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Netanyahu warns Gaza civilians after Israel destroys apartment tower

Netanyahu warns Gaza civilians after Israel destroys apartment tower

Aug 24, – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Palestinian civilians on Sunday to leave immediately any site where militants are operating, one day after Israel took the Gaza war to a new level by flattening a 13-storey apartment tower. Israeli aircraft fired a non-explosive rocket at the building as a signal to residents to get […]

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Syria: Al Nusra targets army positions with four suicide bombings

Syria: Al Nusra targets army positions with four suicide bombings

May 25, – Syria’s al-Qaeda branch staged four suicide bomb attacks on army positions Sunday, leaving dozens of casualties, in a bid to cut off Idlib province from the coast, a monitoring group said. “Four al-Nusra Front fighters carried out suicide attacks this morning, driving vehicles packed with explosives into four regime forces’ checkpoints in […]

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Syrian activists report new poison attack by Assad forces

Syrian activists report new poison attack by Assad forces

Apr 13, – A Syrian opposition news outlet claimed Friday the government troops attacked a Damascus suburb with poison gas and that residents were showing symptoms of shortness of breath. The Shaam News Network identified the Damascus suburb of Harasta as the site of the poison gas attack and said that at least 100 residents […]

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Twitter ban sparks public fury in Turkey ahead of polls

Twitter ban sparks public fury in Turkey ahead of polls

Mar 21, Ankara – The popular micro-blogging site, one of several that has been used to publish allegations of corruption in Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s inner circle, went dark in Turkey late Thursday, just hours after the embattled leader threatened to “wipe out” the social network. In a tweet, Turkey’s president on Friday hit […]

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Cabin crew’s mid air dance performance, spiceJet booked, two pilots’ suspended

Cabin crew’s mid air dance performance, spiceJet booked, two pilots’ suspended

Mar 19, New Delhi – Mid-air Holi celebrations aboard eight flights have cost no-frill carrier SpiceJet heavily, with the DGCA issuing show cause notice to the airline and suspending two of its pilots. Sources said that on Monday, the cabin crew of SpiceJet performed a small dance sequence on a song as part of Holi […]

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Syria’s refugee children face rising risk of malnutrition

Syria’s refugee children face rising risk of malnutrition

Mar 15, – Trapped in her northern Syrian village by fighting, Mervat watched her newborn baby progressively shrink. Her daughter’s dark eyes seemed to grow bigger as her face grew more skeletal. Finally, Mervat escaped to neighboring Lebanon, and a nurse told her the girl was starving. The news devastated her. “They had to hold […]

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Italy PM survives vote after Berlusconi about-face

Italy PM survives vote after Berlusconi about-face

Oct 02, ROME — Silvio Berlusconi made a stunning about-face Wednesday and threw his support behind the government of Premier Enrico Letta in a confidence vote, acknowledging defeat on the Senate floor after defections in his party robbed him of the backing he needed to bring down the government. The three-time premier took the floor […]

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UN Inspectors arrive to dismantle Syria’s chemical weapons

UN Inspectors arrive to dismantle Syria’s chemical weapons

Oct 01, – Fresh inspectors have entered Syria on a mission to destroy the country’s chemical weapons arsenal over the next 9 months. The team from a Netherland’s based inspectorate has the endorsement of the UN Security Council. About 20 UN vehicles carrying an advance team of inspectors of the international Organisation for the Prevention […]

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Syria crisis: ‘Deadly blast’ hits capital Damascus

Syria crisis: ‘Deadly blast’ hits capital Damascus

Sep 24, – Several people have been killed and wounded in an explosion in the Syrian capital, Damascus, Syrian state TV reports. The state new agency Sana said a “terrorist bombing” attack had taken place in the Tadamon district in the south of the capital. Tadamon has been a battleground between rebel forces and the […]

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US, Russia agree to deal on Syrian chemical weapons

US, Russia agree to deal on Syrian chemical weapons

Sep 14, – US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have announced a deal to dispose of Syria’s chemical weapons. The countries had largely taken opposing sides in Syria’s conflict. The joint announcement came just hours into a third day of talks in Geneva aimed at finding a diplomatic solution […]

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