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  • UN makes $6.5 billion appeal for Syria

    The United Nations has appealed for a record $6.5 billion for Syria and its neighbors to help 16 million people, many of them hungry or homeless victims of a conflict that has lasted 33 months with no end in sight. The Syrian appeal accounted for half of an overall funding plan of $12.9 billion for 2014 to help 52 million people in 17 countries, announced.. More

  • Israeli soldier killed near Lebanon border

    An Israeli soldier has been killed in cross-border gunfire near the Lebanese border, the Israeli military has said. Gunfire was exchanged near the village of Naqoura, at around 8:30pm on Sunday night. Sources on both sides say the shooting originated from the Lebanese side of the border, but it remains unclear what the target of the shooting was,.. More

  • Syrian army air raids on Aleppo kill dozens

    Dozens of people, including 14 children, have been killed by Syrian army air raids on rebel districts of the northern city of Aleppo, activists groups said. The groups reported on Sunday that government forces had bombarded rebel-held civilian areas, by dropping barrels filled with explosives from helicopters. "An attack using explosive-laden.. More

  • Syrian army air raids on Aleppo kill dozens

    Dozens of people, including 14 children, have been killed by Syrian army air raids on rebel districts of the northern city of Aleppo, activists groups said. The groups reported on Sunday that government forces had bombarded rebel-held civilian areas, by dropping barrels filled with explosives from helicopters. "An attack using explosive-laden.. More

  • Attacks on Lebanon army posts leave five dead

    A Lebanese soldier and four attackers were killed in two separate assaults on army checkpoints in the southern city of Sidon, the military said in a statement. The attacks in the Mediterranean city, around 40km south of Beirut, were likely co-ordinated, said a security source. "At 9:15pm (1915GMT) today [Sunday] an armed man approached an army.. More

  • Tunisia picks new PM ahead of polls

    Tunisia's ruling Islamist party and its opponents have named Industry Minister Mehdi Jomaa as prime minister in a caretaker technocrat cabinet to govern until elections next year, said the powerful UGTT union, which has been acting as mediator. The announcement on Saturday is part of an agreement that will see the ruling party, Ennahdha, hand over.. More

  • Egypt president sets date for referendum

    Egypt will hold a public referendum on its newly-drafted constitution on January 14 and 15, interim President Adly Mansour said on Saturday. The vote will be the first major milestone on the political "road map" outlined by the army after it overthrew Mohamed Morsi, the country’s first democratically-elected president, in July. A committee.. More

  • Thousands evacuated after Gaza floods

    At least 5,000 people have been evacuated from flood-damaged homes in northern Gaza and at least one person killed in what the United Nations called "a disaster area". The flooding, caused by four days of torrential rain, was so severe that many homes could only be accessed by rowing boat with water two meters deep in some places. "Large.. More

  • Snowstorm brings Jerusalem to a grinding halt

    A snowstorm of rare intensity has blanketed Jerusalem and parts of the occupied West Bank, choking off the city and stranding hundreds of vehicles on impassable roads. Israeli authorities on Friday said at least 50 centimeters of snow had fallen since the previous day, and forecasters predicted the storm would continue. "In my 54 years I don't.. More

  • Relatives want justice for Yemen drone strike

    Relatives of Yemeni civilians killed in a drone strike have demanded an apology and compensation and warned of tribal unrest, an official said. "The first demand is an end to strikes," the official said on Saturday. "They also want financial and moral compensation." This announcement came following Friday's protests that blocked.. More

  • Clashes during Egypt anti-military protests

    Police have killed one demonstrator and arrested 54 others during protests held across Egypt against the military-backed government, the country's interior ministry says. Three policemen were also injured during the clashes, as Egyptian security forces used tear gas to disperse the demonstrations on Friday. Tear gas grenades have become standard use.. More

  • Judges resign in Egypt Brotherhood trial

    Three judges presiding over the trial of Egypt's senior Muslim Brotherhood members have stepped down after the defendants disrupted the proceedings and chanted against the judiciary. Wednesday's events were the second time that a three-judge panel resigned from the trial. Previously, on October 29, three other judges stepped down after police failed.. More

  • US and UK suspend non-lethal aid into Syria

    The United States and the United Kingdom have suspended all non-lethal assistance into northern Syria after Islamic Front forces seized headquarters and warehouses belonging to the opposition's Supreme Military Council (SMC), US and UK embassies spokesmen in Ankara have said. Fighters from the Islamic Front, a union of six major rebel groups, took.. More

  • Iranian general criticises Rouhani government

    The commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard forces has said that his country has been influenced by the West, in an apparent criticism of the government of Hassan Rouhani, the country's recently elected moderate president. Major General Mohammad Jafari's comments are some of the sharpest to be made by a senior official in public since Rouhani took.. More

  • Stand-off in Ukraine as police storm protests

    In an escalation of the protests that have been going on for weeks, security forces in the Ukraine have stormed a protest, ripping down barricades and tents in the capital Kiev. Several thousand police in riot gear used their shields to push back protesters and successfully removed some tents and barricades on Wednesday, but as protester numbers grew.. More