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UN accepts Syria offer on chemical arms probe

Thu Jul 11, 2013 07:44:51

The United Nations has accepted the Syrian government's invitation for a visit by two senior UN officials for talks on the use of chemical weapons in the country's bloody civil war by militant groups.

One-km long bomb-laden tunnel found in Homs

Wed Jul 10, 2013 22:59:04

A tunnel filled with explosives set as a trap by militants in Syria’s strategic city of Homs was found by the Syrian army, before the insurgents could detonate the bombs.

Pentagon wasted $34 mln on unused Afghan base

Wed Jul 10, 2013 22:26:05

US military has constructed a $34 million building in southwestern Afghanistan, to be used as its headquarters but as the US scales back its troops, the brand new 64,000 square foot building may soon be demolished.

Iran slams civilian killings in Egypt

Wed Jul 10, 2013 22:26:02

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has strongly condemned the recent killing of a number of civilians in Egypt, urging Egyptian political figures and factions to help stop divisions in the North African country.

Egyptian reporter filmed his own death: Video

Wed Jul 10, 2013 20:44:46

A video has emerged of conflicts in Egypt that suggests a photographer captured his own death at the hands of Egyptian army snipers on camera.

Kuwait offers $4 b aid package to Egypt: minister

Wed Jul 10, 2013 20:39:27

Kuwait has offered Egypt an aid package of $4 billion, a minister said, bringing to $12 billion the total pledges by Persian Gulf monarchies to Cairo since the army ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last week.

Al-Alam resumed broadcasting on Nilesat

Wed Jul 10, 2013 20:11:32

Al-Alam News Channel has resumed broadcasting with a new frequency on Nilesat.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood leader arrest ordered

Wed Jul 10, 2013 19:41:10

Egypt's prosecutor's office has ordered arrest of the Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader Mohammed Badie and nine others.

Syrian army about to take full control of Homs

Wed Jul 10, 2013 18:42:04

The Syrian army forces continue their advances in al-Khalidiya neighborhood in downtown Homs to clear the last spot of foreign-backed militants located there, al-Alam reports.

Al Nusra torture room found in Rif Dimashq

Wed Jul 10, 2013 17:54:01

Syrian army has come to find a torture room in Rif Dimashq, used by al Nusra Front terrorists to hold and torture civilians and abducted army soldiers.

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