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Oman mulls cutting petrol subsidies, no bond plans

Fri May 9, 2014 09:23:42

Oman's government is looking closely at cutting costly subsidies in the sultanate, with petrol an obvious target, the minister for financial affairs says.

US senator McCain calls Homs evacuation a ‘huge victory’ for Assad

Fri May 9, 2014 08:27:55

American senator John McCain has described the withdrawal of foreign-backed militants from the Syrian western city of Homs as a "huge victory" for President Bashar al-Assad.

With the militants gone, Homs’ displaced dream of return

Fri May 9, 2014 08:12:07

Wafa al-Tarshi dreams of returning to the “palace” she calls home in the Old City of Homs from which she was ejected by Syria’s brutal conflict.

The emerging, new Muslim East

Thu May 8, 2014 20:13:17

The emerging, new Muslim East (aka the Middle East) is not the one Condoleezza Rice had envisioned; it is more confident and assertive and pursuing an agenda to serve the interests of the people rather than imperialist/Zionist powers.

Saudi woman killed while defying driving ban

Thu May 8, 2014 19:46:19

A Saudi woman has been killed in a car crash in the nation’s capital of Riyadh as she defied the kingdom's long-standing ban on female driving. The woman, reportedly in her 20s, lost control of her vehicle on Thursday and crashed into the wall of a youth club in Riyadh, according to local news reports.

Syrian forces hoist the country's flag over Homs

Thu May 8, 2014 19:18:04

Syrian military forces have hoisted the nation’s flag in old section of the city of Homs following the ouster of foreign-backed insurgents from the strategic area.

Turkish officers charged for blocking Syria arms shipment

Thu May 8, 2014 17:58:59

Turkish judicial authorities have charged 13 security forces personnel for blocking seven truck-leads of weaponry bounded to the armed insurgent groups in Syria.

Bahraini protesters again attacked by police forces

Thu May 8, 2014 16:57:02

Bahraini security forces have again clashed with anti-regime demonstrators that were protesting the refusal of the government to turn over the body of a protester killed by the regime’s police officers.

All Palestinian prisoners wage mass hunger strike

Thu May 8, 2014 16:38:36

Nearly all Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have waged a one-day hunger strike to express solidarity with Palestinian inmates that have been on strike for nearly two weeks to protest their so-called administrative detention by the Tel Aviv regime without charge or trial.

Terrorist bombing levels Aleppo hotel

Thu May 8, 2014 13:28:22

A "huge explosion" in northern Syria has leveled a hotel along with several other buildings in a government-held area, state television and activists report.

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