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Boko Haram leader vows to sell abducted schoolgirls

Mon May 5, 2014 19:17:52

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has vowed to sell hundreds of schoolgirls abducted in northern Nigeria last month.

Militants to leave Syria's Homs in 48 hours: governor

Mon May 5, 2014 17:08:20

An agreement between Syria's government and opposition militants to leave the Old City of Homs will come into effect in the next 48 hours, the provincial governor said Monday.

Militant infighting persist in Syria amid Zawahiri plea

Mon May 5, 2014 15:38:24

Insurgent infighting in Syria between al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front and the breakaway Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has raged for several days despite an order from al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri to stop fighting.

Understanding Dubai and its protégés

Mon May 5, 2014 15:08:54

The Emiratis think by building tall structures like the West, they will become cultured and turn into the hub of cultural activities in the Middle East. Intellectual capital, not tall buildings make people cultured but who should explain this to the dwellers of city-states?

Iran’s Zarif discusses Syria situation with Brahimi

Mon May 5, 2014 14:37:27

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohmmad Javad Zarif has discussed the insurgency war and persisting crisis in Syria with UN-Arab League Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi.

Syrian troops score major gains in Aleppo + video

Mon May 5, 2014 13:57:54

Syrian army troops have regained control over the town of al-Brij and the strategic hills overlooking many area of Aleppo city and the Central Prison in persisting efforts to purge the entire city and its surrounding off foreign-backed insurgents.

Bahraini forces injure protesters in Manama rally

Mon May 5, 2014 11:28:03

Numerous Bahraini protesters have been wounded by birdshots fired by Al Khalifa regime forces during an anti-government demonstration in the capital, Manama.

Saudi terrorists among 37 militants killed in Yemen

Mon May 5, 2014 11:09:15

Yemeni military forces have waged an offensive in the country’s southern Shabwa province, killing 37 suspected al-Qaeda militants, most of them terrorists from Saudi Arabia, Chechnya, Somalia and Afghanistan.

Egypt's al-Azhar U expels 76 students for protesting

Mon May 5, 2014 09:38:49

Egypt's prestigious Al-Azhar University – the oldest seat of Islamic learning in the Middle East – has expelled 76 students from different college departments for "involvement in riots" against the ruling military-installed government, state news agency MENA reported.

American CIA, FBI operatives in Ukraine to help Kiev

Mon May 5, 2014 09:00:56

A number of American intelligence agents are reportedly assisting the interim government in Ukraine that emerged from a major unrest in the country over EU ties to “fight organized crime” in the south east of the country, a German daily reveals.

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