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Iranian drones and submarines raise alarms
Iran’s’ tiny’ army is bigger than it seems
Alarms raised over possible chemical weapons in Syria
After the bloodshed in Tremseh, alarms are raised over the possibility of a chemical weapons attack in Syria
West eases pressure on Myanmar while attacks on minority Muslims continue
While the West praises Myanmar’s reforms, the nation’s minority Muslims continue to suffer
President Morsy and Saudi King meet, discuss local and regional goals
Egyptian and Saudi delegations both say first meeting was positive after Morsy meets with Saudi officials
Deadline to free captured journalists in Libya expires
Talks to broker release of two captured cameramen have fallen apart
Violence in a Jordan University sparked by ‘tribalism’
The fighting which had started earlier this week in Mutah University, South Jordan reached a new level of violence on Wednesday
Tunisia Islamists set to elect leader
The Ennahda or Renaissance Islamist party is likely to re-elect current leader Rashid Al-Ghannushi
Israel deploys ‘Iron Dome’ on border with Egypt
The battery of rocket interceptors are aimed at responding to an incoming attack and are already in place on the Israeli border with Gaza
Al-Bashir threatens ‘burning hot summer’ for Sudanese protesters
Students protesting inflation and rising food prices, are also calling for an end to President Omar Al-Bashir’s 23-year reign
Syrian ambassador to Iraq defects, asks military to ‘turn guns’ on Al-Assad
Syrian National Council says more ambassadorial defections possible
Committee finds that Arafat was poisoned
A medical committee finds that Arafat was indeed poisoned, the Jerusalem Post counters that the reports are meant to frame Israel
Israeli strikes kill one in Gaza
An attack earlier in the day on a Hamas compound east of Gaza city left three injured
Moscow hosts Al-Assad opposition
Sayda brought with him a set of detailed proposals outlining solutions for the Syrian crisis.
Palestinian hunger striker back to play
Palestinian football player Mahmud Sarsak is free
Syrian envoy to Iraq defects: diplomat
Syrian Ambassador to Iraq Nawaf Fares defects
Syria neighbour Iraq potential key to peace
Annan held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister and Iraqi Prime Minister to discuss the escalating violence in neighbouring Syria.
Mauritanians demand abolition of slavery
Protesters gathered in the Mauritanian capital on Sunday demanding the release of seven activists who have been detained since April, and end to the country’s practice of slavery, news organisations and activists reported. Human rights and civil society activists who had gathered for a march in the capital Nouakchott demanded justice and freedom for the …
Curfew imposed in Nigeria
Gunmen attack on funeral fuels sectarian strife
Regional Briefs
MOROCCO A Moroccan preacher in the fringe city of Oujda, known as Abdullah Nahari, has called for the death of Mokhtar El-Ghzioui, the editor of the daily Al-Ahdath Al-Maghribia newspaper after El-Ghzioui publicly declared his support for consensual sexual relations outside of the confines of marriage. In a TV interview last week he openly stated he …
Iran’s central bank circumvents embargo
Iran will sell its crude oil to European refineries through a private consortium.
Israel’s summer protests, political this time
Israeli reservists soldiers and Israeli parents whose children were killed during army service attend mass demonstration in support of a new law to mandate universal conscription to the military, and calling for universal recruitment
Bashir renews constitution amid protests
Sudan’s new constitution portrayed as 100% Islamic
Libyans vote in first-ever democratic elections
Amidst violence and fear of boycott, Libyans Head to polls
Syrian general defects
Gen. Manaf Tlas defection sparks speculation of rift within Syrian regime
Ongoing drone attacks threaten US-Pakistan relations
US cross-border attacks against Taliban militants continue as part of Afghan exit strategy
Palestinian Refugees from Syria
Palestinian refugees face double-standard at Jordan’s border
Regional Briefs
Sudan Sudanese security forces arrested Egyptian female journalist Shima Adel on Tuesday. Adel, who works for Al Watan newspaper, was arrested in a café along with a female Sudanese journalist and a female activist. She was released soon afterwards. The spokesperson of the Sudanese embassy in Cairo explained to Al Watan newspaper that Adel had …
Libya prepares for elections
Composition of new constitution at stake as Libyans head to polls
Syrian opposition meeting wraps up in Cairo after brawl
The Syrian opposition meeting held over two days in Cairo wrapped up on Tuesday after nearly falling apart over disputes in the authority and representation
Bodies of Turkish pilots found
Nearly two weeks after their reconnaissance jet was shot down by Syrian military, the bodies of the two Turkish pilots have been found at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. The bodies of Captain Gökhan Ertan and Lieutenant Hasan Hüseyin Aksoy were recovered by rescue teams after their F-4 Phantom jet was shot down on …