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Syria chemical arms shipment ‘encouraging’: OPCW

Mon Apr 14, 2014 13:46:48

Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Ahmet Uzumcu has welcomed shipment of Syria’s chemical weapons, as most of the stockpile has already been sent out of the country.

UNICEF: Greater catastrophe threatens Syrian children

Mon Apr 14, 2014 12:58:11

The Unicef has warned that the crisis in Syria, which has left 5.5 million children in need of urgent educational and psychological support, will become an even greater humanitarian catastrophe if the international community does not come up with three years' guaranteed funding.

Drought complicates food crisis in Syria: WFP

Mon Apr 14, 2014 12:51:31

Syria’s foreign-hatched war has taken a new turn as the beleaguered Middle East country now faces a deepening drought and food crisis in the midst of an expanding conflict, a UN relief agency says.

Russia calls on Kiev to stop war on its own people

Mon Apr 14, 2014 11:08:33

International community must demand that those who are in power in Kiev stop war on their own citizens in south-eastern Ukraine, Russia’s UN envoy Vitaly Churkin told the UN Security Council.

Syria army recaptures strategic heights in al-Qalamoun

Mon Apr 14, 2014 10:48:11

The Syrian army is in full control of the eastern heights overlooking Rankous plain in al-Qalamoun area, Damascus countryside, a strategic area that cuts militants supply routes near Lebanon borders.

Pakistani plane lands at wrong airport in Saudi Arabia

Mon Apr 14, 2014 09:50:44

Passengers have asked for financial compensation after a Pakistani International Airlines (PIA) plane flying them from Karachi to Riyadh has landed at King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah.

Israel starts largest illegal settlement project in West Bank

Mon Apr 14, 2014 08:29:54

The Israeli regime has grabbed more Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank in a bid to complicate efforts to extend the so-called peace talks with the Palestinian Authority.

Syria war turning in favor of national army: Assad

Mon Apr 14, 2014 08:24:21

President Bashar al-Assad has said that Syria's three-year conflict is at a "turning point" due to country's national forces' military gains against militants.

Ukraine ex-president: CIA provokes civil war in Ukraine

Mon Apr 14, 2014 07:56:28

Ukrainian ousted president Viktor Yanukovych says the US is provoking war and bloodshed in the country by preventing anti-government protesters from using weapons against government’s forceful crackdown.

Libyan PM resigns over "traitorous" armed threat

Sun Apr 13, 2014 21:35:46

Libya's prime minister Abdullah al-Thani has announced resignation saying that he and his family had been the victims of a "traitorous" armed attack the previous day.

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