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Syria's Assad thanks expats for high poll turnout

Fri May 30, 2014 18:47:41

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has expressed thanks to the nation’s citizens residing abroad for their active participation in the country’s presidential election which was held early for expatriates in Syrian embassies in nations across the world.

Iran’s FM raises alarm on Takfiri militancy in Mideast

Fri May 30, 2014 16:56:15

The Iranian foreign minister has again warned of the spread of radicalism, sectarianism and Takfiri militancy throughout the Middle East.

Iran Comdr. says US attack will spell Israel’s doomsday

Fri May 30, 2014 16:22:55

A senior Iranian commander vows that any American military aggression against the Islamic Republic will ring the death knell for Israeli regime and lead to a war engulfing the US.

Europol estimates 2000 European militants fighting in Syria

Fri May 30, 2014 12:53:02

There is no overall official figure available regarding EU citizens travelling to take part in the conflict in Syria, but estimates suggest that, by the end of 2013, they numbered between 1200 and 2000, Europol says.

US urges France to sell Mistral warships to NATO, not Russia

Fri May 30, 2014 10:56:38

Amid growing Western pressure being put on Russia, US congressmen are calling on France to reconsider the sale of its two Mistral helicopter carrier ships to Russia and instead allow NATO to buy or lease them.

ISIL terrorists execute teenager for alleged robbery in Syria: Video

Fri May 30, 2014 10:41:39

A video has emerged showing terrorists from the Al-Qaeda breakaway group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) executing a teenager who has been accused of robbery in the eastern city of Deir Ez-Zor.

Turkey rules out refugee status for Syrian nationals

Fri May 30, 2014 09:40:10

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says his country rules out granting refugee status for Syrian nationals who are seeking shelter in Turkey.

Syria's Assad, an American hero: Virginia senator says

Fri May 30, 2014 09:13:05

In a two-page letter, a Virginia state senator praised Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for, among other things, taking on America’s ‘arch-enemy’ Al-Qaeda. Assad posted the letter on his Facebook page.

ISIL terrorists massacre Syrian Kurds, children near Turkish border

Fri May 30, 2014 08:39:07

Terrorists from the Al-Qaeda breakaway group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have massacred 15 Syrian Kurds, nearly half of them children, amid an uptick in violence in Syria’s three eastern provinces.

Bush, Blair secret pre-Iraq war talks to be released

Thu May 29, 2014 21:36:43

A deal has been reached on the publication of sensitive communications between former US president George W Bush and former British prime minister Tony Blair related to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Britain's Iraq Inquiry announced Thursday.

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