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New armed Arab group takes control of Timbuktu

A newly formed group of armed Arab fighters tightened its grip on the northern Malian desert city of Timbuktu on ...

10 killed in fresh Yemen Qaeda battles

Yemen`s army raided Al-Qaeda positions in the southern province of Abyan on Thursday, killing eight militants as ...

Syrian government pulls back troops from armed conflict areas: fm

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said on Tuesday that the Syrian government has pulled back troops from cities in ...

Syria accuses gunmen of shooting Al-Jadeed TV crew

Syrian official news agency SANA said Monday`s shooting on the Lebanese-Syrian border that killed a cameraman of ...

Death toll from Somali theatre bombing rises to 6: minister

The death toll from an attack on Somalia`s newly reopened national theatre by a female suicide bomber last week has ...

Syria denies receiving special forces from Russia

A Syrian military source on Monday refuted as "baseless" some media reports about the arrival of Russian warships ...

Syria denies receiving special forces from Russia

A Syrian military source on Monday refuted as "baseless" some media reports about the arrival of Russian warships ...

Saudi withdraws embassy staff from Syria

Saudi Arabia has pulled out of all its embassy staff in Syria, the state-run news agency SPA reported Wednesday, ...

ICRC fails to evacuate wounded journalists from Homs

The Red Cross Saturday failed to agree a deal to evacuate wounded Syrians and Western journalists from battered Homs ...

Gaza militants fire rocket at Israel: military

Palestinian militants fired a rocket at southern Israel on Thursday evening, hitting an empty field and causing no ...

Rocket fired by militants hits gaza home

A rocket fired at Israel on Saturday by Palestinian militants instead hit a house in the Gaza Strip, but there were no ...

Gaza militants fire two rockets at Israel: army

Palestinian militants fired two rockets at southern Israel on Friday evening, causing neither casualties or damage, an ...

Colombia rebels selling cows as drug money drops

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Monday the country`s largest rebel group was increasingly selling its ...

U.S. insists on Syrian president`s ouster

The United States remains steadfast in its call for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down, even as the Arab ...

Arab Spring makes 2011 busy year for Indonesia

Geographically Indonesia is quite far from Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen - Arab countries that experienced popular ...