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Palestinians cancel talks after Israeli raid
Palestinian negotiators have cancelled a planned round of peace talks with Israel to protest a raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank in which Israeli soldiers killed three Palestinians, including a UN worker. Medical sources told Al Jazeera that at least 15 others were wounded; six of them seriously, during clashes between Israeli forces.. More -
Syria rebels take control of strategic town
Syrian rebel forces have taken control of a strategic town in northern Syria, cutting off government forces' only supply route out of the city of Aleppo, the Syrian Observator for Human Rights has said. The Britain-based monitoring group said the fall of the town of Khanasir, between Aleppo and Hama, would leave forces of President Bashar al-Assad.. More -
Kerry: Syria gas attack a moral obscenity
US Secretary of State John Kerry has signaled his country's intention to act on Syria, describing the use of chemical weapons as a "moral obscenity" and pinning the blame on the Syrian government. In a strongly worded and emotive statement on Monday, Kerry said that it was "undeniable" that chemical weapons killed hundreds of people.. More -
Israel pushes forth with settlement plans
Israel has pushed forward with plans to construct 1,500 apartments in an illegal settlement in East Jerusalem, a move that could undermine recently renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. City spokeswoman Brachie Sprung said on Sunday that city officials had approved plans to lay down infrastructure for the project. She called the move a "standard.. More -
Syria car bomb kills Hama governor
The governor of Hama, a senior figure in the Assad regime, has been killed in a car bomb explosion, accoring to the Syrian state state news agency Sana. Dr Anas Abdul-Razzaq Na'em, who was the head of the Baath party until 2011, was allegedly killed by a car bomb in the Jarajmeh neighborhood of the city on Sunday. The explosion occurred as Na'em was.. More -
Syria to let UN inspect 'gas attack' site
United Nations inspectors are to be granted access to the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack near Damascus, Syrian state TV has said, with the UN saying that the Syrian government has also agreed to observe a ceasefire during the visit. It followed an agreement between the Syrian foreign minister and the head of a UN delegation to the country.. More -
Lebanon funerals for twin blast victims
Mourners in Lebanon have buried dozens killed in twin bombings in the city of Tripoli a day earlier as the country observed a day of national mourning under tight security. Friday's attack - the deadliest in Lebanon since its 1975-1990 civil war - drew strong condemnation from the international community. On Saturday, security forces arrested a suspect.. More -
Mubarak and Brotherhood leaders face justice
Hosni Mubarak, the deposed Egyptian president, is due in court on Sunday for a hearing, as are several recently arrested senior Muslim Brotherhood leaders. Mubarak, who left prison for house arrest this week, is to have a hearing in his retrial on charges of complicity in the deaths of protesters during the 2011 uprising that removed him. The case.. More -
Obama mulls Syria options after 'gas attack'
Barack Obama received a "detailed review of a range of potential options" from his top advisers on how the United States and its allies could respond to an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria, the White House said. The US president also spoke with David Cameron, the British prime minister, about Syria by telephone on Saturday and agreed.. More -
Syria symptoms 'point to neurotoxic agent'
Thousands of people suffered neurotoxic symptoms and 355 of them died following an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syrian capital Damascus, aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has said. A total of 3,600 victims flooded three hospitals within hours of the reported attack on the al-Ghouta suburb on Wednesday, said Medecins Sans Frontieres director.. More -
Israeli-Palestinian negotiations continue
Israelis and Palestinians have held a second round of negotiations, and Israel's chief representative at the talks predicted the US-brokered process would lead to dramatic Israeli decisions. Tzipi Livni coupled her forecast with acknowledgement that at least one partner in Israel's right-wing coalition opposed the goal set by the United States to create.. More -
EU restricts arms sales to Egypt
The European Union has agreed to restrict exports of security equipment and arms to Egypt in response to the mounting violence but opted to maintain economic assistance. Foreign ministers condemned the bloodshed after four hours of emergency talks in Brussels called after the deaths of almost 1,000 people in a week of unrelenting violence. EU foreign.. More -
UN seeks clarity on Syria gas attack claim
An emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council has called for a prompt investigation into an alleged chemical weapons attack outside the Syrian capital, Damascus. Syria’s opposition accused the government on Wednesday of using chemical arms to strike rebel-held areas in the eastern suburbs of Damascus, killing hundreds of people. "Th.. More -
Syrian activists say nerve gas attack near Damascus kills 213
Syrian activists said at least 213 people, including women and children, were killed on Wednesday in a nerve gas attack by President Bashar al-Assad's forces on opposition-held districts of the Ghouta region east of Damascus. The death toll was collated from medical centers in the region, Bayan Baker, a nurse at Douma Emergency Collection facility.. More -
Syrian refugees flood into Iraqi Kurdistan
About 35,000 refugees, believed to be mainly Syrian Kurds, have entered Iraq since last Thursday, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said. At least 5,100 people crossed the border on Tuesday, fleeing the civil war in Syria. Jumbe Omari Jumbe of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) told reporters in Geneva that refugees arriving at two border.. More
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