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Three Al-Manar staffers killed in Syria's Maalula

Mon Apr 14, 2014 21:08:15

Three Al-Manar staffers have been killed while covering the Syrian army's takeover of the Christian town of Maalula, Al-Manar television says.

11 Shiites jailed over allegedly attacking police in Bahrain

Mon Apr 14, 2014 20:05:12

A Bahraini court has sentenced 11 Shiite pro-democracy demonstrators to five years in jail each for allegedly attacking police with iron rods and petrol bombs near Manama last year, a judicial source said.

Syria army retakes town of al-Sarkha in Qalamoun

Mon Apr 14, 2014 17:34:42

Syrian army forces have liberated the town of al-Sarkha in the strategic Qalamoun region, killing scores of foreign-backed Takfiri militants operating inside Syria.

Syria army recaptures Christian town of Maaloula

Mon Apr 14, 2014 14:32:41

Syrian army has retaken Maaloula in Rif Dimashq Governorate, four months after extremist al-Qaeda-linked militants overran the Christian town, a security official says.

Riyadh is Middle East’s biggest arms spender, world’s 4th

Mon Apr 14, 2014 14:00:43

Middle Eastern nations have increased their military expenditure by billions of dollars, with Saudi Arabia's budget now the fourth largest in the world, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

Syria chemical arms shipment ‘encouraging’: OPCW

Mon Apr 14, 2014 13:46:48

Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Ahmet Uzumcu has welcomed shipment of Syria’s chemical weapons, as most of the stockpile has already been sent out of the country.

UNICEF: Greater catastrophe threatens Syrian children

Mon Apr 14, 2014 12:58:11

The Unicef has warned that the crisis in Syria, which has left 5.5 million children in need of urgent educational and psychological support, will become an even greater humanitarian catastrophe if the international community does not come up with three years' guaranteed funding.

Drought complicates food crisis in Syria: WFP

Mon Apr 14, 2014 12:51:31

Syria’s foreign-hatched war has taken a new turn as the beleaguered Middle East country now faces a deepening drought and food crisis in the midst of an expanding conflict, a UN relief agency says.

Syria army recaptures strategic heights in al-Qalamoun

Mon Apr 14, 2014 10:48:11

The Syrian army is in full control of the eastern heights overlooking Rankous plain in al-Qalamoun area, Damascus countryside, a strategic area that cuts militants supply routes near Lebanon borders.

Pakistani plane lands at wrong airport in Saudi Arabia

Mon Apr 14, 2014 09:50:44

Passengers have asked for financial compensation after a Pakistani International Airlines (PIA) plane flying them from Karachi to Riyadh has landed at King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah.

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