‘regime change’ foreign policy towards governments no subservient to its regional agendas.

Israel's Peres, Netanyahu congratulate Egypt's Sisi

Fri Jun 6, 2014 23:49:58

Top officials of the Israeli regime have congratulated Egypt’s former military chief and president-elect Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in private phone calls, according to Sisi’s official social networking site.

Hezbollah chief blasts Western hypocrisy on Syria poll

Fri Jun 6, 2014 23:04:51

Secretary General of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance group Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah says Syria's presidential election exposed the hypocrisy of Western powers that preach democracy but did all they could to impede Syrian participation in the democratic process.

Egypt police forces attack Al-Azhar University

Fri Jun 6, 2014 20:42:50

Egyptian security forces have attacked the student dormitories at Cairo campus of the prominent Al-Azhar University in an effort to bring under control rioting by students that support the country’s military-ousted elected president Mohamed Morsi.

Israeli police raid Palestine TV studio, arrest staff

Fri Jun 6, 2014 20:22:38

Israeli regime forces have raided the studios of Palestine TV in east al-Quds (Jerusalem) and briefly detained three of its staff members for interrogation.

Syrian forces score more gains on insurgents

Fri Jun 6, 2014 19:19:47

Syrian military forces have carried out more operations against foreign-backed insurgents in the outskirts of the country’s major cities of Daraa, Aleppo and Homs, inflicting heavy blows on intruding armed groups and terrorists.

Bahrain forces detained 214 kids in 2013: Report

Fri Jun 6, 2014 17:23:38

Bahraini police forces have detained more than 200 children across the Persian Gulf nation during raids on their homes and over the past year, the country’s main opposition group said.

Al-Nursa terrorists kill teenage Syrian in Lebanon

Fri Jun 6, 2014 16:48:58

Syria insurgents from the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front Takfiri group have murdered a Syrian teenager in eastern Lebanon.

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