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Main domestic opposition group not to join Syria talks

Fri Feb 7, 2014 17:56:57

Main group of the domestic Syrian opposition - the National Coordination Committee (NCC) - would not participate in talks, its official representative Haytham Manna has told the al-Mayadin TV channel.

Syria army foils Aleppo jail attack, retake control

Fri Feb 7, 2014 17:14:59

Syrian troops retook Friday most of Aleppo's prison, lost to militants a day earlier, in fighting that has killed at least 46 over two days, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

First civilians leave besieged part of Syria's Homs

Fri Feb 7, 2014 16:37:27

A first group of civilians was evacuated from besieged areas of Homs on Friday under a UN-supervised deal between the Syrian government and foreign backed militant groups.

Iraq attacks kill nine including election candidate

Fri Feb 7, 2014 16:18:51

Attacks in Baghdad and north of the capital killed nine people on Friday, including a candidate who was standing in April's parliamentary election.

Syria confirms it will attend next round of peace talks

Fri Feb 7, 2014 13:37:31

Syria's deputy foreign minister, Faisal Muqdad, says Damascus will take part in a second round of peace talks in Geneva due to start on February 10.

Syrians return home in Muadamiyat al-Sham after militant retreat: Photos

Fri Feb 7, 2014 12:32:43

Thousands of Syrians have returned home in southwestern Syria, after a ceasefire deal between the government and foreign-backed opposition.

Mubarak: Sisi should be president of Egypt

Fri Feb 7, 2014 12:09:06

Ousted Egyptian President Husni Mubarak says military leader Abdel Fatah al-Sisi would be the next president because “people want” him.

EU, Arabs to discuss threats of foreign terrorists in Syria

Fri Feb 7, 2014 09:19:12

Experts from the European Union and eight Arab countries plus Turkey will reportedly hold a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss threats posed by foreign terrorists in Syria.

Syrian army, militants reach deal on Homs

Fri Feb 7, 2014 08:07:51

The United Nations has welcomed a deal between the Syrian army and foreign-backed militants, which allows humanitarian access into the besieged parts of the city of Homs.

Red Cross raps Israel seizure of tents of displaced Palestinians

Fri Feb 7, 2014 07:51:24

The Red Cross says it had suspended provision of tents to displaced Palestinians in the Jordan Valley, in a rare protest over Israeli regime’s “confiscation” of aid material.

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