NAHR BARED, Lebanon (AFP) — Lebanese troops unleashed an intense artillery bombardment on Saturday against positions of Islamist fighters who have been holed up inside a refugee camp for almost a month.
Read More »Gates pushes Iraq’s leaders on reconciliation at ‘difficult’ talks
BAGHDAD (AP) — American paratroopers found the ID cards of two missing soldiers at an Al Qaeda safe house 125 kilometres north of where the men were snatched in an ambush last month, the military said on Saturday. The soldiers found computers, video equipment and weapons but no sign of …
Read More »King urges ‘swift’ int’l action to help Palestinians
LONDON (Petra) — King Abdullah on Saturday urged the international community to shoulder responsibility for “this critical†stage of the Palestinian cause.
Read More »US to lift sanctions on new Abbas gov’t
RAMALLAH (AP) — Embattled Mahmoud Abbas got a major boost in his increasingly bellicose showdown with Hamas on Saturday, with a US diplomat saying he expects a crippling 15-month-old foreign aid embargo to be lifted once the Palestinian president appoints an emergency government without the Islamic fighters.
Read More »Iran: seven hanged in past three days
NCRI – A new wave of brutal executions in response to the recent popular uprisings has begun in Iran. According to state-run news outlets in only three days seven prisoners were hanged.
Read More »Workers block road in protest
NCRI – 5000 workers of Neishekar (sugar cane) factory in Haft Tapeh in Khuzestan province blocked a road and clashed with regime forces in protest to ignoring their demands. Regime’s suppressive forces attacked the workers to disperse them but were countered by resistance.
Read More »US Representatives: Listing Iranian opposition as “terrorists” is unjust
Since the theocratic regime of Ayatollah Khomeini seized power in 1979, and under Khomeini’s successors, Iran has consistently out-maneuvered the United States and our allies through a crafty combination of diplomatic manipulation; exploitation of commercial considerations; support for terrorists and kidnappers; the use of proxy agents in Iraq, Lebanon and …
Read More »Iraqi Political Sources: Iran and Maleki are the beneficiaries of the explosion in the Holy Shrine
On Wednesday, Almalaf website reported: Iraqi political sources believe that those who planned the destruction of the minarets of the Holy Shrine in Samarra are the ones who plan to undermine the newly formed political establishment and continue in crisis mode to remain in power.
Read More »Chechen Mujahideen replenish their ranks
On June 8, The Chechen Committee of the National Salvation (CCNS), a Chechen human rights organization, reported that, according to their information, people in Chechnya are anticipating a serious increase in the number of rebel attacks in the near future.
Read More »Egypt to respond idea of deploying international troops in Gaza: FM
Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Thursday said that the idea of deploying international troops in the Gaza Strip was worth of discussion.
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