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PA official warns of Israel plot to raze al-Aqsa mosque

Sun Mar 30, 2014 22:56:50

Palestinian Authority Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmoud al-Habbash has joined a growing number of local and international voices in warning of Israeli plots to destroy the al-Aqsa Mosque in al-Quds.

Iraq electoral commission retracts joint resignation

Sun Mar 30, 2014 22:43:31

Members of Iraq's electoral commission have withdrawn their resignations, partly after an appeal from the United Nations mission to Baghdad, state television said.

Syria army crush militants in Lattakia, Daraa, Homs

Sun Mar 30, 2014 22:33:42

Syrian military forces have inflicted heavy blows on foreign-backed insurgents in continuing operations against militant attempt to regain ground in liberated areas in the outskirts of key cities of Lattakia, Daraa and Homs.

12 Bahraini teens get life terms for protest role

Sun Mar 30, 2014 21:47:46

A court in Bahrain has sentenced 12 teenagers to life in prison for allegedly attempting take a police officer's life, setting a police car ablaze and taking part in an anti-regime protest, a defense lawyer says.

Militants flee to Lebanon, Turkey amid Syria advances

Sun Mar 30, 2014 20:46:08

Foreign-backed insurgents operating in Syria flee to neighboring countries of Turkey and Lebanon, as government forces make fresh advances in different areas of the country, Al-Alam reports.

Lebanon Army vows anti-terror resolve after terror blast

Sun Mar 30, 2014 20:13:19

The Lebanese army has pledged its resolve to continue battling terrorist hours after a suicide bomber killed three of its soldiers at a checkpoint in the eastern border area of Aqabet al-Jurd near the town of Arsal.

Militants attack Egyptian army bus, kill 1, injur 3

Sun Mar 30, 2014 18:55:19

Militants have attacked a bus transporting Egyptian soldiers, killing one and wounding three in the town of Al-Arish in the Sinai Peninsula, a military said.

Eight killed, 13 injured during Turkey elections

Sun Mar 30, 2014 18:47:46

Eight people have been killed and at least 13 wounded in violent clashed between supporters of rival candidates in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish populated southeast during the country’s municipal elections.

Iraq attacks kill five, one month before elections

Sun Mar 30, 2014 14:27:55

Attacks in Sunni-majority areas of Iraq have killed five people, exactly a month ahead of parliamentary polls that remain in disarray after the mass resignations of election commissioners last week.

Two Spanish journalists freed in Syria: report

Sun Mar 30, 2014 12:08:22

Two Spanish journalists taken hostage by an al-Qaeda-linked group last year have been freed, the Spanish daily El Mundo reports.

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