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Persian Gulf Arab states hold extraordinary meeting on Qatar

Thu Apr 17, 2014 19:54:45

Foreign ministers from Persian Gulf Arab countries are holding an extraordinary meeting in Riyadh in a bid to defuse tensions between Qatar and three other members of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council, an official has said.

Israeli forces abduct Lebanese teens, women in Shebaa

Thu Apr 17, 2014 17:18:57

Israeli forces have abducted five Lebanese, two young boys and three women, from the Shebaa Farms, south Lebanon.

American cleric uses Facebook, Twitter to charge Syria war

Thu Apr 17, 2014 16:51:25

Radical clerics have been using social media, especially Facebook, to try and increase support for the extremist-marked war in Syria, which is “considered the most socially-mediated conflict in history,” a new report says.

Thousands of Palestinians, including children, suffer in Israeli jails

Thu Apr 17, 2014 15:59:06

There are more than 5,000 Palestinian inmates suffering in Israeli prisons, including hundreds of children, the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees and Ex-detainees Affairs says.

UK troops committed crimes against Iraqis: Inquiry

Thu Apr 17, 2014 14:41:02

A public inquiry in the UK has heard that British soldiers tortured Iraqi civilians and committed other crimes during operations in southern Iraq in 2004.

Syria gov’t successful in curbing inflation rate

Thu Apr 17, 2014 13:28:57

Under the Syrian government's plans to curb the inflation, the Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics has said the inflation rate during the first quarter of 2014 has decreased.

Syria most dangerous country for journalists: watchdog

Thu Apr 17, 2014 12:01:21

Syria is the world's most dangerous country for journalists a US-based watchdog said Wednesday as it published its annual impunity index tracking unsolved killings of reporters.

Lebanon searches cars booby-trapped by Syria militants

Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:50:34

Lebanese security services have continued the interrogation with Mohammad Abed Al-Hamid Kassem, one of the most dangerous wanted terrorist to find booby-trapped cars in Yabroud and Rankous.

US leading violence in Syria: Deputy FM

Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:46:49

Syria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad has said that the war on Syria is being led by the United States and certain states in the Middle East.

Russia warns against arming Syria militants

Thu Apr 17, 2014 08:58:28

The Russian government has warned about delivering advanced weapons to Syria’s foreign-backed militants, saying it would thwart any political solution to the crisis in the country.

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