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Israeli drone fires missile at Gaza Strip

Mon Oct 28, 2013 12:59:24

An Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle has fired a missile into the north of the besieged Gaza Strip.

Saudi Arabia human rights violations: Video shows Saudi man beating up Indian worker

Mon Oct 28, 2013 11:48:44

The Saudi Human Rights Commission has launched an investigation into the beating of an Indian expatriate by a Saudi man who became enraged that the expat allegedly spoke to his wife.

Syria’s Grand mufti: Abducted bishops are in Turkey

Mon Oct 28, 2013 10:14:08

The grand mufti of Syria says the two bishops kidnapped in Syria by foreign-backed militants were in Turkey, according to a member of the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society.

Bahrain opposition won’t join national dialogue

Mon Oct 28, 2013 08:19:55

Bahrain’s opposition bloc al-Wefaq says it is going to continue its boycott of a national dialogue over the Al Khalifa regime’s unending crackdown on dissents.

Christian Syrians call for release of abducted relatives

Sun Oct 27, 2013 22:38:42

Christian Syrians have rallied in capital Damascus to call for the release of their relatives from the ‘hands of the armed groups.’

Syria submits chemical weapons destruction plan

Sun Oct 27, 2013 21:23:58

Syria has handed in a plan for the destruction of its chemical weapons to the watchdog monitoring the process.

Lebanon: Jumblatt Shifts Syria Line

Sun Oct 27, 2013 19:00:31

Walid Jumblatt is not the same person who led the "Cedar Revolution" in 2005. He is no longer enthusiastic about the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime. Today, the Progressive Socialist Party leader is back to his realism, or what parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri, calls "the patriotic line." Berri says, "In serious times, Jumblatt does not stray from the line, and these are serious times."

Syria rebels prefer the war rather than talks

Sun Oct 27, 2013 17:37:37

More than twenty militant groups fighting against the Syrian government have rejected the planned Geneva 2 conference aimed at resolving the crisis in Syria.

Car bomb attack on soldiers kills 12 in Iraq's Mosul

Sun Oct 27, 2013 15:20:29

A suicide bomber has attacked soldiers queuing up for their pay in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, killing 12 people, police says.

Settlers destroyed 4,000 olive trees in WB in 2012

Sun Oct 27, 2013 14:00:34

Palestinian caretaker prime minister Rami Hamdallah says Israeli settlers destroyed more than 4,000 olive trees in the occupied West Bank in 2012.

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