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Heavy floods paralyze Saudi capital

Sun Nov 17, 2013 16:33:44

Severe flooding has hit Saudi Arabia, especially in the kingdom’s capital of Riyadh, with the government closing schools and urging people to stay indoors amid heavy rain. Flooding is rare in the country dominated by the Arabian Desert.

Iraqi MP: No difference between MKO and al-Qaeda

Sun Nov 17, 2013 16:06:58

A Senior Iraqi lawmaker says the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) is no different from al-Qaeda and those who support them must keep them in their own countries.

Saudi Arabia to help Israel in possible Iran attack: report

Sun Nov 17, 2013 14:35:53

Saudi Arabia has given the go-ahead for Israeli warplanes to use its airspace for possible attacks on Iran over Tehran’s nuclear energy program, a report says

Female lawyer, activists arrested in Bahrain

Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:57:42

A well-known female lawyer and several activists have been arrested in nighttime raids by regime forces in Bahrain as the crackdown continues on peaceful protesters in the Persian Gulf Arab state.

Syrian army pushes back militants near capital: video

Sun Nov 17, 2013 10:17:04

Syrian army forces continue to push back foreign-backed militants fighting against the government in a town near the capital Damascus.

Brotherhood offers talks to end Egypt unrest

Sat Nov 16, 2013 21:23:16

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has offered to talk with the government to end the crisis created in the country following the overthrow of the former Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi.

Erdogan meets Barzani after Syrian Kurds autonomy call

Sat Nov 16, 2013 19:19:44

Turkey's prime minister has met with the leader of Iraq's autonomous north to his country's own Kurdish-dominated territory for the first time following a group of Kurd’s independence announcement in Syria.

Shocking video: Ethiopian workers tortured, abused in Saudi Arabia

Sat Nov 16, 2013 18:05:53

Ethiopia’s Information Ministry has released a shocking video footage dubbed “Hell on Earth” that shows appalling conditions of its nationals in Saudi Arabia.

Al-Nusra feeds Aleppo dogs with Syrian soldiers’ bodies

Sat Nov 16, 2013 17:19:39

Terrorist al-Nusra Front in Syria says it feeds dogs with bodies of Syrian soldiers to scare people from faith of those who supported their army and government.

Netanyahu says NPT is useless in Middle East

Sat Nov 16, 2013 15:55:50

Prime minister of the nuclear-armed Israeli regime, Benjamin Netanyahu says the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is of no use in the Middle East.

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