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Obama in Israel vows 'unwavering commitment' to Israeli security
Barack Obama has made his first visit to Israel as US president, saying the alliance between the two countries is 'eternal' amid Iranian nuclear threat. The long-awaited visit, the first foreign tour of Obama's second term, comes just days after the installation of a new rightwing Israeli government which faces key challenges of how to handle Iran's.. More -
Kurdish rebel to call ceasefire in Turkey
Jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan is expected to issue a "historic" and long-awaited cease-fire declaration that would be a major step toward ending a 30-year conflict that has cost tens of thousands of lives in Turkey. The expected ceasefire call on Thursday, which coincides with the Kurdish New Year, or Newroz, will take place.. More -
N Korea threatens strike on US airbases
North Korea has threatened to attack US military bases in Japan in response to the use of nuclear-armed US B-52 bombers in joint military drills with South Korea. The threat on Thursday came a day after Pyongyang condemned the B-52 flights as an "unpardonable provocation" and threatened military action if they continue. "The United.. More -
Saudi Arabia arrests 18 suspected spies
The Saudi authorities have arrested 18 suspected spies, including an Iranian and a Lebanese, on charges of espionage for a foreign country, the interior ministry said. "Sixteen Saudis, an Iranian and a Lebanese were arrested in coordinated and simultaneous operations in four regions of the kingdom," including the capital Riyadh and Mecca,.. More -
Syrians trade blame over 'chemical attack'
Syria's government and opposition have traded accusations of a chemical attack on a northern village near Aleppo. US officials, however, said on Tuesday there was no evidence of any such attack. The regime, whose allegation was backed by ally Russia, said 31 people were killed, including 21 civilians and 10 soldiers. The accusations emerged only.. More -
Hunger strikes at Guantanamo nearly double
US military detention center in Cuba confirms 24 prisoners on hunger strike with eight placed "on internal feed". The number of detainees on hunger strike at Guantanamo has nearly doubled since last week, with at least two prisoners hospitalized due to dehydration, officials at the military prison said. Captain Robert Durand, Guantanamo.. More -
UK probe into Iraq 'atrocities' begins
An Iraqi father has told a London public inquiry that he saw signs of torture on his son's body, as an investigation into allegations of atrocities committed by British troops in Iraq in 2004 kicked off. Mizal Karim al-Sweady was the first of 60 Iraqi witnesses to give evidence to the al-Sweady inquiry into the disputed circumstances of 28 deaths during.. More -
Syrian opposition appoints provisional PM
Syria's opposition National Coalition has elected Ghassan Hitto, a communications executive who has been resident in the United States for decades, as prime minister for revolution-held areas of Syria. Hitto won a vote held in Istanbul by the group, getting 35 out of a possible 48 votes, Coalition member Hisham Marwa told reporters early on Tuesday. The.. More -
West Bank hunger striker exiled to Gaza
A freed Palestinian prisoner has been given a hero's welcome in the Gaza Strip after ending his hunger strike in an Israeli jail and agreeing to a plea bargain that will confine him to the territory for the next 10 years. After his release from Israeli custody, Ayman Sharawneh arrived at the Erez Crossing in an ambulance with its siren blaring and.. More -
Syrian anti-regime forces 'seize' army complex near Golan
Syrian revolution forces have seized a Syrian military intelligence compound in the southern Hauran Plain near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, revolution commanders said. The frontier, quiet since Israel and Syria agreed on a US-brokered ceasefire in 1974, has turned volatile in recent weeks, after revolution brigades stepped up attacks against.. More -
Clashes mark Iraq anti-government protests
Protesters have clashed with police in a wave of anti-government protests to hit at least three cities in Iraq, police officials say. The protests took place on Friday in Ramadi, Samara and Baghdad against what the participants described as government sectarian policies that target Sunni Muslims. Anti-riot police in Baghdad used batons and water hoses.. More -
Syrian general defects from army
General Mohammed Khalluf, logistics chief of the Syrian national army, has defected, an activist video posted online reported. Saturday's YouTube video, which could not be independently verified, shows a man with white hair in civilian clothes getting into a car and a voice off-screen naming him as General Mohammed Khalluf, head of logistics. "A.. More -
Fighting intensifies in Damascus
Syrian revolution forces have taken control of areas close to Damascus, where intense fighting has effectively shut down the country's main international airport to anything but military flights. Al Jazeera's Ahmed Zaidan, reporting from inside the Syrian capital, said anti-government Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters extended their hold over the eastern.. More -
New Tunisian government sworn in amid protest
Moncef Marzouki, the Tunisian president, has sworn in a new government after lawmakers approved the new team in a vote. Ali Larayedh, prime minister, and his cabinet took the oath on Wednesday, the same day that a cigarette vendor who set himself ablaze in a busy street of the capital Tunis on Tuesday died under hospital care. "I speak to all.. More -
Mortar shells in Damascus kill 3, wound 50
Mortar shells struck a residential area in central Syria Wednesday, killing three people and wounding more than 50, including a number of women and children, state-run news agency said. The latest mortar attacks came as Syrian regime troops fought fierce battles with revolution forces for control of key neighborhoods in the northeast of the capital,.. More
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