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Russia sends equipment for Syria chemical arms removal

Thu Dec 19, 2013 11:54:35

Russia has sent 10 planes to Syria carrying equipment to help in the multinational operation to remove and destroy the country's chemical weapons arsenal, its ambassador to Damascus said Thursday.

Bahraini activists have no option but exile: Report

Thu Dec 19, 2013 11:35:51

Bahraini activists who have not been locked up or tortured for opposing the ruling monarchy are finding themselves with no option but exile.

Americans depict Afghanistan war ‘wrong’: Poll

Thu Dec 19, 2013 10:32:36

A poll by Associated Press-GfK has found that 57 percent of Americans say going to war in Afghanistan after the 2001 terror attacks was the “wrong thing to do.”

Worry in Tunisia over youths joining Salafi groups

Thu Dec 19, 2013 10:28:05

There is growing concern that hundreds of Tunisian young volunteers have been recruited through a widening network of extremist Salafist groups and then trained to fight in Syria besides al-Qaeda linked groups.

US blacklists Algerian, Syrian terrorist gangs

Thu Dec 19, 2013 09:28:47

The United States has blacklisted a shadowy al-Qaeda breakaway faction behind the bloody siege of an Algerian gas plant, and the ringleader of an extremist group fighting for the terrorists in Syria.

Swiss extend freeze on Ben Ali, Mubarak assets

Thu Dec 19, 2013 09:04:14

The Swiss government has extended by three years a freeze on the assets of ousted Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Egypt's Hosni Mubarak.

Amnesty Int'l accuses Syria terrorists of rights violations

Thu Dec 19, 2013 08:37:58

The organization of Amnesty International has accused an al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group in Syria of abducting, torturing and killing detainees at secret prisons in areas under its control.

Syrian army kills scores of militants across country

Wed Dec 18, 2013 22:59:24

Scores of foreign-backed militants operating inside Syria have been killed in clashes with the Syrian army across the country.

Iran, Sextet experts to resume talks on Thursday: Araqchi

Wed Dec 18, 2013 21:58:58

Iran’s top nuclear negotiator says expert-level talks on the implementation of a recent nuclear deal between Tehran and the Sextet of world powers will resume in Geneva on Thursday.

Iraq police hero sacrifices himself to save pilgrims

Wed Dec 18, 2013 21:17:02

An Iraqi policeman has given his own life in an attempt to protect pilgrims, embracing a suicide bomber just moments before an attack to shield others from the blast.

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