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Lebanon to take legal action on Israel spying

Sun Nov 10, 2013 16:03:34

Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour says Beirut is going to take legal action against Israel over its spying activities.

Israel to lobby US congress for preventing Iran deal

Sun Nov 10, 2013 15:30:40

Israel struggles to lobby the US Congress to try to prevent any possible agreement between the world powers and Iran over its civilian nuclear program.

Turkey's Davutoglu in Iraq to push fresh start

Sun Nov 10, 2013 14:45:38

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has arrived in Baghdad for a slew of meetings with top Iraqi officials as the two neighbors seek a "fresh start" to chilled ties.

Israel unable to undermine nuclear talks: Zarif

Sun Nov 10, 2013 14:00:06

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has dismissed as “unlikely” the possibility of the Israeli lobby being capable of undermining the nuclear talks between Tehran and six major world powers.

Syrian army pushing back militants near capital

Sun Nov 10, 2013 10:58:11

The Syrian army continues to push back foreign-backed militants fighting against the government near the capital Damascus.

'Turkey has stopped supporting extremist in Syria'

Sat Nov 9, 2013 21:08:06

A top Syrian Kurdish leader has claimed that the Turkish government is no longer supporting the al-Qaeda-linked militant groups fighting to topple the government in Syria.

US and Israel lose UNESCO voting rights

Sat Nov 9, 2013 20:08:58

UNESCO has suspended the voting rights of the United States and Israel, for not paying their dues after Palestine's membership to the organization.

The evolution of al-Qaeda; From Iraq to Syria

Sat Nov 9, 2013 19:02:00

The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has succeeded in imposing itself as a key player in the complex Syrian equation in a relatively short time, which some consider a record time. That would be the case had ISIS been a new organization, but in fact the only thing new about it is its name. One cannot understand how ISIS has surpassed the other armed organizations in Syria that preceded it without understanding that ISIS, under a different name, is in fact older than the other groups and older than the Syrian crisis itself.

Syria opposition meet in Istanbul over Geneva talks

Sat Nov 9, 2013 18:32:38

Syria's divided opposition has begun meeting in Istanbul to decide whether to attend a peace conference that world powers want to hold in Geneva.

Rebels’ shellfire kills 6 kids in Syria’s Aleppo

Sat Nov 9, 2013 17:43:15

A mortar shellfire has killed at least six people and wounded five others in the al-Ashrafiyeh district in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo.

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