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Syria to free hundreds of prisoners

Sat Jun 7, 2014 22:33:49

Syrian authorities have transferred 480 inmates in its Adra Prison, on the north-east outskirts of the Syrian capital of Damascus, to the country’s capital in a bid to pave the way for their eventual release, a monitoring group said.

Hamas vows resolve to liberate al-Quds, captives

Sat Jun 7, 2014 22:21:18

Deputy Head of Palestinian Hamas Movement’s political bureau Ismail Haneyya said the Palestinian resistance would never abandon their armed struggle against the Israeli occupation and would always remain determined to liberate al-Quds (Jerusalem) and Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

Iran, US officials to meet ahead of next nuclear talks

Sat Jun 7, 2014 20:36:36

American and Iranian officials are due to meet next week in Geneva, ahead of the next round of talks between the Islamic Republic and the six world powers over Tehran’s nuclear energy program.

China’s new weaponry may strike US forces: Pentagon

Sat Jun 7, 2014 20:08:36

China's military has advanced a program modernizing an arsenal of drones, warships, jets, missiles and cyber weapons, said the Pentagon, warning that the such arms could target US interests.

Syria army forces eliminate 'butcher of E. Ghouta'

Sat Jun 7, 2014 20:02:19

One of the most dangerous Syria terrorists affiliated with al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front has been eliminated by Syrian armed forces.

Hillary Clinton admits her Iraq war vote was “wrong"

Sat Jun 7, 2014 18:05:43

In her upcoming book, Hard Choices, former US senator and secretary of state Hillary Clinton for the first time admits that she made a mistake by voting to authorize the US war on Iraq in 2002.

60 killed in Afghanistan flash floods

Sat Jun 7, 2014 16:59:02

Around 60 people have been killed in flash floods in northern Afghanistan, officials said further warning that the death toll is expected to climb.

Iraqi security forces rescue 1,300 hostages

Sat Jun 7, 2014 16:52:12

Iraqi security forces have launched an assault on a university where al-Qaeda-linked terrorists took staff and students hostage in the city of Ramadi, rescuing all 1,300 hostages, a senior al-Anbar provincial official says.

US-released Afghan captive vows to fight US troops

Sat Jun 7, 2014 15:32:47

A recently released Taliban captive in notorious US military prison and torture camp at Guantanamo, Cuba has vowed to return to Afghanistan and fight invading American troops in the country.

ISIL terrorists take Iraq college staff, students hostage

Sat Jun 7, 2014 15:01:58

Al-Qaeda-linked ISIL terrorists have taken staff and students hostage at a university campus in the troubled Iraq city of Ramadi, where the nation’s security forces have been battling the foreign-sponsored insurgents for months.

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