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Foreign-backed Syrian opposition picks new head

Wed Jul 9, 2014 16:30:12

Syria’s foreign-backed opposition group the so-called Syrian National Coalition (SNC) has elected a new head following a three-day meeting in the Turkish city of Istanbul.

Hamas fires rockets amid Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

Wed Jul 9, 2014 13:53:41

Palestinian resistance fighters have fired more rockets at Israeli cities after the Tel Aviv regime carried out dozens of airstrikes on Gaza in the early hours of Wednesday.

Astounding beauty of birds of paradise: Video

Wed Jul 9, 2014 11:57:48

A project, named the birds of paradise, reveals the astounding beauty of 39 of the most exquisitely specialized animals on earth.

US kidnaps my son to exchange him for Snowden: Russian MP

Wed Jul 9, 2014 11:18:26

A Russian MP claims the US kidnapped his son from the Maldives on bogus cyber-fraud charges and may be preparing to offer him as bait in a swap deal for Edward Snowden.

ISIL arrests Baathi allies to eliminate potential rivals in Iraq

Wed Jul 9, 2014 10:25:25

One night last week, ISIL terrorists in an SUV with tinted windows pulled up at the home of a former Iraqi army officer, one of the men they see as an obstacle to their goal of establishing a caliphate from Iraq to the Mediterranean.

Houthi fighters capture city near Yemeni capital

Wed Jul 9, 2014 09:04:53

Shia Houthi fighters have took control of Yemen’s northwestern city of Amran, near the capital Sana'a, during their fight against extremists in the country.

Iraq tells UN ISIL seized chemical arms depot

Wed Jul 9, 2014 08:16:50

Iraq’s government has lost control of a former chemical weapons facility to “armed terrorist groups” and is unable to fulfill its international obligations to destroy toxins kept there, the country’s UN envoy has informed the United Nations.

Expelled US diplomat condemns Bahrain

Wed Jul 9, 2014 07:59:59

A US diplomat ordered to leave Bahrain on Monday after meeting members of a leading Shia opposition group has spoken out against the move on Twitter.

Hezbollah: ISIL is sponsered by US elements

Tue Jul 8, 2014 22:57:41

Sheikh Naim Qassem, a top Hezbullah official, says the US is sponsoring the radical group of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant which is dividing the region and push it into chaos.

Israeli attacks continue, Arab League wants urgent security council meeting

Tue Jul 8, 2014 20:31:27

The Arab League has requested an urgent meeting in the UN Security Council over Israeli deadly offensive in the besieged Gaza Strip, its Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi said.

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