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  • Syria 'arrests scores' in Damascus suburb

    Hundreds of Syrian soldiers have stormed a suburb of the capital, Damascus, and made arrests, according to local residents and democracy activists. A resident told the Reuters news agency about the raid which was said to have happened around 1am local time on Thursday. "They cut off communications before they came in," the resident said... More

  • Many dead in Iraq attacks

    At least 13 policemen have been killed in Iraq after a person blew up a vehicle packed with explosives near a police station in the city of Hilla, 100km south the capital, Baghdad, officials say. Another 30 officers were wounded after the attacker drove his car into the entrance of the police headquarters while policemen were changing work shifts on.. More

  • Palestinian factions to mark unity deal

    Representatives of Palestinian factions are set to gather in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, to mark a reconciliation agreement. Khaled Meshaal, the leader of the Hamas movement, and Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president and leader of Fatah, are expected to attend Wednesday's ceremony along with world leaders. Meshaal spoke in Cairo on Tuesday night,.. More

  • Syria charges hundreds with "degrading the state"

    Hundreds of Syrians have been charged with "degrading the prestige of the state," a Syrian rights group said, in President Bashar al-Assad's drive to crush pro-democracy protests against his 11-year autocratic rule. The charge, which carries a three-year prison sentence, was lodged on Tuesday against hundreds of people detained this week.. More

  • ICC finds evidence of crimes by Libyan regime

    The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) says he has unearthed "enough evidence" to pursue up to five warrants for crimes against humanity committed by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader. Luis Moreno-Ocampo made the announcement on Tuesday, a day before he was to brief the UN Security Council on his investigati.. More

  • Syrian troops arrest scores in attempt to crush uprising

    Syrian troops went from door to door in cities and towns across the nation yesterday, arresting scores of people in a campaign of intimidation aimed at crushing an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's authoritarian regime, activists said. Rami Abdul-Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said hundreds of people had been arrested.. More

  • Fighting rages in Libya's Western Mountains

    Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi stepped up their onslaught on opposition areas of Libya's Western Mountains late on Monday, opposition said, and refugees said towns in the isolated region were on the brink of starvation. At least 10 Grad rockets landed on the town of Zintan, opposition spokesman Abdulrahman told Reuters by telephone. "They were.. More

  • Syria arrests hundreds amid call for protests

    Hundreds of dissidents have been arrested across Syria, including in the flashpoint town of Deraa and a besieged Damascus suburb, after dozens were killed in weekend protests, activists say. Looking for men under 40 years old, security forces broke into houses on Sunday in the old quarter of Deraa, witnesses said. Prominent rights campaigners were.. More

  • Osama bin Laden killed in Pakistan

    Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda has been killed in a firefight with American forces in Pakistan and quickly buried at sea, according to US officials. He was tracked down in a custom-built mansion in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad, 61km north of the capital, Islamabad. Confronted by elite US forces who dropped by helicopter into the compound,.. More

  • Saleh refusal forces Yemen deal postponement

    A signing ceremony for a Gulf-brokered deal to end Yemen's political crisis has been postponed after Ali Abdullah Saleh, the country's long-serving president, refused to sign the agreement in Sanaa. Gulf Arab foreign ministers were to meet in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on Sunday to discuss future course of action, a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) source.. More

  • 'Differences' emerge in top Iran leadership

    Serious differences have emerged within Iran's top leadership, media reports suggest, pitting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president, against Aytollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader. Ahmadinejad has boycotted cabinet meetings since Heider Moslehi, the intelligence minister, was reinstated after he was forced out of the government. Moslehi.. More

  • Reports: Saleh refuses to sign exit deal

    The Yemeni president has refused to sign a Gulf Arab-led agreement to give up power in exchange for legal immunity, sources say. Saturday's development was a new blow to efforts to mediate the months-old crisis between Ali Abdullah Saleh and demonstrators inspired by protests sweeping through the Arab region to demand his overthrow. Abdul-Latif al-Zayyani,.. More

  • Libyan opposition rejects Gaddafi truce offer

    Libya's opposition has rejected Gaddafi's latest offer of a conditional ceasefire and negotiations upon an end to NATO attacks. The opposition joined NATO on Saturday in dismissing Gaddafi's offer, saying the time for compromise had passed. "Gaddafi’s regime has lost all credibility," Abdul Hafidh Ghoga, vice president of the opposition.. More

  • Taliban declares 'spring offensive'

    The Taliban has announced the launch of a spring offensive against foreign troops in Afghanistan as well as Afghan security forces and government officials. Saturday's declaration comes a day after high-ranking US military officers predicted such a move from the group. Dubbed the "Badar" offensive, the fresh onslaught "will target foreign.. More

  • Fresh violence hits Syrian town

    The south Syrian flashpoint town of Deraa was hit by fresh shelling and heavy gunfire, as Syrians prepared to bury scores of people killed in Friday's "day of rage" against the regime, a witness told Al Jazeera. The army is firing at protesters in neighbourhoods in the old town of Deraa, and at least four houses in the Karak neighbourhood.. More