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Terrorist explosion kills 18 Syrians in Hama

Thu Jan 9, 2014 16:53:24

A massive car bomb has reportedly killed 18 people in the village of Kafat in Syria's central Hama Province.

Protest after sexual assault on Syrian Kurd refugee

Thu Jan 9, 2014 16:22:28

Dozens of Syrian Kurds have demonstrated outside the Iraqi Kurdish parliament, calling for six men held after the sexual assault of a teenage Syrian refugee to be executed.

Syria deputy FM lauds Iran support

Thu Jan 9, 2014 14:26:08

The Syrian deputy foreign minister has praised the Islamic Republic of Iran’s diplomatic and economic support for the Syrian nation.

Lebanon lodges complaint with UN on Israel eavesdropping

Thu Jan 9, 2014 14:23:11

Lebanese caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Adnan Mansour has said he filed a complaint with the United Nations over Israeli eavesdropping operations in the Arab country.

Bahrain suspends national dialogue with opposition

Thu Jan 9, 2014 13:44:38

Bahrain has suspended a national dialogue that began last February but was boycotted months ago by the main Shiite opposition, a government statement said on Thursday.

Struggle in Israeli Knesset over land annexation

Thu Jan 9, 2014 12:23:26

Minority lawmakers in the Israeli Knesset have lost their bid to pass a so-called "Two-State Solution" bill that would prohibit future land grabs, officials say.

Houthis, tribesmen agree ceasefire in northern Yemen

Thu Jan 9, 2014 10:53:34

Houthi fighters and gunmen from the Hashid tribe affiliated to Salafists in northern Yemen have agreed a ceasefire after three days of intense clashes, tribal sources and official media said.

Russia blocks Britain anti-Syria statement

Thu Jan 9, 2014 10:28:49

Russia has blocked a UN Security Council attempt to criticize the Syrian government's recent air strikes on militants in the city of Aleppo.

No ISIL militants’ base left in Syria’s Aleppo: NGO

Thu Jan 9, 2014 10:16:38

"Hardly any" militants from the Al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant are left in Aleppo, a Syrian NGO said Wednesday after the fall of ISIL's headquarters there.

Syria reports two attacks on chemical arms sites

Thu Jan 9, 2014 08:15:47

Syria’s government has said that terrorists assaulted two storage sites for some of the deadly chemical weapons components it has pledged to eliminate.

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