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Israel blacklists top rights group over Gaza stance

Sat Aug 16, 2014 09:14:14

The Israeli regime has banned young Israelis from serving in one of the regime's human rights groups as an alternative to military service because of its campaigns against the war in Gaza and Zionist settlements in the West Bank.

Syria's UN envoy hails SC resolution against ISIL

Sat Aug 16, 2014 09:04:40

Syria’s UN Ambassador Bashar al-Ja’afari has hailed a United Nations Security Council resolution against ISIL terrorist establishment in Syria and Iraq, insisting had the Takfiri terrorists not been ignored when they originally began operating against the Damascus government, they would not be wreaking havoc now across the region.

Gaza death toll tops 1980; more martyrs expected

Sat Aug 16, 2014 08:21:37

The Ministry of Health has warned the death toll in Gaza was expected to continue to rise as dozens succumbed to wounds sustained during the offensive and more bodies were recovered under the rubble of homes.

ISIL kills 80 Izadis in Iraq village, kidnaps women

Sat Aug 16, 2014 08:19:25

Some 80 members of Iraq's Izadi minority have been massacred by ISIL terrorists in a village in Iraq's north, Kurdish officials say.

Iraqi Sunnis take up arms against ISIL radicals

Fri Aug 15, 2014 22:18:58

25 prominent Sunni tribes have taken up arms against radical militants and their allies in west of the Iraqi capital, a tribal leader and officers have said.

Details of long-term Gaza truce revealed in Egyptian newspaper

Fri Aug 15, 2014 21:16:29

Neither Israel nor the Palestinians have yet responded to Egypt's call to commit to the terms of the truce, according to the report that cited Egyptian sources with insider knowledge of the negotiations.

US officials 'blind-sided' when Israel took Pentagon arms without asking

Fri Aug 15, 2014 19:29:16

The Obama Administration has halted missile shipments to Israel and a huge new diplomatic row, which some officials are calling a “very serious rupture” is emerging tonight, after the Wall Street Journal revealed Israel was taking US weapons to use in Gaza without the permission of the White House.

Philippines radicals pledge alliance to ISIL terrorist group leader

Fri Aug 15, 2014 18:02:42

Hardline in the Philippines have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the extremist militants who now control large swath of Iraq and Syria.

Boko Haram extremists abduct dozens of boys in Nigeria

Fri Aug 15, 2014 17:12:12

Suspected militants from Boko Haram radical group have abducted dozens of boys and men in a raid on a remote village in northeast Nigeria, loading them onto trucks and driving them off, witnesses have said.

Zarif: Early deal on nuclear issue 'unlikely'

Fri Aug 15, 2014 16:33:46

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says an early concession between Tehran and the P5+1 over Iran’s nuclear energy program before the four-month extension period for talks is unlikely.

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