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Lavrov: No secret project over Geneva II conference

Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:54:52

Russia is not hatching any secret project with Syria and Iran ahead of the peace conference in Switzerland next week, Russian Foreign Minister assured.

4 killed, 25 hurt in eastern Lebanon bombing: medic

Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:04:20

A powerful car bomb explosion killed at least four people and wounded 25 Thursday in downtown Hermel, near the border with Syria, a medic said.

Lebanon arrests senior Abdullah Azzam commander

Thu Jan 16, 2014 10:55:22

The Lebanese army says its soldiers have captured a senior operative with an al-Qaida-linked group that has carried out attacks across the Middle East.

MIT report challenges US claims over Syria arms

Thu Jan 16, 2014 09:56:01

A new Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) report is challenging the US claim that Assad forces used chemical weapons in an attack last August, highlighting that the range of the improvised rocket was way too short to have been launched from government controlled areas.

Egyptian voters approve new constitution: Ministry

Thu Jan 16, 2014 08:45:15

Egyptian voters overwhelmingly backed a new constitution that paves the way for the army chief to run for president, early results showed Thursday.

Zarif, Syrian counterpart arrive in Moscow for talks

Thu Jan 16, 2014 08:21:24

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Muallem have arrived in Russian Federation’s capital city, Moscow.

Syria aid pledges less than half of UN target

Wed Jan 15, 2014 22:40:58

Donors meeting in Kuwait have pledged more than $2.4 billion in humanitarian aid for victims of the Syrian war, less than half the $6.5 billion sought by the United Nations.

US probes photos of Marines burning corpses in Iraq

Wed Jan 15, 2014 22:01:17

The US Marine Corps has launched an investigation into photos released Wednesday that show troops burning corpses in Fallujah, Iraq, a spokesman says.

Saudi Wahhabism threatens whole world: Bashar al-Assad

Wed Jan 15, 2014 20:16:17

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that Saudi Arabia's political and religious ideology of Wahhabism threatens "the whole world."

Syria army mop-up operations continue across country

Wed Jan 15, 2014 19:47:10

The Syrian army is pushing ahead with its mop-up operations to clear foreign-sponsored militants fighting against the government from different areas across the country.

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