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Jordanian couple wedding wows: Beheading 65 Syrian soldiers

Tue Jun 10, 2014 21:36:02

A Jordanian couple have got married with the bride asking the groom to pledge giving her 65 heads of Syrian soldiers as her dowry, as a sign of support to the Syrian opposition.

In Pictures: ISIL militants show Iraq’s Mosul under their control

Tue Jun 10, 2014 20:01:29

Militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Levant have published pictures on the social networks, showing the Iraqi oil-rich city of Mosul after the group attacked and occupied the whole area.

‘Saudi and Turkish intelligence behind Mosul unrest’

Tue Jun 10, 2014 19:06:29

An Iraqi parliamentarian says Saudi Arabia, Turkish intelligence and former Iraqi vice president Tariq al-Hashimi are behind the deadly turmoil Iraq is facing these days.

Sisi picks combating sexual abuse as his first social task

Tue Jun 10, 2014 17:31:14

Egypt's new president has targeted on one of the nation's most troubling social ills as his first major social policy, ordering his interior minister to do whatever it takes to combat sexual harassment.

Israel’s Knessent approves force-feeding Palestinian hunger-strikers

Tue Jun 10, 2014 16:25:17

Israeli authorities have given initial approval to a law to enable the force-feeding of Palestinian prisoners on a long hunger strike, drawing fierce criticism from human rights activists.

Maliki declares state of emergency after Mosul falls to ISIL

Tue Jun 10, 2014 16:04:14

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has issued a state of emergency throughout the country, after Iraq’s oil-rich city of Mosul fell to the hands of a radical militants group.

ISIL militants seize Iraq's second-largest city Mosul: Report

Tue Jun 10, 2014 13:51:14

Gunmen have seized Iraq's second-largest city as troops threw away their uniforms and abandoned their posts, officials said, in another blow to the authorities, who appear incapable of stopping militant advances.

Hezbollah lethal firepower is more than many states: Israeli army chief

Tue Jun 10, 2014 12:42:19

Hezbollah has more lethal firepower than all except the most major countries in the world, declares Lieutenant General Benny Gantz, the chief of staff of the Israeli army.

US arms creating Somalia-style warlords in Syria: FSA

Tue Jun 10, 2014 11:18:52

A commander of the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) has warned that the growing US arms shipments to Syria are creating myriad Somali-style warlords in the war-torn country.

Egypt arrests 7 for sexually assaulting student in Tahrir

Tue Jun 10, 2014 11:01:19

Egyptian police have arrested seven men for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old student during celebrations marking the inauguration of the country's new president in Cairo's central Tahrir Square the day before, security officials say.

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