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  • Syrian regime kills 28 people, activists say

    At least 28 people were killed on Sunday in attacks staged by the Syrian regime in several cities across Syria, opposition activists said. Assad forces killed 9 people in Daraa people, 3 in the suburbs of the capital Damascus and 16 others in several other cities across the country in air and ground strikes, according to the Syrian Network for Human.. More

  • International legal team to attend Morsi's trial: Brotherhood leader

    An international legal team will arrive in Egypt within hours to attend the first session of ousted president Mohamed Morsi's trial, scheduled for Monday, according to a London-based senior Muslim Brotherhood leader. Ibrahim Mounir told said that the team comprises four lawyers, including an American and a Briton. "They will not defend Morsi.. More

  • Syrian regime kills 51, activists say

    At least 51 people, including six children and three women, were killed on Friday in attacks staged by the Assad forces in several cities across Syria, activists said. Assad forces killed 11 in Aleppo, 10 in Daraa, 9 in Syrian capital Damascus, 8 in Hama, 5 in Homs, 4 in Deir-ez Zor, 2 in Raqqah, one in each Idlib and Quneitra, according to the Syrian.. More

  • Protests in Egypt ahead of Morsi trial

    Supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi are holding a fresh wave of protests across Egypt, days ahead of his trial, with clashes being reported between his supporters and opponents. On Friday, security forces fired tear gas to break up protests in Alexandria and arrested at least 60 protesters. Protests also took place in the cities of Cairo and.. More

  • Israeli troops kill Palestinian in West Bank

    Israeli troops have shot dead a Palestinian during a clash in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian witnesses and medical officials said. An Israeli military spokeswoman said the soldiers had been on an overnight raid in a village near the city of Jenin, when about 50 Palestinians started hurling hurled rocks at them. Ahmed Imad Yusef, 21, was shot.. More

  • Israel to build 1,500 illegal settler homes

    Israel has announced the construction of 1,500 new settler homes in the occupied East Jerusalem illegal settlement of Ramat Shlomo, Israeli army radio said. The early-morning report, credited to prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his interior minister, Gideon Saar, came hours after Israel freed 26 veteran Palestinian prisoners as part of a deal.. More

  • Syria dismisses deputy PM after US talks

    Syria has sacked deputy prime minister Qadri Jamil, who according to reports met with US officials over the weekend without government permission, the official SANA news agency said. US and Middle East officials told the Reuters news agency that Jamil met US point man for Syria, and former American Ambassador to the country, Robert Ford in Switzerland.. More

  • Jubilant crowds welcome Palestinian prisoners

    Israel has freed 26 Palestinian prisoners, the second of four batches released as part of a deal that set in motion the current Israeli-Palestinian talks. Jubilant celebrations kicked off on Wednesday morning in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip, where the prisoners are seen as heroes who fought for independence, and were received by their.. More

  • Egyptian student protest hit with tear gas

    Egyptian forces have fired tear gas to disperse students protesting in support of deposed President Mohamed Morsi, security officials have said. The pro-Morsi demonstrators marched on Monday outside the campus of Al-Azhar University in Cairo, blocking a main road as they chanted against the military who ousted Morsi in July. There were no immediate.. More

  • Syria on target to destroy chemical arms

    Syria is on target to meet a looming deadline to destroy its chemical weapons production equipment, even though inspectors have yet to visit all sites, UN leader Ban Ki-moon said in a progress report. "The functional destruction of the declared capacity of the Syrian Arab Republic is expected to be completed as planned by November 1," Ban.. More

  • Syrian opposition forces reject Geneva peace talks

    Armed opposition groups in Syria have said that they will not attend the Geneva II peace talks, saying that negotiating with the regime of Bashar al-Assad would be an act of betrayal. The powerful opposition group's statement comes on Sunday as fighting rages on near the border with neighboring Iraq and in the central city of Homs. The Geneva peace.. More

  • Egypt police fire teargas on Morsi supporters

    Tear gas used after clashes in Alexandria and Suez, as Morsi supporters stage protests in towns and cities across Egypt. Police have used teargas to disperse demonstrations of supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in Egypt's second city, Alexandria, and in Suez. Thousands of supporters of Egypt's first elected president Morsi and his.. More

  • UN aid chief seeks action on Syria aid access

    The United Nations aid chief has demanded stronger action by the UN Security Council to get desperately needed aid into Syria, where 2.5 million people in need have not received help for almost a year. Valerie Amos, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, called upon members of the Council on Friday "to exert influence and take the necessary action.. More

  • Pakistani PM urges Obama to end drone strikes

    Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif urged President Barack Obama to end drone strikes in Pakistan, touching on a sore subject just as relations between the two countries have been improving after years of suspicion over the US-led campaign in Afghanistan and the "War on Terror". "I also brought up the issue of drones in our meeting,.. More

  • Syria frees women after hostage deal

    The Syrianregime has released 14 women detainees as part of a hostage exchange but dozens of others are still being held, a prominent human rights activist has said. Nine Lebanese Shia hostages held for 17 months by anopposition group in northern Syria were exchanged on Saturday for two Turkish pilots held in Lebanon since August. The release of scores.. More