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Fierce fighting in Syria’s Rif Dimashq

Mon Jul 1, 2013 09:16:18

An Al Alam reporter says the Syrian army has clashed with militants in the Rif Dimashq governorate amid ongoing gun battles in other areas of the country.

10,000 ancient sites ruined in Syria

Mon Jul 1, 2013 08:35:15

The head of Syria's Antiquities Department says some ten thousand historic sites have been destroyed since the conflict broke out in the Arab country over two years ago.

Syrians hold sit-in at Egypt embassy in Damascus

Sun Jun 30, 2013 23:05:41

A group of protesters have staged a sit-in outside Egyptian embassy in Damascus to oppose President Mohammad Morsi’s decision to cut diplomatic ties with Syria.

Egypt police say will back Morsi opponents

Sun Jun 30, 2013 20:54:18

As political sabre-rattling between opponents and supporters of the embattled Egyptian president run high in Tahrir Square, Egyptian police send a new message which is likely to send shiver down the spine of the fledgling Egyptian government.

Anti-Morsi protests grow in Egyptian cities

Sun Jun 30, 2013 20:13:59

Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians are taking to the streets in Cairo and other cities to call for the resignation of President Mohammed Morsi.

Talks with Israel will be fruitless: Hamas

Sun Jun 30, 2013 17:14:46

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has refused talks with the Zionist regime, saying that the talks would not yield any results.

Syrian terrorists abduct three German nationals

Sun Jun 30, 2013 16:43:19

Germnan aid group Gruenhelme says three of its members who had disappeared in Syria for more than 45 days have been abducted in Idlip Province.

Around 100 militants killed by Syrian army

Sun Jun 30, 2013 14:45:00

The Syrian army has reportedly killed around a hundred militants in the southwestern Rif Dimashq governorate.

Bahrain teen in jail over tweet against Al Khalifa

Sun Jun 30, 2013 13:36:25

A Bahraini court has sentenced a 17-year-old high school student to one year in prison for posting an “insulting” tweet on the social networking website, Twitter.

Bahrain: A torturer’s paradise

Sun Jun 30, 2013 12:53:23

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights says the small island state in the Persian Gulf has turned into an oasis of torture following a popular uprising against the Saudi-backed Manama regime over two years ago.

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