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  • Mass cyber-war against Israel over Gaza raids

    More than 44 million hacking attempts have been made on Israeli government web sites since Israel began its air raids on the Gaza Strip almost a week ago. The figures, released by the Israeli government, indicated that attempts on defense-related sites had been the highest, while 10 million attempts had been made on the site of Israel's president,.. More

  • Civilian death toll mounts in Gaza

    An Israeli air attack has killed 12 members of one family in the Gaza Strip, just hours after Binyamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime minister, said his country was ready to "significantly expand" its operation against Palestinian fighters in the territory. Barack Obama, the US president, said that while Israel had a right to defend itself, it.. More

  • Syrian opposition forces 'seize airport near Iraq'

    Syrian opposition forces say they have captured an airport used by Syria's military near the Iraqi border, strengthening their hold on the recently seized border town of Albu Kamal. President Bashar al-Assad's forces retaliated by bombing the airport with fighter jets, Ziad al-Amir, a local opposition activist said on Saturday. Video published by.. More

  • Arab League 'backs Gaza against aggression'

    Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby has pledged to support Palestinians against "Israel's aggression" and to end the blockade of Gaza during talks between Arab foreign ministers in Cairo. The leaders said in a statement issued on Saturday that the Arab League chief will lead a delegation to the Gaza Strip on Sunday and support Egypt's efforts.. More

  • Israel continues deadly Gaza air raids

    Israel and Palestinian fighters have traded air strikes and rockets for a fourth day, with Israel hitting the Hamas prime minister's office and also downing a rocket aimed at Tel Aviv. The death toll from the conflict climbed on Saturday to 45: 40 Palestinians, at least 13 of them civilians, including women and children, and three Israeli civilians. At.. More

  • Israel and Gaza reach tacit truce

    Israeli and Palestinian leaders have reached a tacit truce that could prevent a new war in the Gaza strip after five days of clashes. The agreement, brokered by Egypt, was made on Monday night, with both sides warning that they would resume fighting if attacked again. Ismail Haniyeh, prime minister of Gaza's Hamas government, praised the main armed.. More

  • Deadly fighting rages on across Syria

    Fierce battles and army shelling in and around Damascus have killed at least 41 people, mostly civilians, as warplanes launch more air raids on a town on the Turkish border, according to media reports. "Several army units are fighting with armed terrorist groups near the Othman mosque in the [Damascus] neighborhood of Tadamun," Syrian state.. More

  • France recognises Syria opposition coalition

    France has become the first Western power to recognize the newly united Syrian opposition as the only representative of the Syrian people. "France recognizes the Syrian National Coalition as the only representative of the Syrian people and therefore as the future provisional government of a democratic Syria," President Francois Hollande told.. More

  • Palestinian UN bid to proceed despite US plea

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said at the Cairo-based Arab League that he will press ahead with a bid for the United Nations to recognize Palestine as an observing state, adding that he is ready to start negotiations with Israel afterwards. "We had agreed to go get the vote on November 29 ... the majority needed for the vote will be.. More

  • Gaza groups offer conditional truce to Israel

    The main Palestinian fighter groups in the Gaza Strip, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad, have said they are ready for a ceasefire if Israel "stops its aggression" against the territory. "The Islamic and nationalist movement confirm that the response of the resistance depends on whether the Zionist aggression against our people is.. More

  • Arab League backs Syrian opposition bloc

    The Arab League has recognized the newly formed Syrian opposition bloc as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people. Arab foreign ministers meeting in Cairo, Egypt, issued a statement late on Monday describing the new National Coalition of the Syrian Powers of Revolution and Opposition as "the legitimate representative and main interlocutor.. More

  • Israeli army fires 'warning shots' at Syria

    The Israeli army has fired what it called "warning shots" into Syria after a mortar round landed inside an army post in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, in the first Israeli fire directed at the Syrian military since 1973. The army warned in a statement that "fire emanating from Syria into Israel will not be tolerated and shall.. More

  • Syria opposition coalition picks new leader

    Syria's opposition appears to have overcome its deep divisions to rally behind a new leader within a new coalition that its Western and Arab backers hope can topple the Syrian government and take over the country. After days of negotiations in Qatar under the watchful eyes of Arab, US and other officials, representatives of groups including rebel.. More

  • Palestinians killed as Israel shells Gaza

    Israeli tank shells have killed at least five Palestinians and wounded 30 in the Gaza Strip after an apparent attack on an Israeli army patrol in the border area, Palestinian medics and local witnesses said. The casualty toll in Saturday's violence was one of the highest in a single incident in Gaza in recent months. At least five of the injured,.. More

  • Protests in US over slow power restoration

    Hundreds of Americans have protested outside a Long Island utility, frustrated by its slow response to outages, even as the lights came for many who lost power in New York and New Jersey during the storm Sandy and a later nor'easter storm. Power restoration has been slower there than in other areas hit by Sandy, prompting criticism of the Long Island.. More