The statements of Salafi cleric Khamis Mejri have angered Tunisians and prompted activists to launch a fierce Facebook campaign against him after he compared the Tunisian women to “a cheap product, whose honor can be purchased for the price of a sandwich.”
Palestinian groups have supported Syria’s army soldiers in clearing the Yarmouk Camp near the Syrian capital, Damascus from terrorist groups, al-Alam reports.
At least 42 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in in a new wave of bombings and shootings across Iraq.
The United States’ Senate is weighting possible trade sanctions against Russia over its attempt to grant asylum to US whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has shut down Gaza offices of Al Arabiya television network and Palestinian news agency Maan over what it called "false" reporting.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has ruled out any military solution to Syria crisis, insisting on negotiations among all parties involved in the conflict.
Iran is to inaugurate the Persian Gulf’s largest floating oil storage terminal in waters of the southern province of Bushehr in a few months, an Iranian official says.
More than 100,000 people have now been killed in the Syria unrest, UN leader Ban Ki-moon says.
A car bomb explosion has killed at least 10 people and wounded around 62 in the Syrian capital, Damascus.
Syrian military forces have killed a senior commander of al-Nusra Front terrorist group in the western province of Homs, al-Alam reports.