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A Syrian rebel runs for cover during an exchange of fire with army troops, unseen, in Idlib, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Exclusive - Iran flouts U.N. sanctions, sends arms to Syria - panel Thu 17 May 2012
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria remains the top destination for Iranian arms shipments in violation of a U.N. Security Council ban on weapons exports by the Islamic... (photo: AP) The Star
Arms   Iran   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: Syrian uprising (2011–present)
Ali Jamali Fashi, center, attends his trial, at the revolutionary court in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Jamali has been charged with the killing last year of a Tehran physicist, an assassination that Iranian authorities blamed on Israel's Mossad spy agency. Iran hangs 'Israel spy' over nuclear scientist killing Tue 15 May 2012
A man convicted of killing an Iranian nuclear scientist in Tehran two years ago has been hanged, Iran's state media report. Majid Jamali Fashi, 24, was convicted of... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) BBC News
Crime   Iran   Israel   Photos   Wikipedia: Masoud Alimohammadi
Palestinians hold pictures of prisoners and Palestinian flags as they celebrate the end of a prisoners' hunger strike in Israeli jails, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, May 14, 2012. Palestinian prisoners, Israel make deal to end hunger strike Tue 15 May 2012
Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 12:24 pm Article: The Scoop Team Palestinian prisoners and Israel make deal to end hunger strike The Scoop Team May 15, 2012 An Egyptian and... (photo: AP / Majdi Mohammed) Scoop
Hunger strike   Israel   Palestinian   Photos   Wikipedia: Palestinian prisoners in Israel
In this photo taken on a government organized tour, soldiers and civilians gather in front of a burning official building following an airstrike in Tripoli, Libya, early Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Nato defends its role over civilian deaths in Libya Tue 15 May 2012
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has published evidence that scores of ordinary civilians, many of them women and children, were wrongly targeted in a series of missile attacks... (photo: AP / Darko Bandic) The Independent
Human Rights   Libya   Nato   Photos   Wikipedia: 2011 military intervention in Libya
Israeli tourist take photos at an old abandoned Syrian army post from the 1967 Six Day War at Mt. Bental in the Golan Heights, on the border with Syria , Tuesday, June 5, 2007. Four decades after an underdog Israeli military campaign that captured the world's imagination, the people of Israel, the Middle East and the world are are still struggling to come to terms with it. The war tripled Israel's size and probably prevented its annihilation. But with victory came burdens, hatreds and many, many deaths for Israelis and the Palestinians in their newly-expanded territor Israel fears Assad fall may bring Al-Qaeda to Golan Mon 14 May 2012
A senior Israeli military official said that Israel is closely tracking events in Syria, fearing the collapse of President Bashar al-Assad's regime could see the Syrian... (photo: AP / Yaron Kaminsky) Khaleej Times
Al Qaeda   Golan Heights   Israel   Photos   Syria
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton speaks during a media conference after a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. EU Imposes New Syria Sanctions Mon 14 May 2012
By LAURENCE NORMAN BRUSSELS—The European Union imposed a fresh round of sanctions on Syria on Monday because of the continued violence, while some officials... (photo: AP / Virginia Mayo) Wall Street Journal
Photos   Sanctions   Syria   Violence   Wikipedia: Syrian uprising (2011–present)
A Syrian rebel walks past destroyed shops at al-Bayada neighborhood in Homs, Syria, Thursday, May 10, 2012. A Syrian opposition leader said Friday the regime is trying to destroy a U.N.-brokered peace plan for the country. Syrian clashes 'kill 23 soldiers' in Rastan Mon 14 May 2012
At least 23 soldiers have died in clashes in the central Syrian city of Rastan, according to activists. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said dozens were... (photo: AP) BBC News
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Another search, another fruitless day with villagers Another search, another fruitless day with villagers Mon 14 May 2012
MUCHAI KALAY, Afghanistan A dozen men gathered around the U.S. troops who had come to their village on a bright morning to inquire about the bloody events of a week... (photo: DOD / Public Domain) Stars and Stripes
Afghanistan   Defence   Photos   Troops   US   Wikipedia: Afghanistan
Egypt brokers Palestinian hunger strike deal - source Egypt brokers Palestinian hunger strike deal - source Mon 14 May 2012
GAZA (Reuters) - Egypt has brokered a deal aimed at ending a hunger strike of some 1,600 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, a Palestinian source close to the... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) The Star
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Deal 'reached' on Palestinian hunger strikers Deal 'reached' on Palestinian hunger strikers Mon 14 May 2012
An agreement deal that would end the hunger strike of some 2,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails has been reached in Cairo, a senior Palestinian official told... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Al Jazeera
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This screen grab taken from Bahrain TV shows troops arriving in Bahrain from Saudi Arabia on Monday, March 14, 2011. A Saudi-led military force crossed into Bahrain on Monday to prop up the monarchy against widening demonstrations, launching the first cross-border military operation to quell unrest since the Arab world's rebellions began in December. Deal with Saudis to shore up Bahrain's repressive regime Mon 14 May 2012
Saudi troops leading a 1,500-strong force from the Arab Gulf states entered Bahrain in March last year as the Bahraini government began a campaign of brutal repression... (photo: AP / Bahrain TV via APTN) The Independent
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Syria crisis still dire despite outside help Sun 13 May 2012
It has been a month since the arrival of UN monitors in Syria, and nearly three months since the mission of the Red Cross and Syrian Red Crescent began in the country.... (photo: AP / Fadi Zaidan) Al Jazeera
Mideast   Photos   Syria   UN   Violence   Wikipedia: Syria
Palestinian women shouts slogans as holds poster their son during a protest in front the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) offices in Gaza City, calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, February 6, 2012. Photo by Ahmed Deeb/ WN Egypt tries to broker end to Palestinian hunger strike Sun 13 May 2012
Some 1,600 prisoners held in Israeli jails are refusing food and demanding both better conditions and an end to detention without trial. The Egyptian-brokered talks mark... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) The Independent
Egypt   Israel   Palestinian   Photos   Wikipedia: Palestinian prisoners in Israel
Nasrallah: Era of our homelessness, Zionists’ happy days over now Nasrallah: Era of our homelessness, Zionists’ happy days over now Sat 12 May 2012
Beirut, May 12, IRNA – Secretary General of Lebanese Hezbollah referring to capability of targeting entire Tel Aviv, said here Friday days for our homelessness and being... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Irna
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A shopkeeper runs from his store after riot police came under petrol bomb attack by Bahraini anti-government protesters, unseen, Tuesday, May 8, 2012, in the western village of Malkiya, Bahrain. U.S. resumes Bahrain arms sales despite rights concerns Sat 12 May 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will resume some military sales to Bahrain, a key Gulf ally facing Iran, despite human rights concerns linked to months of... (photo: AP / Hasan Jamali) The Star
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Hezbollah supporters wave their group's yellow flags next to a billboard showing Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah during a Hezbollah "victory over Israel"(tmg1) Hezbollah says able to strike anywhere in Israel Sat 12 May 2012
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah said his militant group was capable of striking any target in neighbouring Israel, saying "the days when we fled and... (photo: AP / Mahmoud Tawil) The Star
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Saudi Arabia´s King Abdullah and Turkey´s President Abdullah Gul Saudi King Abdullah sacks conservative adviser Fri 11 May 2012
Saudi King Abdullah has sacked one of his most hardline advisers, Sheikh Abdelmohsen al-Obeikan. Sheikh Obeikan, who was an adviser to the royal cabinet, opposed moves to... (photo: AP / str) BBC News
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Bahraini soldiers stand guard near the Pearl roundabout in Manama, Bahrain, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. Bahrain's Shiite opposition has rejected any dialogue with the Gulf kingdom's Sunni royal family until "tanks are off the streets" and the army stops "shooting at peaceful protesters." US resumes some Bahrain arms sales for 'external defence' Fri 11 May 2012
The United States is resuming sales of some weapons to Bahrain, but says it will not supply the Gulf state with any crowd control equipment. The US State Department says... (photo: AP / Hassan Ammar) BBC News
Arms   Bahrain   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Bahraini uprising (2011–present)
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian man walks in front of destroyed shops and houses where two bombs exploded, at Qazaz neighborhood in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, May 10, 2012. Syria Bombings: Opposition Blames Attacks On Al Qaeda, Regime Fri 11 May 2012
TOKYO -- The head of Syria's main opposition group said Friday the twin suicide car bombings that killed 55 people in Damascus appeared to be the work of al-Qaida forces... (photo: AP / SANA) Huffington Post
Conspiracy   Photos   Syria   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Syrian uprising (2011–present)
Israeli border police scuffle with a demonstrator during a protest calling for the release of prisoners jailed in Israel outside the Ofer military prison, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday May 1, 2012. Israel: Profile of a Police State Fri 11 May 2012
Police states are defined by lawlessness, injustice, and contempt for democratic values. Merriam Webster calls them "political unit(s) characterized by repressive... (photo: AP / Majdi Mohammed) The People's Voice
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