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Syrian army recaptures strategic border town near Lebanon

Tue Nov 19, 2013 18:07:46

Syrian army forces have successfully regained Qara border town located near the strategic al-Qalamoun area, the state media has reported. The operation to push foreign-backed militants out of Qara began Friday morning.

Syrian minister: Beirut explosion reeks of petro-dollar

Tue Nov 19, 2013 17:49:28

Syrian information minister has blamed Saudi Arabia and some other Persian Gulf states as well as the Israeli regime for the deadly blasts outside the Iranian Embassy in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

In Picture: Deadly blasts near Iran embassy in Beirut

Tue Nov 19, 2013 13:45:04

At least 23 people including an Iranian official were killed and nearly 150 others injured in twin bomb blasts in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Tuesday.

Beirut bomb blast kills Iran's cultural attaché

Tue Nov 19, 2013 13:23:50

Iran's cultural attaché in Lebanon Ebrahim Ansari has been killed in deadly bomb blasts that hit the Lebanese capital, Beirut, al-Alam reports.

25 killed in blasts near Iran's embassy in Beirut

Tue Nov 19, 2013 11:38:13

At least 25 people including an Iranian official have been killed and scores more wounded in two bomb blasts in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, al-Alam reports.

Syria-Iran relations ‘strategic,’ based on 'truth'

Tue Nov 19, 2013 11:08:10

Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad described Iran-Syria relations as strategic, saying the ties are based on truth and consultation in all fields.

Kuwait, UAE sentence Twitter users to jail

Tue Nov 19, 2013 10:39:48

Twitter users in two Persian Gulf Arab states have been sentenced to prison, in the latest sign of widening crackdowns on activists, who use social media.

Palestine casts first vote in UN General Assembly

Tue Nov 19, 2013 10:37:05

Palestinian Envoy to the United Nations Riyad Mansour has said Palestine’s first vote in the UN General Assembly is seen for his country as a step closer to full UN membership.

Saudi Arabia denies working with Israel for Iran war

Tue Nov 19, 2013 08:57:43

Saudi Arabia has denied working with Israel on contingency plans for a potential attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.

Poll: Majority of Saudis favor women's right to sports

Tue Nov 19, 2013 08:17:16

A vast majority of Saudis favor women having the right to fully engage in sports in a country that has no official facilities for female athletes or physical education programs for girls in schools, according to a Saudi sociology researcher, who has put forward a series of recommendations at a time that the government is developing its first ever national sports plan albeit for men only.

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