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Bombings, shootings kill 13 in Iraq

Sat Mar 8, 2014 22:12:08

At least 13 people, including a parliamentary candidate and four children, have been killed in bombings and shootings in Iraq, officers and medical sources said.

Syria troops continue mop-up, sneak ops across nation

Sat Mar 8, 2014 22:10:45

Syrian military forces continued making advances against foreign-backed insurgents in mop-up and sneak operations in towns and villages on the outskirts of Daraa, Aleppo and Damascus countryside.

Israeli forces attack West Bank women's day rally

Sat Mar 8, 2014 20:54:36

Israeli regime forces have fired stun grenades and tear gas at dozens of Palestinian protesters marking the International Women's Day near a West Bank checkpoint, injuring at least 11 women.

Syrian army takes full control of al-Zarah in Homs

Sat Mar 8, 2014 17:52:20

The Syrian army forces have gained full control over key town of al-Zarah in the countryside of Talkalakh in Homs province, purging the entire area from the foreign-backed insurgents.

UN slams Egypt’s crackdown on protesters

Sat Mar 8, 2014 16:02:16

A group of 27 countries on the United Nations Human Rights Council have slammed the military-installed government of Egypt for its wide-scale use of violence against anti-government protesters.

Bombing at Cairo tram station injures at least one

Sat Mar 8, 2014 15:25:05

A blast, described as a suspected homemade bomb, has ripped through a tram station in the Egyptian capital of Cairo wounding at least one person, security officials said.

Syria opposition confirms new military chief

Sat Mar 8, 2014 14:45:07

The foreign-backed Syrian National Coalition (SNC) has finally named Brigadier General Abdullah al-Bashir as the official head of its military wing after weeks of disagreements.

Saudi Arabia orders return of native militants

Sat Mar 8, 2014 14:18:15

Saudi Arabia has called on its citizens waging insurgency wars abroad to return back to the kingdom within 15 days or face imprisonment.

Footage of executing 7 civilians by ISIL terrorists

Sat Mar 8, 2014 12:50:56

In their latest atrocity, elements of the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group in Syria that calls itself Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has executed in cold blood seven Syrian natives, including a 10-year-old child, with their machine guns.

Amnesty urges Riyadh to free rights activists

Sat Mar 8, 2014 11:13:30

Amnesty International has called on Saudi Arabia to release two founders of a local human rights organization who have spent nearly a year behind bars.

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