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‘Israeli settlement to derail US-led talks’

Fri Aug 9, 2013 18:41:55

With a second round of Israeli-Palestinian talks slated to take place next week, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat yesterday sent a furious letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry demanding that he stop Israeli regime from moving forward on plans for new settlement construction.

Al-Nusra militants execute FSA commander

Fri Aug 9, 2013 18:21:11

Al-Qaeda linked al-Nusra militants have killed a commander of the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) as in-fighting and rivalries between opposition groups rage in Syria.

Syria to get Russia’s S-300 by June 2014

Fri Aug 9, 2013 17:44:41

Russia’s contract with Syria to supply S-300 air defense systems will be fulfilled by June 2014, a corporate report indicates.

Russia rebuffs Saudi Prince Bandar’s offer

Fri Aug 9, 2013 17:22:43

Moscow has rejected Saudi Kingdom’s lucrative arms deal incentive in return for Kremlin to back away from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Sudan summons Saudi charge d’affaires

Fri Aug 9, 2013 17:19:54

Khartoum has summoned Saudi charge d’affaires to foreign ministry after the Saudi Kingdom prevented a Tehran-bound liner carrying President Omar al-Bashir fly over the country.

‘Harsh power struggle underway in Saudi’

Fri Aug 9, 2013 16:38:50

A Damascus-based political analyst says Saudi monarchy is right now facing growing domestic challenges over power struggle which could pave the ground for the extinction of monarchy.

Bomb blasts kill at least 11 in Iraq

Fri Aug 9, 2013 15:47:07

Two bombs exploded near a checkpoint run by government-allied militiamen in western Iraq on Friday, killing at least 11 people in the latest strike by militants seeking to destabilize the country.

9 dead in mosque shooting in Pakistan

Fri Aug 9, 2013 13:59:17

Pakistani militants have fired outside a mosque in Pakistan, killing nine people and injuring 27 in the western city of Quetta, Baluchistan Province.

Turkish pilots kidnapped in Lebanon

Fri Aug 9, 2013 13:36:55

Gunmen have kidnapped two pilots working for Turkish Airlines on Beirut's airport road, Lebanon's Interior Minister Marwan Charbel says.

US drone strikes kill 14 people in Yemen

Fri Aug 9, 2013 12:41:34

Three strikes carried out by American drones have killed at least 14 people in Yemen, officials say.

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