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UNSMIS ends tenure in Syria
Report attributes widespread rape to gov’t forces, and crimes to rebels
Nasarallah pledged to make the lives of Israelis hell
Nasrallah boasted that Hezbollah has the capability of hitting specific targets which would leave tens of thousands of people dead
Algerian Lakhdar Brahimi in place of Kofi Annan
Brahimi will fill the post previously occupied by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
Bahraini teenager killed during clashes with riot police
Eye witnesses told BCHR, Hussam was shot with shotgun pellets which made him fall to the ground. Then, one of his family members witnessed him getting kicked repeatedly by a man in civilian clothing while security forces stood idly watching
Crackdown on rights activists in Bahrain
“The continual arrests of activists and refusal to release them shows that the regime will continue its policy of targeting activists.”
Syrian unrest spills into Lebanon
Kidnapping vendetta between Syrian rebels and Lebanese Shi’a clan
Blasts rock Israeli Red Sea resort
Israeli police is now carrying out searches to see if debris can be found to determine if the blasts were caused by rockets fired on Eilat
Syria faces suspension from the OIC amid Iranian objections
During the summit Saudi King calls for Muslim leaders to unite and proposes a centre for dialogue between Islamic sects
Israel-Iran war cause “500 deaths”
The Iranian government claimed that it had successfully tested a short-range ballistic missile
Trials of Bahraini protesters
The verdict of the thirteen men and an additional seven being tried in absentia will be read on 4 September
Tunisia constitution date set
Tunis (AFP) — Tunisia’s new constitution will not be adopted before February 2013, the head of the drafting committee said on Tuesday, after earlier announcing that it would be delayed until April. “I believe that in all reality there can be no final reading of the constitution before February 2013,” Habib Kheder, who is also …
Al-Aqsa mosque prayers
Jerusalem (AFP) — Palestinians poured into Jerusalem from the occupied West Bank on Tuesday for a night of prayer at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, in a rare opportunity for many of them to visit the Muslim holy site, the third-holiest in Islam. Police said that by early evening “tens of thousands” had arrived to mark …
Sudan cooperation a necessity
Khartoum (AFP) – Sudan and South Sudan have no choice but to work together in order to avoid “suicide”, former prime minister Sadiq al-Mahdi said on Tuesday. “It is a win-win formula or a lose-lose formula,” Mahdi, who leads a major opposition party, Umma, told a gathering organised by the South Sudanese embassy. Sudan and …
Iran casualty figures
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs sent the Daily News Egypt a completed situation report on the recent earthquakes in northern Iran. The report raises the death toll to 306 and the injured to 2,600. It also adds that 50,000 Iranians are now living in tents as a result of the …
UN “not target” for Syrian bombing
The blast comes one day after the arrival of the UN’s Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator, UNSMIS, FSA
International support to Syrian refugees and opposition increases
The number of refugees fleeing Syria rises, host states have sought international aid to help cope with the influx
Bahrain police disperse Shiite protests
Several protesters were wounded as police dispersed demonstrations overnight
Jordan police disperse angry Syrians at desert camp
Around 60 Syrians at the Zaatari refugee camp clashed with security guards when the group attempted to leave the camp and go back to the border town of Ramtha
Pro-Saleh troops ‘attack Yemen defense ministry’
Sanaa (AFP) – Troops from Yemen’s elite Republican Guard force, led by the son of ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh, on Tuesday attacked the headquarters of the defence ministry but were repelled, witnesses said. The forces laid siege to the ministry in Sanaa before attacking it with machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades, witnesses told AFP. The attack …
Thousands of women marched in Tunis to protest constitutional amendment
Roughly 6,000 protesters, mostly female, took to the streets of Tunis
Eight Ugandans survive army helicopter crash, two dead
Nairobi (AFP) – Eight Ugandan servicemen walked away from their helicopter after it crashed in Kenya en route to war-torn Somalia while two soldiers were confirmed dead in another crash, officials said Tuesday. Theirs were among three Russian-made Mi-24 combat helicopters that went down Sunday in a remote mountainous region of Kenya. One was found …
Iraq angered by Kurdish deal with French Total
Total penned a deal for Halfaya with the Iraqi Ministry of Oil at the end of 2009
Iran welcomes foreign earthquake aid
Many countries have extended sympathies to the victims of the twin quakes
Power struggle in Jordan
Jordanian minister for media affairs slams the call to boycott upcoming parliamentary elections
Turkish parliamentarian kidnapped by rebels
Kurdish forces draw attention amidst a military offensive
Kuwaiti opposition protesting new electoral law
Opposition calling for mass protests, demanding changing electoral law
Iranian President in significant visit to Saudi Arabia
Ahmadinejad to attend the OIC summit in Saudi Arabia
Bahrain reinstates ambassador to Iran
Dubai (AFP) – Bahrain said Sunday it has reinstated its ambassador in Iran, more than a year after recalling the envoy over Tehran’s strong condemnation of Manama’s brutal crackdown on Shiite-led protests. “The ambassador of the kingdom to the Islamic Republic of Iran has returned to his work in Tehran,” announced Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled …
Five killed in Iraq attacks
A roadside bomb and a drive-by shooting killed five and injured another five on Sunday, reported the Associated Press. The bomb reportedly killed three police officers in Jurf Al-Sakhar, a town south of Baghdad. The drive-by shooting in the Baghdad neighborhood of Jihad killed two civilians near a government office responsible for overseeing Sunni administration …
Under the weight of sanctions, Iran hit by earthquakes
Disaster comes as country already suffering under the weight of international sanctions