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Back to homepageAl-Rastan: A City Struggling Against Division 0
Post Views: 12 In Al-Rastan, regime loyalists and opponents live side by side. They are governed by an undeclared truce – a truce that has recently begun to reel as a result of concerns among opposition fighters that the regime
Read MoreNATO base in Afghanistan hit by suicide bombers 0
Post Views: 9 Alleged Taliban fighters struck Afghan and NATO bases in the restive province of Kandahar on Tuesday, after a coalition soldier was killed by attackers in police uniforms, officials said. Seven suicide attackers stormed a joint Afghan-NATO base
Read MorePalestinian footballer ends hunger strike after deal 0
Post Views: 11 The shadow of a Palestinian youth playing football is silhouetted against a banner forming part of a protest tent in solidarity with Palestinian prisoner Mahmoud Sarsak in Rafah, Gaza on 10 June 2012. (Photo: AFP – Said
Read MoreNo sign of breakthrough in Iran nuclear talks 0
Post Views: 10 World powers and Iran to resume talks in Moscow with no sign of a breakthrough over Tehran’s disputed nuclear drive Iran and world powers are to return on Tuesday from a stormy session for what could be
Read MoreObama fails to secure support from Putin on solution to Syria crisis 0
Post Views: 7 US president sought pledge against Bashar al-Assad at G20 summit, leaving Syria facing the prospect of increasing violence Barack Obama said he and Vladimir Putin had ‘candid, thoughtful and thorough conversation’ about various issues including Syria. Photograph:
Read MoreDeadly Turkish-PKK clash kills 18 0
Post Views: 7 Eight Turkish soldiers and 10 Kurdish rebels were killed early Tuesday in clashes in southeast Turkey, the local governor’s office said. Eight Turkish soldiers were killed and 16 wounded when members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)
Read MoreIsrael pounds Gaza after Egypt border clash 0
Post Views: 7 Two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike on north Gaza on Monday, medics said, just hours after gunmen mounted a deadly ambush on the Egyptian border, killing an Israeli. “Two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli
Read MoreMoscow talks begin between Iran, world powers 0
Post Views: 10 World powers and Iran met in Moscow on Monday for talks intended to narrow differences over Tehran’s nuclear program and avert the danger of a new war in the Middle East, diplomats said. The six powers –
Read MoreRussia sends ships, troops to Syria 0
Post Views: 9 Russia is preparing to send two amphibious assault ships to the Syrian port of Tartus where Moscow operates a strategic naval base, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday. “Two major amphibious ships – The Nikolai Filchenkov
Read MoreMorsi camp claims Egypt presidency win 0
Post Views: 5 Brotherhood claims victory based on unofficial tallies, but SCAF decree limiting presidential powers overshadows count The Muslim Brotherhood has declared their candidate, Mohammed Morsi, the winner of Egypt’s presidential runoff, and unofficial vote tallies show him leading
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