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Syria insurgents may possess chemicals: OPCW

Sat May 10, 2014 08:24:40

Extremist Syria insurgents may have taken over an airport where 16 containers of chemical components, which could be used to make the nerve agent Sarin and Mustard Gas, are being stored, according to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

Iraq launches anti-terrorist op. in Fallujah

Sat May 10, 2014 08:05:41

Iraqi army and tribal fighters have launched an operation to retake insurgent-held areas in the city of Fallujah in al-Anbar province.

ISIL militants kill at least 20 civilians in Syria

Fri May 9, 2014 20:16:59

Takfiri militants have killed at least 20 civilians and severely injured several others for supporting a rival group in eastern Syria.

Saudi, Dagestani al-Qaeda militants killed in Yemen: Gov’t

Fri May 9, 2014 19:51:06

Yemeni forces have killed two foreign Al-Qaeda militants -- a Saudi and a Dagestani -- and captured two French citizens of Tunisian origin also belonging to the group, state media said Friday.

Syria civilians start returning to Homs' Old City

Fri May 9, 2014 19:26:05

Hundreds of people displaced by three years of violence in central Homs returned for the first time Friday, as the Syrian army regained control, reported an Agence France-Presse correspondent at the scene.

Saudis call for Arab League Syria talks to be put off

Fri May 9, 2014 15:57:40

Saudi Arabia has urged the indefinite postponement of an Arab League meeting on Syria that Riyadh itself called, the group's deputy chief Ahmed Ben Helli said on Friday.

Syria's Assad, his wife Asma greet martyrs children: Photos

Fri May 9, 2014 13:09:50

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad his wife Asma al-Assad meet the children of the martyrs of the Syrian Army and the National Defense Forces during a ceremony marking the Martyrs' Day in the Syrian capital Damascus on m$ay 6.

Saudis fear Syria blowback after discovering ISIL cell

Fri May 9, 2014 12:01:29

The Saudi Interior Ministry has recently announced the discovery of a terrorist group in in the kingdom linked to the terrorist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Syrian militants get US aid, new sanctions for Assad backers

Fri May 9, 2014 11:12:58

Syrian militant leaders have visited the White House and left with the promise of millions of dollars in non-lethal aid and fresh sanctions against supporters of the Syrian government.

Turkey frees journalists after 8 years pre-trial custody

Fri May 9, 2014 09:55:42

A Turkish court has freed three journalists and five others accused of ties to a banned Marxist group after eight years of pre-trial custody, pending an appeal in their trial, a journalists' union says.

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