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Source: Xinhua Published: May 25, 2013 10:08
Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman said Friday that local politicians are turning Lebanon into battleground through the unrest in the northern city of Tripoli and fighting in the Syrian region of al-Qusayr.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 25, 2013 10:08
The death toll from clashes in Lebanon's Tripoli has risen to 23 as cautious calm prevailed in the northern city Friday after fierce battles between pro- and anti-Syria neighborhoods, a local security source told Xinhua.
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Source: AFP Published: May 25, 2013 00:03
Syria’s divided opposition on Friday called on the regime of President Bashar al-Assad to bluntly state whether it was interested in peace talks and on what terms after Russia said Damascus had agreed “in principle” to attend a peace conference in Geneva.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 24, 2013 20:58
Yemen's main oil pipeline which carries crude from the Marib province to export terminal on the Red Sea was blown up Friday, the defense ministry said in a statement.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 24, 2013 11:54
A total of 11 people were killed and 26 others wounded in separate attacks in Iraq on Thursday, the police said.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 24, 2013 11:33
The US government on Thursday slapped new sanctions on Iran's 20 individuals and entities for their involvement in Tehran's nuclear and missile programs.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 24, 2013 11:32
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stressed Thursday his resolution to continue fighting "terrorism" in tandem with efforts for a political solution to the country's crisis, as the Syrian army has pushed deeper into a strategic city against armed rebels.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 24, 2013 11:30
A Syrian military source denied media reports that the rebels had stormed the central prison of the northern city of Aleppo, saying that the rebels only shelled the prison with mortars that led to the killing of a number of prisoners.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 24, 2013 11:29
The United States Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Israel on Thursday as part of his efforts to restart the peace process, but analysts expect "nothing much new" from his tour and caution the public to lower expectations.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 24, 2013 11:26
An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted southern Iran at 2244 GMT on Thursday ( 0644 Beijing Time on Friday), the US Geological Survey said.
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