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Scores killed in Syria 'barrel' bombings
Scores of people have been killed in a two-day assault by the Syrian regime army on a northern opposition-held town near the city of Aleppo. Helicopters bombarded al-Bab on Sunday, killing at least 30 people including four women when they dropped improvised 'barrel bombs' on a market district, sources in the town told Al Jazeera. Activists said that.. More -
Tear gas fired in Egypt's Tahrir Square
Egyptian security forces have fired teargas in Cairo's Tahrir Square to disperse protesters demonstrating against the country's army-backed government. Sunday's demonstration was the first by supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi in the iconic square - the epicenter of the 2011 revolt against former president Hosni Mubarak - since he was toppled.. More -
Arrests at protest over Israel's Bedouin plan
Hundreds of protesters have demonstrated - some clashing with police - in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip against an Israeli draft law seeking to evict Bedouin residents from the southern Negev desert. The government in January approved a bill calling for the relocation of 30,000-40,000 Bedouins, the demolition of about 40 villages and the confiscation.. More -
US offers to destroy Syria's chemical weapons
The United States has offered to destroy Syria's chemical weapons on an American ship, and is looking for a suitable Mediterranean port where the operation can be carried out, the world's chemical weapons watchdog has said. The Netherlands-based Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said on Saturday that the weapons would be destroyed.. More -
Thai police say protest violence continues
Two people have been killed and 45 wounded during political violence in the Thai capital, emergency services have said, as the opposition vowed a final push to overthrow the government. "The confirmed toll is now two dead and 45 injured," an official at the city's Erawan emergency center told AFP on Sunday. The circumstances were unclear.. More -
Egyptian women jailed for years over protests
A group of women have been jailed for 11 years for a peaceful protest in Alexandria, as Egypt's interim prime minister gave a strong defense of a law further restricting public demonstrations. The women, supporters of the deposed president Mohamed Morsi, received 11-year jail sentences on Wednesday for forming a human chain and passing out flyers earlier.. More -
Assad regime vows no surrender of power
The Syrian regime says Bashar al-Assad's position as president is not up for negotiation at peace talks, calling such demands by the opposition "delusions and dreams". The statement, issued by the foreign ministry via the SANA news agency on Wednesday, said a delegation would go to planned Geneva II talks in January, but Assad would not "surre.. More -
Israel approves new settlements in West Bank
Israeli authorities have green-lighted the construction of 800 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank. Israel's Defense Ministry said on Monday it had approved a planning stage for the housing earlier this month - an initial step in a protracted bureaucratic process, with construction not expected to begin for months. Settlement watchdog Peace.. More -
Palestinians killed by Israeli forces
Israeli forces have killed three Palestinians in Yatta, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank. Local sources told Al Jazeera on Tuesday that their bodies were being withheld by the Israelis and ambulances were not allowed to approach the scene. In a statement, the Shin Bet internal security service said: "In an operation by the special forces..... More -
Syrian opposition forces rule out peace talks ceasefire
The Free Syrian Army will shun the planned Geneva peace conference and pursue its fight to topple Bashar al-Assad regardless, the opposition forces' commander has said. The stance of the FSA's General Salim Idriss on Tuesday highlighted the difficulty for international mediators to get Syria's divided parties to the negotiating table in Switzerland.. More -
Saudi Arabia welcomes Iran nuclear agreement
Saudi Arabia has said an interim deal on Iran's nuclear programme could be a step towards a comprehensive solution - and hoped it could lead to the removal of WMD from the Middle East. "The government of the kingdom sees that if there was goodwill, this agreement could represent a preliminary step towards a comprehensive solution to the Iranian.. More -
UN sets January date for Syria peace talks
The United Nations has set a date for talks between the Syrian government and opposition, in an attempt to push through the first such meeting since the start of the country's 32-month-old war. The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, said on Monday that the conference, to be held in Geneva on January 22, was "a mission of hope" to end the.. More -
Obama defends Iran nuclear deal
President Barack Obama has staunchly defended the newly brokered nuclear deal with Iran by saying its critics' tough talk was good for politics but not for US security. Top Republicans - as well as US ally Israel - have criticized Obama for agreeing to the deal, which the United States and its partners say may ultimately prevent Tehran from obtaining.. More -
Egypt passes law restricting public protests
Cairo - Egypt's interim president, Adly Mansour, has signed a restrictive new "protest law" that would require Egyptians to seek approval days in advance before organizing demonstrations. The law will take effect later this week once the final text is published in the official state register. It gives police wide latitude to use force against.. More -
Damascus fighting leaves scores dead
A fierce two-day battle in the eastern suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus has killed more than 160 opposition and regime forces, activists said on Sunday. The latest fighting in the Eastern Ghouta region came against the backdrop of regime advances in the region that have cut opposition supply lines to the capital and its southern districts.Opposition.. More
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