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Palestinian shot dead by Israeli settler after stones thrown
An Israeli settler shot dead a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Thursday after a group of Israelis was targeted by Palestinian stone-throwers, ... Middle East -
Report: intelligence points to Assad’s secret nuke program
Spiegel said the plant was in an inaccessible mountain region in the west of the war-ravaged country Middle East -
Hezbollah-backed Syrian troops take control of second city in Homs
The Syrian army, backed by Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite group, declared victory over a second city in the central province of Homs, Al Arabiya ... Middle East -
At least 2 killed in clashes in South Lebanon
Heavy clashes erupted Tuesday between unknown gunmen and followers of a radical Sunni cleric in south Lebanon, security officials said, killing two ... Middle East -
Pakistan militants claim Quetta twin attacks
A Pakistani militant group behind a series of bloody assaults on minority Shiite Muslims has said it carried out attacks on a bus carrying women ... Asia -
Saudi Arabia, France agree Qusayr scenario can’t be repeated in Aleppo
France and Saudi Arabia agreed during a meeting in Paris that the Hezbollah-backed Syrian troops, which defeated the rebels in the strategic town of ... Middle East -
Video: death chases Syrian refugees fleeing Qusayr
A video broadcast on Al Arabiya television Sunday showed Syrian refugees fleeing toward Lebanese border village of Arsal from the town of Qusayr, ... Middle East -
UK FM says gains by Syrian regime ‘make peace talks harder’
British Foreign Secretary William Hague warned on Sunday that gains made by the regime in the Syrian conflict this week made it harder to organize a ... Middle East -
Video: Hezbollah fighters raise flag on Qusayr mosque
An amateur video posted online by activists showed fighters from the Lebanese Shiite group, Hezbollah, raising a flag with “Ya Hussein” or ... Middle East -
Syrian forces sweep into ‘last rebel stronghold’ in Qusayr district
The village of Buwayda, the final opposition stronghold in the area surrounding Syria’s central town of Qusayr, has been reportedly captured by ... Middle East -
We will suffer for letting down the Syrians
When Qusayr was under “complete siege” for 45 days, the Arab League's Secretary General and his organization kept quiet, and then remained ... Middle East -
Syrian army hunts down rebels north of Qusayr, NGO says
Syrian regime forces Friday sought to mop up the final pockets of rebel resistance north of Qusayr, after retaking the key town that was an insurgent ... Middle East -
Pro-Assad forces attack villages near Qusayr
Syrian troops and Lebanese Hezbollah fighters pushed toward villages near Qusayr on Thursday, a day after driving rebels from the border town ... Middle East -
Syria army takes control of village near Qusayr
Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad reclaimed control of the central village of Dabaa on Thursday, Syrian state television said, a day after the ... Middle East -
Analysts: Qusayr fall gives Syrian regime upper hand
The capture by Syrian pro-government forces of the strategic Qusayr region is a major victory for President Bashar al-Assad, who is now better placed ... Middle East -
Lebanese FM defends Hezbollah involvement in Syria
The Lebanese minister of Foreign Affairs Adnan Mansour defended Hezbollah’s interference in Syria during a speech at the Arab league in Cairo. ... Middle East -
US condemns Hezbollah-backed assault on Syrian town
The United States on Wednesday condemned a Hezbollah-backed assault on the town of Qusayr, as France kept up the pressure for action over what it said ... Middle East -
Hezbollah celebrates destruction of Qusayr
Sweets were given out in Hezbollah's republic of Beirut's southern suburb, as the party raised its flags to celebrate destroying Syria’s central ... Opinion -
Syria’s main opposition: Revolt will continue despite Qusayr fall
The armed uprising against the regime of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad will carry on despite the fall Wednesday of the strategic town of ... Middle East -
Iran ‘congratulates Syrian army, people’ on Qusayr victory
Iran congratulated the Syrian army and people on Wednesday for their victory over rebels after seizing the strategic town of Qusayr, Deputy Foreign ... Middle East -
No safe way out as Syrian forces grind down besieged Qusayr
As Syrian government forces try to grind down rebel resistance in the besieged town of Qusayr, trapped civilians have had to choose between sheltering ... Middle East -
Syrian army advances in Qusayr and Damascus suburb
Syrian troops advanced toward the center of the strategic town of Qusayr near the border with Lebanon and chased rebels from another key district on ... Middle East -
Syrian doctor says 300 wounded trapped in Qusayr
At least 300 seriously wounded residents of an embattled Syrian town near the border with Lebanon need to be evacuated for medical treatment, a doctor ... Middle East -
NGO: Missile kills 26, including 8 youths, in Syria village
A missile hit a village near Syria’s second city of Aleppo overnight, killing 26 people including six women and eight children, the Syrian ... Middle East -
Russia blocks United Nations draft on Syria’s Qusayr amid violence
Russia on Saturday blocked a U.N. Security Council declaration of alarm over the bloody siege of the Syrian town of Qusayr by the Syrian army and ... Middle East -
Syria to grant Red Cross access to Qusayr when fighting over
Syria will allow the Red Cross to enter the besieged town of Qusayr after military operations are over, Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem told U.N. ... Middle East -
Nasrallah, patron of the Shiite highway
Regardless of whether the supporters of political Shiism in Lebanon and the Middle East really believe in what the Hezbollah leaders term the ... Middle East -
Syrian army allegedly seizes air base near Qusayr
Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad seized an air base in a village near the town of Qusayr on Wednesday, as U.N.’s top rights body ... Middle East -
Hezbollah TV to interview Syrian president
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is to give an interview Thursday to Al-Manar, the television channel of Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah which has ... Middle East -
U.N. rights body mulls resolution on foreign fighters in Syria’s Qusayr
A draft resolution condemning the Syrian regime’s use of foreign fighters in the besieged town of Qusayr will be debated on Wednesday by the U.N ... Middle East