Politics

Assad, Israel two sides of same coin: Syria activists - 11/17/2012

BEIRUT, Alison Tahmizian Meuse- Syrian protesters held a placard on Friday showing two missiles, one with a Syrian flag, the other with a Star of David, plummet to the earth as plumes of smoke rise...

France proposes defensive weapons for Syria rebels - 11/16/2012

DAMASCUS- France raised the prospect on Thursday of providing Syria's rebels with defensive weapons as Turkey joined it and the Gulf Arab states in recognising the newly unified opposition. France...

Syria slams France, says opposition 'declared war' - 11/15/2012

Rebels killed at least 18 soldiers as they overran a military post near another Turkish border town that rebels have seized, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Damascus slammed France's...

France recognises new Syria coalition as fighting rages - 11/14/2012

DAMASCUS- France recognised the newly formed opposition National Coalition on Tuesday as the sole representative of the Syrian people, the first Western country to do so, and said the question of...

New Syria opposition bloc wins Gulf, Arab recognition - 11/12/2012

CAIRO, Murad Murad- The six Gulf states recognised a newly formed opposition bloc as the Syrian people's legitimate representative on Monday, as border violence stoked fears of a spillover of the...

Syrian opposition agree in principle on unity plan - 11/11/2012

DOHA- Syrian opposition groups meeting in Doha have agreed in principle on a plan to unite against President Bashar al-Assad, participants announced early Sunday following marathon talks. "We have...

5 Gazans killed, 4 Israeli troops hurt after jeep attack - 11/11/2012

In the latest incident, a Palestinian militant was killed and two other people injured in an Israeli air strike on northern Gaza just before midnight (2200 GMT), medical sources and witnesses said....

Kuwait frees royals accused of criticing government - 11/11/2012

KUWAIT CITY- Kuwait has released two members of the Al-Sabah ruling family after holding them for two days allegedly over tweets deemed critical of the government, they said on Twitter Saturday....

Egypt protesters call for Islamic rule - 11/10/2012

CAIRO- Thousands of radical Islamists demonstrated in Cairo on Friday to demand that sharia, or Islamic law, be the basis for legislation in a new constitution being drafted for Egypt. Several...

Eight years after Arafat death, probe opens old wounds - 11/10/2012

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories, Selim Saheb-Ettaba- The Palestinians' most explosive secret may be lurking under the stone slab covering Yasser Arafat's tomb where experts hope to explain his...
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