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  • 'Thousands flee' Latakia assault

    Syrian troops have kept up their assault on the coastal city of Latakia for a third day, reportedly killing three people and forcing thousands of residents, including many Palestinian refugees, to flee their homes. Residents told Al Jazeera on Monday that the army was using heavy machine guns and tanks, and had rounded up many people in a sports stadium.. More

  • Egypt's ex-president Mubarak to return to court

    Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak returns to court on Monday to face charges of killing protesters, in a hearing that could decide if the head of the ruling military council will take the stand as a witness. Defense lawyers say that any testimony by Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi on Mubarak's role in trying to suppress the 18-day uprising,.. More

  • Morocco set for early parliamentary elections

    Morocco's government has proposed that a parliamentary election take place early in November instead of the scheduled date of September next year. During long overnight negotiations with the interior ministry, officials from some 20 political parties agreed in principle on Sunday, for the election to be held in mid-November. Moroccan ruler King Mohammed.. More

  • Multiple blasts kill dozens in Iraqi cities

    A car bomb and a roadside blast in the central Iraqi city of Kut, have killed dozens of people and wounded many more, a doctor said, according to security sources. At least 34 people were killed and 65 people wounded in the attack, a security source told Al Jazeera. The AFP news agency said women and children were among the casualties, quoting a doctor.. More

  • Trial of Egypt's ex-interior minister resumes

    Habib el-Adly, Egypt's former interior minister, has reappeared in court for the continuation of his trial which began in April. Adly's attendance in court was screened on Egyptian state television on Sunday, as he faced charges regarding his alleged use of violence during the Egyptian uprising earlier this year. The former minister and six senior.. More

  • Libyan opposition launches new offensive

    Opposition forces have launched a two-pronged offensive in Western Libya, increasing pressure to isolate Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's stronghold of Tripoli. Opposition fighters advanced toward the towns of Gharyan and Az-Zawiyah on Saturday, attempting to cut off the southern coastal route from Tunisia that Gaddafi uses for supplies. Early in the.. More

  • Syrian 'warships shell port of Latakia'

    At least four people have been killed and 15 injured after Syrian warships and tanks opened fired on the port city of Latakia in two residential districts, activists have said. Sunday's deaths were reported as a military assault on Latakia extended into a second day. On Saturday, armed forces killed at least five people and several were injured in.. More

  • 'Dozens dead' in Syria after Friday protests

    Security forces in Syria have again used deadly force to clamp down on protests as citizens gathered across the country for Friday prayers and to call for the end of President Bashar al-Assad's government, according to activists and witnesses in the country. At least 20 people were reportedly killed in a number of cities and towns, including Douma,.. More

  • Libyan opposition forces capture parts of Brega

    Libyan opposition forces have reportedly captured several residential districts of Brega, a strategic city for Muammar Gaddafi's government. Speaking on Thursday, Mossa Mahmoud al-Mograbi, a spokesman for the opposition forces, said: "It is liberated. It is under our control now." Sources told Al Jazeera that the opposition forces had suffered.. More

  • Israeli army arrests activists in West Bank

    Israeli army troops have arrested 11 people after clashes erupted during a demonstration in Walaja, a village in the West Bank. Those arrested included Palestinian, Israeli and international activists who were protesting against the construction of Israel's separation barrier. "Some 80 Palestinian and Israeli activists hurled stones at Israeli.. More

  • Successive blasts in northwest Pakistan

    Successive blasts targeting police in northwestern Pakistan have killed four policemen and a child and injured another 30, officials said. A remote-controlled bomb was detonated in the Lahori Gate area in the city of Peshawar early on Thursday as police constables were on their way to begin their shift. Four police officers and a young boy were killed. Shor.. More

  • US drone strike kills 18 in North Waziristan

    At least seven people were killed yesterday and three others wounded when US drones fired two missiles at a home and vehicle in Pakistan’s North Waziristan Agency. Pakistani officials termed all of the slain “militants.” The strike took place in Gora Qabristan, just outside of the town of Miramshah. The attack comes as tensions between.. More

  • Turkey raises pressure on Syria

    Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey's foreign minister, has urged the Syrian government to stop its bloody crackdown on anti-government protests and take steps to begin a process of reform. Davutoglu spoke on Tuesday at a news conference in Ankara after a nearly seven-hour meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus. He said he and Assad discussed.. More

  • US drone strike kills 18 in North Waziristan

    At least seven people were killed yesterday and three others wounded when US drones fired two missiles at a home and vehicle in Pakistan’s North Waziristan Agency. Pakistani officials termed all of the slain “militants.” The strike took place in Gora Qabristan, just outside of the town of Miramshah. The attack comes as tensions between.. More

  • Fighting rages on several Libyan fronts

    At least three Libyan opposition fighters have been killed in clashes near the northern town of Zlitan, just 160km from Tripoli, the capital, as government troops fought opposition forces for control of the town. Several other opposition forces were injured in the fighting on Sunday, Al Jazeera's Andrew Simmons reported, as troops loyal to Libyan leader.. More