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Damascus car bombings disrupt TV programing

Sun Oct 13, 2013 23:41:52

Two terror car bombs have gone off in the Syrian capital of Damascus near the city Umawiyeen Square and the building holding the state broadcasting network, Al-Alam reports.

Egyptian warplane crashes over major tourist city

Sun Oct 13, 2013 22:47:31

An Egyptian military fighter jet has crashed in village near the tourist city of Luxor, killing at least one person and injuring two more, local officials report.

80 casualties in Iraq’s Samarra bombing

Sun Oct 13, 2013 21:17:18

A terrorist bombing in Iraq’s northern city of Samarra has killed 40 and injured at least another 40 people as the Muslim nation was preparing for the major Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha, Al-Alam correspondent reports.

Egyptian police force ambushed in Sinai

Sun Oct 13, 2013 20:18:23

Several Egyptian police officers have reportedly been injured during an assault by armed assailants on a bus near Sheikh Zuweid in the Sinai Peninsula.

Bahraini police brutally quashes protest at funeral

Sun Oct 13, 2013 17:54:57

Bahraini forces have resorted to the use of plastic bullets, tear gas and sound grenades in a brutal effort to disband hundreds of anti-regime protesters following the funeral for Yousif Ali al-Nashmi, who was killed while in custody of the Saudi-backed regime.

US fails to win troop immunity in Afghan talks

Sun Oct 13, 2013 17:30:38

US-Afghan talks to allow 10,000 American military forces to remain in Afghanistan following the planned 2014 withdrawal of US-led NATO forces from the war-ravaged country has stalled over Washington’s demand for immunity of its forces against any legal prosecution.

Israel plans 1,500 more settlement units

Sun Oct 13, 2013 16:24:16

The Israeli regime is planning to construct 1,500 more illegal settlement units in al-Quds (Jerusalem), further defying international law against the move.

Bahraini prisoner died of neglect: lawyer

Sun Oct 13, 2013 12:17:26

The lawyer of a Bahraini prisoner who died after being transferred to a hospital has condemned prison officials for ignoring the inmate’s worsening health condition.

Two million Muslim pilgrims begin annual hajj

Sun Oct 13, 2013 11:25:25

Some two million Muslim pilgrims poured out of the holy city of Mecca on Sunday to begin the annual hajj, their numbers reduced on fears of the deadly MERS virus.

Infighting kills nearly 50 in Syria’s Aleppo

Sun Oct 13, 2013 10:04:54

About 50 foreign-backed militants have been killed in three days of infighting among armed groups in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.

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