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Syria paying price for countering Israel: Iran MP

Wed Aug 13, 2014 21:34:03

A senior Iranian lawmaker says Syria is paying the price for supporting the Palestinian resistance against Israel.

Bahrain court sentences Shia activists to life in jail

Wed Aug 13, 2014 19:55:39

A court in Bahrain has sentenced more than a dozen Shia activists to life in jail over their role in protests against the ruling Al Khalifa dynasty in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.

Al-Alam footage shows Gaza camouflaged missiles, snipers

Wed Aug 13, 2014 18:56:52

Al-Alam correspondent in Gaza interviews some of Palestinian fighters and snipers at a military base of al-Nasser Salaheddin Brigades, showing the new camouflaged missiles of the Resistance.

Iraq’s Maliki says won't quit without court ruling

Wed Aug 13, 2014 17:53:32

Iraq's incumbent Premier Nouri al-Maliki has hinted that only a federal court ruling can decide whether he must leave office or not.

Blast hits checkpoint near Iraq premier-designate's house

Wed Aug 13, 2014 16:50:26

A bomb explosion has hit a checkpoint near the house of Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Haidar al-Abadi in the capital, Baghdad.

US ready to help new Iraq leader, Iran welcomes choice

Wed Aug 13, 2014 13:01:42

Iraq's new prime minister-designate has won swift endorsements from uneasy mutual allies the United States and Iran as he called on political leaders to end crippling feuds that have let jihadists seize a third of the country.

Iranian is first woman to win 'Nobel Prize of maths'

Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:45:50

An Iranian mathematician has become the first woman in the world to win the prestigious Fields Medal, also known as the “Nobel Prize of mathematics.”

Israel using illegal DIME weapons in Gaza: Doctors, activists

Wed Aug 13, 2014 10:01:21

Doctors and human rights activists say they have conclusive evidence that Israel used internationally banned weapons against civilians during its military aggression on the Gaza Strip, as it did during the previous two wars against Gaza in 2008-2009 and 2012.

UK deploys Tornado jets for surveillance mission in Iraq

Wed Aug 13, 2014 09:23:47

Britain is sending RAF Tornado jets in preparation for a surveillance mission scanning northern Iraq where military aid flights are dropping supplies to thousands of refugees fleeing ISIL terrorist group.

US sends more military advisers to Iraq’s Kurdistan

Wed Aug 13, 2014 08:46:47

The US has sent 130 more military advisors to the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel says.

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