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West Asia
Jordan: “Jordan ready for all possibilities of Syria crisis”
Major News of Ammon News: “Jordan ready for all possibilities of Syria crisis” Prime Minister, Fayez Tarawneh, on Tuesday said that Jordan is ready for all possibilities resulting from the crisis in Syria, reiterating that the Kingdom is not a party in the ongoing conflict. However, Tarawneh added, the Kingdom…
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Yemen: U.S. welcomes President’s decisions on army reconstruction
Major News in <Yemen News Agency(SABA)> : U.S. welcomes President’s decisions on army reconstruction The U.S. welcomed on Wednesday the President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi’s decisions on the armed forces reconstruction. The statement made by John Brennan, the Assistant to the U.S. President Barack Obama for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism…
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Syria: U.S. plans post-Assad future
Major News in <The Daily Star>: U.S. plans post-Assad future As Syrian President Bashar Assad wages a blood-drenched campaign for survival, Washington is stepping up plans for the day after he falls, colored by costly lessU.S. plans post-Assad futureons of Iraq’s implosion in 2003. Senior US officials do not know…
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Syria: Syrian fighters expand their hold
Major News of The Saudi Gazette: Syrian fighters expand their hold More than 1,300 Syrians fled to Turkey overnight to escape growing violence in their country as rebels try to expand their hold inside Syria’s largest city despite two weeks of withering counterattacks by President Bashar Al-Assad’s troops.In Pretoria, South…
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Israel: ‘Netanyahu sought dialogue with Erdogan, but was rejected’
Major News in <Israel Hayom>: Israel, ‘Netanyahu sought dialogue with Erdogan, but was rejected’ Officials say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached out to his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in bid to reconcile with Turkey, but Erdogan responded that “there is nothing to talk about” until Israel apologizes for Mavi…
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Bullets’re Everywhere In Syria As Civil War Steps Up
In this Sunday Aug. 5, 2012, photo, a Syrian man holds bullets he picked from a wall in a damaged house in the town of Atareb outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Riot Police Crack Down Anti-Gov’t Protest In Bahrain
Riot police chase Bahraini Anti-government protesters during a protest in Sitra, Bahrain, on Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. Protesters chanted anti-goverment slogans and demanded to free jailed political prisoners until riot police fired tear gas and dispersed them. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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An Israeli Bombing Victim Receives Medical Treatment
Palestinian medics treat a seriously wounded man following Israeli aerial bombing in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Aug. 5, 2012. An Israeli airstrike killed a Palestinian militant and seriously injured another in Rafah, medical sources and witnesses said Sunday. <Xinhua/Khaled Omar> news@theasian.asia
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Free Syrian Army Loot Police Station
In this Tuesday, July 31, 2012 photo, Free Syrian Army soldiers loot a police station in Aleppo, Syria. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Ban Announces Annan’s Resignation As UN Envoy
Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon (R) and Kofi Anna meet the media after a Security Council meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, in this file photo taken on June 7, 2012. Ban Ki-moon announced on Aug. 2, 2012 the resignation of the U.N.-Arab…
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