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Seized laptop reveals ISIL planning chemichal attacks in Syria

Sat Aug 30, 2014 20:42:44

A laptop recovered from properties of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group in Syria reveals a series of secret plans including instructions on how to develop biological weapons, Syrian opposition sources say.

Iraq launches major operation to liberate ISIL-besieged Amerli

Sat Aug 30, 2014 19:54:27

Iraqi army troops, volunteer fighters and Kurdish forces have launched a major operation to liberate the besieged Shiite Turkmen-majority town of Amerli.

Rouhani: US sanctions undermine confidence-building process

Sat Aug 30, 2014 19:51:45

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has hint out at US for imposing fresh sanctions against companies working with Tehran, saying they are illegal and non-constructive and "not compatible" with the spirit of current negotiations.

Egypt clears death sentence of Brotherhood top leader

Sat Aug 30, 2014 18:40:04

Egyptian Court has cleared death sentences of Mohamed Badie, Muslim Brotherhood’s top leader, and several others, yet sentencing them to life in prison, following dispute between judge and country's top cleric over their convictions.

ISIL militants sell kidnapped Izadi women into forced marriage: NGO

Sat Aug 30, 2014 18:18:55

Militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group in Iraq have transported kidnapped Izadi women to Syria, forcing them to convert and selling them into forced marriage to terrorists, a monitoring group says.

People in this Iraqi town decided to fight ISIL radicals

Sat Aug 30, 2014 18:14:38

As radical militants rampaged across northern Iraq in June, seizing vast swaths of territory and driving hundreds of thousands of people from their homes, the Shiite Turkmens living in the hardscrabble town of Amirli decided to stay and fight.

Syrian rebels attack UN peacekeepers in Golan Heights

Sat Aug 30, 2014 16:50:28

Western-backed rebels in Syriahave attacked Filipino troops in the Golan Heights, Philippine officials have said.

Around 600 Palestinians seized by Israel in August: NGO

Sat Aug 30, 2014 16:27:56

Israeli forces have arrested 597 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East al-Quds (Jerusalem) in August, raising the number of Palestinians in Israeli prisons to more than 7,000, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said.

Saudi king urges 'tough' stance against terrorism

Sat Aug 30, 2014 15:30:33

Despotic Saudi Monarch King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has called for the need to take a forceful stance against terrorism in a meeting with a group of foreign envoys in capital Riyadh.

Rouhani says US anti-Iran bans constitute coercion

Sat Aug 30, 2014 15:04:53

Iranian president has reiterated that US-led sanctions against the country must be challenged since they amount to coercion and violation of the rights of a nation.

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