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Clashes kill nine police in north Iraq

Fri May 3, 2013 17:45:58

Nine policemen have been killed in northern Iraq while a car bomb targeting worshippers near a mosque in north of Baghdad left four others dead.

At least 74 rebels killed in Syria clashes

Fri May 3, 2013 17:39:52

At least 74 militants have been killed in a Syrian army operation in northwestern city of Idlib and hundreds were wounded as the army continued an all-out crackdown on militants in the region, Al-Alam reported.

Terrorists exhume a holy tomb in Syria

Fri May 3, 2013 16:18:58

Terrorists have attacked a holy tomb in Adra near Syrian capital Damascus and have taken out the buried body, sparking fierce outrage among people.

April deadliest Iraqi month since 2008, 700 killed

Thu May 2, 2013 21:35:37

April has been named the deadliest month for Iraq in nearly five years, with more than 700 people have been killed in violent attacks across the country.

‘US chemical claims pretext for war on Syria’

Thu May 2, 2013 20:30:49

A Syrian parliamentarian says the US has been plotting to accuse the Syrian government of using chemical weapons against rebels to gain international support for launching a war on Syria.

Saudi terrorist, militants killed in Syria

Thu May 2, 2013 19:51:42

Several terrorists have been killed in a Syrian Army operation near a military camp in Syria’s northern al-Raqqa region.

Japan, UAE sign nuclear agreement

Thu May 2, 2013 19:02:25

Japan and the United Arab Emirates have signed a nuclear cooperation agreement during a visit by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the Persian Gulf country.

'Bahrain regime misleads world over uprising'

Thu May 2, 2013 18:17:03

A prominent Bahraini opposition figure says the Al Khalifah regime is merely trying to mislead the world over the ongoing uprising in the country.

Sars-like virus kills five in Saudi Arabia

Thu May 2, 2013 18:00:28

Saudi Arabia has announced that five more people have died and two others are undergoing intensive treatment as a result of the new novel coronavirus (NCoV).

US trains al-Qaeda terrorists in Jordan

Thu May 2, 2013 17:52:01

The United States has been secretly training militants and al-Qaeda terrorists in Jordan to fight in Syria, a senior commander from the terrorist Free Syrian Army says.

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