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‘Massacre’ in Homs leaves 45 women, children dead, Syrian activists say
Mar 12th
At least 45 women and children were killed in the Syrian city of Homs late Sunday, opposition activists said, hours after the U.N. special envoy to Syria met with the country’s president in an effort to reach a diplomatic solution to end the violence. The killings occurred in the Homs neighborhood of Karm al Zaytoun,…
New Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 2, raise toll to 20: medics
Mar 12th
GAZA CITY: Two Palestinians were killed in Israeli air strikes near the Gaza town of Khan Yunis on Monday morning, bringing the toll in three days of violence to 20, medics told. A first man, named as 24-year-old Suleiman Abu Mutlaq, was killed in a raid east of Khan Yunis, while the second, who was…
70 killed in Syria on first day of Annan visit
Mar 11th
BEIRUT: At least 70 persons, mostly soldiers and rebels, were killed in violence across Syria on Saturday, the first of a two-day visit by international peace envoy Kofi Annan, a monitor said. Among them were 21 army deserters, 19 soldiers and 22 civilians, who were killed in fighting in the northwestern province of Idlib, whose…
Israeli air strikes kill 16 in Gaza
Mar 11th
GAZA CITY: Israeli air strikes on Gaza killed 16 Palestinians, medics said early Sunday. It was the deadliest violence between Israel and the Palestinians across the Gaza border in more than three years, prompting the United States and the European Union to urge both sides to restore calm. Medics said three Palestinians were killed in…
US envoy to Egypt arrives in Germany
Mar 11th
CAIRO: US ambassador to Egypt rushed to Germany from where she will return to United States, according to German news agency. Earlier, around 100 protesters calling for an end to military rule in Egypt clashed with soldiers near the US embassy in Cairo. Shouting “Down with military power!” the protesters lobbed stones at the soldiers,…
United Nation agreed to release $1.5bn Assets For Libya
Aug 30th
The United Nations Security Council has agreed to release $1.5bn (£1bn) of seized Libyan assets for humanitarian needs. The US and South Africa struck a deal after the rebel-led National Transitional Council (NTC) said it urgently needs at least $5bn (£3bn) to pay state salaries, maintain vital services and repair critical oil facilities. South Africa…
Egyptian revolution
Aug 16th
The 2011 Egyptian revolution (عربی: ثورة ٢٥ يناير thawret 25 yanāyir, Revolution of 25 January) took place following a popular uprising that began on 25 January 2011 and is still continuing as of August 2011. The uprising was mainly a campaign of non-violent civil resistance, which featured a series of demonstrations, marches, acts of civil…
Breaking News Libya: Nato steps up air strikes on Tripoli
May 24th
Nato planes have launched a series of air attacks on Libya’s capital Tripoli, with correspondents saying they appear the largest so far of the campaign. Some of the strikes appear to have targeted Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi’s Bab al-Aziziya compound. They came after France announced it and the UK would also deploy attack helicopters…
NATO aircraft pound Tripoli; government says 3 مرده, 150 injured
May 24th
NATO aircraft launched more than a dozen strikes on the Libyan capital early Tuesday, and smoke could be seen rising from the area near Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s Bab-al-Azizia compound in Tripoli. The NATO attack, one of the heaviest against Tripoli since the NATO mission began just over two months ago, started at about 1…
War crimes prosecutor seeks Gaddafi warrant
May 17th
Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Gaddafi personally ordered attacks on Libyan civilians [Reuters] The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has asked a three-judge panel to issue arrest warrants for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, his second-eldest son, Saif al-Islam, and his intelligence chief, Abdullah Senussi. Luis Moreno-Ocampo described the evidence against the three men as “very strong” به…
Assad’s regime of torture
May 17th
In addition to military sieges and assaults in Syrian cities, those critical of the regime face the possibility of imprisonment and ‘rampant torture’ [GALLO/GETTY] “Bashar is God! Bashar is God!” As the fists and boots and sticks pummelled his body and bloodied his face, the college student screamed out what he thought his interrogators wanted…
Israeli forces ‘open fire’ on Gaza, Syria borders
May 15th
Israeli forces have fired on groups of protesters at border points with Gaza and on the Golan Heights border with Syria, reports say. The Israeli military said it opened fire on the Golan Heights as a group tried to breach the border. Reports said at least 10 were injured. At least 15 Palestinians were injured…
Man Snatched Mic from Imam e Ka’aba to Shout I am Mehdi I am Mehdi
Apr 15th
Send By Naseem شاب يخطف مايكرفون الحرم المكي ويصرخ : أنا المهدي In a strange incident of its kind, to kidnap a young microphone private prayer in the Haram in Mecca on Tuesday after the imam of the prayer zoom.Age directly.According to eyewitnesses, the “already” that the young man was shouting the words “I am .. I am the Mahdi Mahdi,”
Inside Story – Saudi intervention in Bahrain
Mar 21st
Saudi-led troops cross the border into their Gulf neighbor Bahrain. Is the core of sectarian divide about to be exposed? And could the fallout become regional?
Air Attacks Largely Destroy Libyan Defence Forces
Mar 21st
Allied air strikes have hit at the heart of Moammar Gaddafi’s compound in Tripoli. Extensive damage waswrought on the four story building – a justifiable target says the coalition as it contained the means of controlling Libya’s forces.Operations to enforce the no-fly zone over Libya resumed over night in a second wave of attacks.A spokesperson for the regime…
International forces begin Libya strikes – Watch Video
Mar 20th
International forces have begun military operations in Libya, with French fighter jets taking out several tanks operated by pro-government forces, while over 100 US Tomahawk cruise missiles struck at air defence sites. The US is taking the lead in the first phase of operations, but says it will be handing over control to coalition partners…



















































