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ISIL radicals execute and crucify man in Syria’s Raqqa: Video

Sun Mar 23, 2014 14:36:06

The extremist militant group of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) have crucified a civilian after executing him in Syria’s Raqqa, where the group has been holding a permanent base.

Syria to give UN 228 Saudi ID cards belonging to killed militants

Sun Mar 23, 2014 12:35:39

The Syrian Foreign and Expatriates Ministry has criticized Saudi Arabia over lack of genuine measures to stop instigation of terrorism in Syria.

Iraqi presidential guard shoots dead reporter

Sun Mar 23, 2014 10:43:36

An officer in a brigade responsible for guarding a Baghdad compound controlled by ailing Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has killed a journalist after an argument, officials said.

Obama drops plan to meet PGCC leaders in Riyadh

Sun Mar 23, 2014 10:20:08

The White House has abandoned efforts to arrange a summit with Persian Gulf Arab leaders during President Barack Obama’s visit to Saudi Arabia in coming days because of divisions with the group of regional US allies.

Jordan king slams Israel on deportation plan

Sun Mar 23, 2014 10:03:16

Jordan’s King Abdullah II has hit out at Israelis who say that a Palestinian state already exists and that it is located in Jordan, the Arabic language Al-Hayat newspaper reports.

Syrian rebel com’dr gets salary from a country he wishes not to name

Sun Mar 23, 2014 09:34:10

An ongoing trend of Syrian militants leaving the so-called Free Syrian Army and joining ‘better-funded’ radical groups was reversed in January, with another country’s intelligence coming to help them in their war to topple the Syrian government, a new report suggests.

Syria army defeats radical militants entering from Jordan

Sun Mar 23, 2014 08:03:09

Syrian army forces have launched a fresh operation against al-Qaeda-linked militants who crossed into the country from neighboring Jordan.

16 more lives lost in fresh Iraq violence

Sun Mar 23, 2014 07:53:31

Increasing violence in Iraq claims 16 more lives, as the country struggles with an al-Qaeda-awakened deadly insurgency in the west.

Many al-Nusra Front terrorists killed in Syria army ambush

Sat Mar 22, 2014 21:27:21

Several foreign-backed militants have been killed after Syrian government forces ambushed a group of the terrorists near the capital, Damascus, local media reported.

Saudi Arabia cracks down on social media activists

Sat Mar 22, 2014 18:40:41

After three years of relative online freedom during which Saudis, inspired by the Arab uprisings, took to social media to demand political and economic reforms or to organize consumer boycott or women driving campaigns, the government is stepping up harassment of Twitter users and bloggers.

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