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  • FSA vows to oust Assad in 6 months

    FSA vows to oust Assad in 6 months

    Date: 2013-06-15 11:36:13 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:156184

    The Free Syrian Army vowed to topple President Bashar al-Assad within six months should the necessary arms were provided. Leader of the Supreme Military Council of the FSA General Salim Idriss urged Western countries to provide the FSA with ....

  • Attacks on army sites to be strongly countered, Defense Ministry warns

    Attacks on army sites to be strongly countered, Defense Ministry warns

    Date: 2013-06-15 11:19:52 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:156145

    The Libyan Defense Ministry has warned that it will strongly respond to any attacks on army camps, stressing this would be an attack on national legitimacy. Any such attacks will not be tolerated and will be countered on the spot, said Defense ....

  • Syria regime forces shell Damascus, Deir al-Zor

    Syria regime forces shell Damascus, Deir al-Zor

    Date: 2013-06-15 10:03:51 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:156022

    Syrian regime forces shelled several neighborhoods in Damascus, Rif Dimashq and Deir al-Zor on Saturday. Meanwhile, violent clashes erupted between the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and the regime army at the entrance of Yarmouk Camp in Damascus at ....

  • Germany rejects arming Syrian rebels

    Germany rejects arming Syrian rebels

    Date: 2013-06-14 15:09:52 GMT - Germany - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:155259

    Germany/Syria Germany rejects arming Syrian rebels BERLIN, (MENA) - The German government has decided to reject arming the Syrian rebels, the the Russia Today TV Channel reported. This came a day after the United States signalled it ....

  • Hague: We agree with US assessment that chemical weapons used in Syria

    Hague: We agree with US assessment that chemical weapons used in Syria

    Date: 2013-06-14 15:07:11 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:155255

    Britain/US Hague: We agree with US assessment that chemical weapons used in Syria LONDON, (MENA) – UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Friday that Britain agrees with the US assessment that chemical weapons, including sarin, have ....

  • Obama to arm Syrian rebels

    Obama to arm Syrian rebels

    Date: 2013-06-14 09:58:08 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:154744

    US/Syria Obama to arm Syrian rebels WASHINGTON, (MENA) – The White House officials confirmed Thursday that the US administration would send weapons and other aid to rebel Syrian forces after determining that leader Bashar al-Assad has ....

  • Fears over controversial Renaissance Dam just rumors: Ethiopian diplomat

    Fears over controversial Renaissance Dam just rumors: Ethiopian diplomat

    Date: 2013-06-13 12:36:41 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:153453

    Sudan/Egypt/Ethiopia Fears over controversial Renaissance Dam just rumors: Ethiopian diplomat KHARTOUM, (MENA) - Ethiopia's Ambassador to Sudan Abadi Zemo said that fears over the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam are just rumors, Sudanese ....

  • UN: More than 93,000 killed in Syria so far

    UN: More than 93,000 killed in Syria so far

    Date: 2013-06-13 12:18:51 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:153408

    UN/Syria UN: More than 93,000 killed in Syria so far NEW YORK, (MENA) - At least 93,000 people have been killed in Syria since the start of the conflict, according to the latest United Nations figures. This represents a sharp rise of ....

  • Ex-Qaddafi premier tried for murder, corruption

    Ex-Qaddafi premier tried for murder, corruption

    Date: 2013-06-13 11:56:54 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:153348

    A Libyan court on Wednesday adjourned until August the murder and corruption trial of Muammar Qaddafi’s last premier, who allegedly spent billions of dollars trying to buy support during the uprising that ousted the dictator, Dubai-based satellite ....

  • 5 Palestinians wounded in clashes with Israeli forces in WB

    5 Palestinians wounded in clashes with Israeli forces in WB

    Date: 2013-06-12 15:12:19 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:152114

    RAMALLAH (MENA) - Five Palestinians were wounded in clashes Wednesday with Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank who attacked the Faraa refugee camp in the northern West Bank district of Tubas, Ma'an News Agency reported. The clashes were ....

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