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Syrian army retakes northern strategic town

Sat Nov 2, 2013 17:38:46

Following several weeks of heavy fighting with militants, the Syrian army has taken full control of a strategic town near Aleppo in the north of the country.

CIA, Israeli intelligence train substitutes for Syrian officials

Sat Nov 2, 2013 16:12:19

A senior commander of the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) says Israeli intelligence services has been helping some Syrian military defectors to be trained in order to hold posts in the Syrian military after the government falls.

October Iraq deadliest month in 5 years: Officials

Fri Nov 1, 2013 16:55:24

October was Iraq's deadliest month since April 2008, figures compiled by government ministries showed Friday, with 964 people killed last month as the country grapples with a spike in bloodshed.

Veiled women MPs at Turkish parliament after 14-year absence

Fri Nov 1, 2013 12:40:09

Four female lawmakers from Turkey's ruling party have attended a parliament session wearing headscarves, for the first time in 14 years.

Rebel mortar shells hit Christian-Druze suburb of Damascus, 2 women killed

Fri Nov 1, 2013 12:08:35

Several mortar shells launched by foreign-backed militants have hit Jaramana, a majority Christian-Druze suburb of the Syrian capital, Damascus.

Syria army advances on strategic area of Sfeira near Aleppo

Fri Nov 1, 2013 11:46:50

Syrian troops have pressed an advance on the strategic area of Sfeira, the site of several arms factories near Aleppo.

4 Palestinian fighters killed in clash with Israeli troops

Fri Nov 1, 2013 10:58:24

At least four Palestinian fighters have been killed in a firefight with Israeli troops sent to destroy tunnels under the Gaza border, officials on both sides says.

5 Israeli soldiers hurt in Gaza border bombing

Fri Nov 1, 2013 09:16:14

At least five Israeli soldiers have been wounded after a bomb went off near the Gaza border fence.

Lebanon rejects dumping Syrian chemical arms

Fri Nov 1, 2013 09:02:35

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has warned against attempts to dump Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile in Lebanon, saying no force in the world could persuade the country to accept such a move.

Israeli jets strike Russian missiles near Syrian city of Latakia: US officials

Fri Nov 1, 2013 08:38:03

Israeli warplanes have attacked a shipment of Russian missiles inside a Syrian government stronghold, US officials has said, a development that threatened to add another explosive layer to regional tensions from the war in Syria.

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