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Hundreds of Shiite Huthi rebels protested Sunday in northern Yemen and blocked a road leading into Amran city, a day after clashes with government forces left 12 people dead. Tension remained high after the rebels set up a protest tent in the middle…
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday congratulated the military for downing a Syrian warplane near its border and warned of a “heavy” response if its airspace was violated. “Our response from now will be heavy if you violate our airspace…
Gaza’s Hamas premier Ismail Haniya warned Israel Sunday it would pay dearly if it heeded its foreign minister’s call to reoccupy the enclave to try to halt rocket attacks. “We tell the enemy and (Foreign Minister Avigdor) Lieberman who is threatening…
Syrian rebels seized a strategic hill west of Aleppo after a fierce battle with government troops on Saturday as fighting elsewhere in the north spread across Latakia province, an NGO said. At least 21 pro-government forces and 21 rebels were killed…
Three Shiite rebels and a Yemeni soldier were killed on Saturday in a gunfight on the outskirts of the northern city of Amran, rebels and a security official said. The rebels, known as Huthis or Ansarullah, had travelled to Amran to take part in a demonstration…
Three Palestinians were killed in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank early Saturday after Israeli soldiers launched an operation to arrest a militant, Palestinian officials said. Medical and security sources said two of the fatalities were militants…
Iran is building a crude mock-up of an American aircraft carrier at a ship yard on its Gulf coast and US officials said Friday the goal of the project remains a mystery. Iran has made no attempt to hide its “curious” construction effort near Bandar…
At least seven Syrian soldiers and 17 rebels were killed Friday as three Islamist groups battled to take a border crossing into Turkey. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Islamists included the Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Nusra Front. “Al-Nusra…
20 March 2014 – The Joint Mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United…