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Turkish army returns fire after shots from Syria

Tue Jun 4, 2013 20:09:36

The Turkish army has returned fire after shots were fired at military targets from across the border with Syria, Turkey's state-run Anatolia news agency reported.

Syrian army foils militants’ plan to enter capital

Tue Jun 4, 2013 19:42:50

Fierce clashes have erupted between militants and the Syrian army in Beit Sahm and Sidi Miqdad towns in Rif Damascus, al-Alam reports.

Shellfire kills 1 near Russian embassy in Damascus

Tue Jun 4, 2013 18:52:41

Shellfire near the Russian embassy in Damascus has killed one civilian and wounded a member of the security forces.

Iran rejects France's nuclear propaganda

Tue Jun 4, 2013 18:40:37

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Seyyed Abbas Araqchi has censured the latest remarks by French officials about Tehran’s nuclear energy program and called them baseless.

HRW probes into Syria's Aleppo massacre

Tue Jun 4, 2013 18:06:12

Human Rights Watch has visited a site in Syria’s Aleppo where bodies of 147 men, brutally killed by al-Nusra Front terrorists, were pulled out of a river between January and March.

US expands illegal sanctions on Iran

Tue Jun 4, 2013 16:56:15

The United States has expanded its illegal sanctions on Iran’s currency and auto industry over unfounded allegations about the Islamic Republic’s nuclear energy program.

UN calls for probe into Turkey’s use of force

Tue Jun 4, 2013 16:12:02

Turkey must conduct a far-reaching, independent probe on its security forces' treatment of anti-government protesters who have taken to the streets across the country, the UN's human rights office says.

Putin: Military action in Syria doomed to fail

Tue Jun 4, 2013 15:35:52

Russian President Vladimir Putin says any attempt at foreign military intervention in Syria is doomed to fail and would make the situation worse.

Kerry: US chances slim to revive Syria peace

Tue Jun 4, 2013 15:20:00

The United States came “late” to efforts to find a political settlement to the war in Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday, as the crisis there deepened with the political uncertainty in neighboring Turkey.

IAEA Board urged not to politicize Iran case

Tue Jun 4, 2013 14:39:40

The Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Ali Asghar Soltaniyeh has advised some members of IAEA Board of Governors to refrain from politicizing the agency’s atmosphere.

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