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Army tightens noose around militants across Syria

Fri Dec 20, 2013 09:39:56

The Syrian army continues to tighten the noose around foreign-backed militants in several areas across the country.

Hezbollah vows to confront Takfiri-Zionist attacks

Fri Dec 20, 2013 09:29:05

Hezbollah has vowed to curb what it called Takfiri-Zionist attacks against the resistance party and the Lebanese Army.

‘Nobody can stop Assad from running for re-election’

Thu Dec 19, 2013 21:11:18

The Syrian government says nobody can prevent the country's President Bashar al-Assad from running for re-election next year.

Militants in Syria pose a great terrorist threat to Tunisia, Arab world

Thu Dec 19, 2013 18:25:07

Hayet Saadi says the trouble with her son Aymen began more than a year ago, when he was just 16. He began talking of war in Syria, and of going to the country to join the militants fighting the government of President Bashar al-Assad. In March, he skipped his high school exams and left home.

‘Uncatalogued abuses’ in ISIL Syrian jails shock rights group

Thu Dec 19, 2013 17:15:56

Extremist militants are perpetrating "a shocking uncatalogued of abuses" in secret jails across northern Syria, including torture, flogging and killings after summary trials, Amnesty International says.

Egypt clears ex-PM Shafiq, Mubarak sons of corruption

Thu Dec 19, 2013 16:47:03

Egyptian courts have acquitted Ahmed Shafiq, a former premier and presidential candidate, of corruption charges, paving the way for his return more than a year after he fled abroad.

Anti-regime protests held across Bahrain

Thu Dec 19, 2013 16:12:13

Bahraini people have held fresh protest rallies to show their solidarity with those killed or arrested during the uprising against the ruling Al Khalifa regime.

Syria war nearing an end: Al-Nusra mastermind

Thu Dec 19, 2013 14:58:08

A ringleader of al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria has claimed that the conflict is nearing an end while rejecting Geneva 2 peace talks.

US urges Israel to refrain from new settlements

Thu Dec 19, 2013 12:06:15

Washington has warned the Israeli regime about the consequences of announcing a new wave of illegal construction in the West Bank settlements when it releases the next group of Palestinian prisoners on December 29.

Bahraini activists have no option but exile: Report

Thu Dec 19, 2013 11:35:51

Bahraini activists who have not been locked up or tortured for opposing the ruling monarchy are finding themselves with no option but exile.

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