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Brotherhood supporters protest at Cairo universities

Wed Oct 9, 2013 09:55:02

Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters have chanted anti-military slogans outside Cairo University in the capital to defy Egypt's army-backed government.

Lebanon’s Berri lauds Saudi Arabia-Iran rapprochement

Wed Oct 9, 2013 09:43:50

Improved Iranian-Saudi relations will positively influence Lebanon and Syria, Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri has said in Geneva after a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Ali Larijani.

Syria army advances near Aleppo, secures 5 villages

Wed Oct 9, 2013 08:05:29

The Syrian army has made progress near the flashpoint city of Aleppo in the north of the crisis-hit country.

Israeli drone crash lands in Mediterranean

Wed Oct 9, 2013 07:50:46

An Israeli drone has crash landed in the Mediterranean Sea some two kilometers off the coast, an army spokeswoman says.

Saudi preacher convicted of raping 5-year-old daughter to death

Tue Oct 8, 2013 21:33:42

A Saudi preacher has been sentenced to eight years in prison and 800 lashes for raping his little daughter and torturing her to death.

Brotherhood not ‘approved’ in Egypt any more

Tue Oct 8, 2013 19:56:19

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has been blacklisted with the government order to remove the group from the list of approved non-governmental organizations.

Video of first inspections on Syria chemical sites

Tue Oct 8, 2013 19:10:22

A team of 20 international inspectors who were issued the task to ensure that Syria chemical weapons are destroyed crossed the border into the Arab country on October 1st.

‘Martyr wall’ holds memory of slain Syrian soldiers

Tue Oct 8, 2013 18:49:04

A Martyrs' Wall, in Syria’s coastal city of Tartous is where families come to grieve loss of their beloved ones killed in the massive war against their country and pray success for their army soldiers.

OPCW will send another team to Syria

Tue Oct 8, 2013 17:42:12

The world's chemical weapons watchdog says it is planning to deploy a second team of inspectors to bolster its program to destroy Syria's chemical arsenal.

Israeli illegal bans cost Palestinians $3.4 bln annually

Tue Oct 8, 2013 17:21:42

Israeli illegal economic restrictions on the West Bank’s Area C deprive Palestinians from a potential $3.4 billion raise in their annual GDP, according to a report released by the World Bank.

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