Homs bombed by Syrian troops
BEIRUT – Activists say Syrian troops are shelling the rebel-held neighborhood of Khaldiyeh in the central city of Homs. The activists say Friday’s bombardment appears to be a preparation for the troops...
View ArticleIraq bombing: death toll 4
BAGHDAD – New bombing in Iraq. Iraqi officials say gunmen opened fire on the car of a colonel in the civil defense forces, killing him and his wife and wounding their three children. The drive-by...
View ArticleAlex Thomson Syrian rebels lured us into death
LONDON – It has been reported that a British journalist claims that Syrian rebels set him up to die in a no man’s land near the Lebanese border, saying he believes they hoped he would be shot by...
View ArticleDamascus becomes Syria’s latest battle ground
BEIRUT – Troops loyal to the Syrian leader Basahar al-Assad shelled the city of Daraa on Saturday, killing at least 17 people. Violence and shooting has also been reported in Damascus, the country’s...
View ArticleSyrian opposition group elects a Kurd as its new leader
BEIRUT – A Kurdish dissident is the new leader of Syria’s main opposition group in exile. The Syrian National Council elected Abdulbaset Sieda, a 56-year-old who’s beeen living in Sweden for years, as...
View ArticleSyrian coastal town Latakia shelled by army troops
BEIRUT – A new round of heavy bombing was unelashed by Syrian troops on Sunday. Fighting erupted in a mountainous area near the coastal city of Latakia where rebels have set up a camp. The area has...
View ArticleIsrael accuses Iran and Hezbollah of igniting Syrian conflict
JERUSALEM – Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, expressed outrage on Sunday over the the carnage in Syria. Israel also accused Iran and Lebanese Hezbollah of playing a part...
View ArticleSyria’s chemical stock worries Israel
JERUSALEM – Israel’s deputy military chief has warned that Syria’s large chemical weapons stocks could be trained on Israel. According to Maj. Gen. Yair Naveh, Syria has the largest arsenal of chemical...
View ArticleIraq steps up security for Shiite pilgrimage
BAGHDAD – An attack that killed more than 7 people and wounded dozens more has prompted Iraqi officials to step up the security ahead of a major Shiite pilgrimage. A spokesman for the Defense Ministry...
View ArticleLawyer: Bahrain boy allowed home pending trial
MANAMA, Bahrain – A defense lawyer in Bahrain says an 11-year-old boy accused of taking part in anti-government protests has been freed from prison pending his trial. The lawyer, Mohsen al-Alawi, says...
View ArticleYemen: new round of shelling kills 13 al-Qaida fighters
SANAA, Yemen – Yemeni military officials say a new round of shelling, airstrikes and fighting near an embattled southern town has killed 13 al-Qaida fighters. The officials say the clashes between...
View ArticleIsrael detains thousand of Sudanese migrants
JERUSALEM – Israeli authorities say they have detained dozens of migrants from South Sudan who have entered the country illegally. Interior Ministry spokeswoman Sabine Hadad says 55 people were rounded...
View ArticleQuake in Afghanistan: 20 houses buried
KABUL, Afghanistan – It has been reported that as many as 100 people are feared dead in an earthquake and landslide that buried more than 20 houses in northern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said....
View ArticleSyria: mortar kills 10 in anti-government demonstration
BEIRUT – Activists say a mortar round has hit an anti-government demonstration in an eastern Syrian city, killing at least 10 people. The Local Coordination Committees and the Britain-based Syrian...
View ArticleAl-Qaida loses Yemeni stronghold
SANAA, Yemen – Government troops regained control of a key al-Qaida stronghold in Yemen’s south in a surprise dawn attack on Tuesday, recording their first major triumph over the militant group in more...
View ArticleYemen: al Qaida group driven away from two strongholds
SANAA, Yemen – Al-Qaida front group in Yemen has been routed from two major strongholds in the south that it had seized during last year’s political turmoil. The militant group says it withdrew from...
View ArticleFour car bombs kill 35 during Iraq pilgrimage
BAGHDAD – Four coordinated car bombs tore into processions of Shiite pilgrims across Baghdad early Wednesday, killing at least 35 people and wounding dozens more in Iraq’s latest spasm of...
View ArticleRussia denied having sent attack helicopters to Syria
MOSCOW – It has been reported that Russia’s foreign minister has rejected the U.S. claim that Moscow is sending attack helicopters to Syria. Russian news agencies reported Wednesday that Foreign...
View ArticleStrong earthquake shakes Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey – Officials say a magnitude-5.5 earthquake has shaken southeastern Turkey, damaging a mosque minaret, but there were no reports of casualties. The Kandilli Observatory seismology center...
View ArticleStench of death greets UN observers in Syria
BEIRUT – Smoldering buildings, looted shops, smashed cars and a strong stench of death greeted U.N. observers who entered the nearly deserted Syrian town of Haffa a day after President Bashar Assad’s...
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