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Terrorist attack on gas pipeline near Damascus

Thu Dec 26, 2013 15:24:57

Foreign-backed militants operating inside Syria have blown up a gas pipeline in the countryside of the capital, Damascus, causing power outage in a southern region.

Israel plans new settlement construction: Reports

Thu Dec 26, 2013 12:10:48

Israel likely will announce new plans for illegal construction in Jewish settlements next week, an official said Wednesday, a move that is likely to trigger an international uproar and threaten peace talks with the Palestinians.

Syria army continues mop-up operations across country

Thu Dec 26, 2013 11:40:44

Syria’s army has carried out operations against terrorists' gatherings, killing dozens of armed terrorists and destroying their weapons and equipment in several areas around the country.

Saudi activists experience darkest year in 2013

Thu Dec 26, 2013 11:00:07

Saudi Arabia has quietly intensified its clampdown on dissent in 2013, silencing democracy advocates and human rights defenders with arrests, trials and intimidation in what reformists say was one of the darkest years ever for their efforts in the US-allied Persian Gulf state.

Syria gov’t, militants agree truce in Moadamiyet al-Sham

Thu Dec 26, 2013 10:14:09

The Syrian government and militant groups in a town near Damascus have reached a landmark truce agreement to allow aid access to trapped civilians, an activist told AFP on Wednesday.

Letter reveals Syria al-Qaeda role in kidnapping UN workers

Thu Dec 26, 2013 09:38:11

The shadowy leader of an al-Qaeda group fighting in Syria has sought to kidnap United Nations workers and scrawled out plans for his aides to take over in the event of his death, according to excerpts of letters obtained by The Associated Press.

India downgrades diplomatic immunity of US officials

Thu Dec 26, 2013 09:06:32

India has downgraded the diplomatic immunity of US consular officials over the arrest of one of its own diplomats in New York, officials and news reports said Wednesday.

Syria inks oil, gas deal with Russia firm: Report

Thu Dec 26, 2013 08:52:11

Damascus signed an oil and gas deal with a Russian company Wednesday which will allow for the first-ever exploration off Syria's coast.

Turkish protesters urge Erdogan to resign on graft scandal

Thu Dec 26, 2013 08:24:17

Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of Turkey, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan amid a widening corruption scandal rattling his government.

Snowden warns of ‘no conception of privacy’

Thu Dec 26, 2013 08:21:02

The United States National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden has called for an end to mass spying by governments, stating that a child born today will have "no conception of privacy."

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