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4 killed, 25 hurt in eastern Lebanon bombing: medic

Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:04:20

A powerful car bomb explosion killed at least four people and wounded 25 Thursday in downtown Hermel, near the border with Syria, a medic said.

Lebanon arrests senior Abdullah Azzam commander

Thu Jan 16, 2014 10:55:22

The Lebanese army says its soldiers have captured a senior operative with an al-Qaida-linked group that has carried out attacks across the Middle East.

Syria aid pledges less than half of UN target

Wed Jan 15, 2014 22:40:58

Donors meeting in Kuwait have pledged more than $2.4 billion in humanitarian aid for victims of the Syrian war, less than half the $6.5 billion sought by the United Nations.

US probes photos of Marines burning corpses in Iraq

Wed Jan 15, 2014 22:01:17

The US Marine Corps has launched an investigation into photos released Wednesday that show troops burning corpses in Fallujah, Iraq, a spokesman says.

Saudi Wahhabism threatens whole world: Bashar al-Assad

Wed Jan 15, 2014 20:16:17

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that Saudi Arabia's political and religious ideology of Wahhabism threatens "the whole world."

Syria army mop-up operations continue across country

Wed Jan 15, 2014 19:47:10

The Syrian army is pushing ahead with its mop-up operations to clear foreign-sponsored militants fighting against the government from different areas across the country.

Iranian team in Beirut to investigate embassy attacks

Wed Jan 15, 2014 18:23:27

An Iranian legal and judicial delegation has arrived in Lebanon to investigate the circumstances behind the bomb attacks outside the Iranian embassy in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, last November.

Half of Syrians need urgent humanitarian help: UN

Wed Jan 15, 2014 17:00:21

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says about half of Syria's population needs urgent humanitarian help as the situation worsens due to the foreign-backed militancy in the Arab country.

New wave of terrorist attacks kill 52 in Iraq

Wed Jan 15, 2014 13:48:00

Bomb attacks have hit the Iraqi capital Baghdad and a village near the northern town of Baquba, killing at least 52 people, Iraqi sources say.

Assad, Zarif hold security talks in Damascus

Wed Jan 15, 2014 13:41:23

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has met Iranian Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif in the capital city of Damascus to talk about mutual ties and the ongoing crisis in the Arab country.

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