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Shellfire kills 11 people in Syria

Wed Nov 13, 2013 22:11:32

At least 11 people have been killed in Syria by shellfire from foreign-backed militants fighting against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Palestinian peace negotiators resign over Israeli settlements

Wed Nov 13, 2013 21:40:13

The entire team of Palestinian peace negotiators has resigned to protest continued Israeli settlement building, two of them say, but president Mahmud Abbas has yet to accept their resignations.

Two million pilgrims mass in Iraq's Karbala for Ashura: video

Wed Nov 13, 2013 20:06:00

Iraqi provincial authorities expect two million Iraqi and foreign pilgrims will have visited the holy city of Karbala in the 10 days leading up to Ashura, with all of the city's hotels fully booked.

Syrian army regains town south of Damascus

Wed Nov 13, 2013 17:52:37

Syrian army forces have regained full control of a strategic town south of the capital Damascus following heavy clashes with foreign-backed militants.

Murder of two Iranian officials not political: Police

Wed Nov 13, 2013 16:33:27

A top Iranian police authority says the recent murders of two high-ranking Iranian officials had no political or security-related motives.

WHO warns about polio outbreak in Mideast

Wed Nov 13, 2013 14:02:49

The World Health Organization has announced a state of emergency in the Middle East in the light of the recent polio outbreak in the region.

Coordinated bomb blasts kill 23 people in Iraq

Wed Nov 13, 2013 13:43:43

A number of coordinated bomb blasts targeting Shia pilgrims in north and west of Baghdad have killed at least 23 people and wounded several others, Iraqi security and medical officials say.

In picture: Ashura in Iran

Wed Nov 13, 2013 13:34:05

People across Iran along with Shia Muslims around the world hold rituals commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (PBUH) and his companions.

Al-Qaeda turns Raqqa into ‘Tora Bora’ of Syria

Wed Nov 13, 2013 12:46:02

A report says al-Qaeda terrorists in Syria have turned the northern city of Raqqa into a big prison which locals call it Tora Bora.

Al-Alam reporter threatened, interrogated in Yemen

Wed Nov 13, 2013 11:47:26

Yemeni security officials have threatened and interrogated a correspondence working for al-Alam News Network in the eastern port city of Aden.

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