Archive for the ‘Middle East’ Category

Yemen jets raid ‘al-Qaeda hideout’

Yemen jets raid ‘al-Qaeda hideout’

Yemen has boosted troop numbers in three provinces to tackle a growing al-Qaeda challenge Yemeni fighter jets have attacked the home of a suspected leader of Al-Qaeda...

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Yemen ‘must resist foreign forces’

Yemen ‘must resist foreign forces’

The Yemeni military is fighting al-Qaeda, Houthi rebels, and a separatist movement A group of Muslim leaders have said Yemenis have a religious duty to resist foreign...

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Blast near Israeli convoy in Jordan

Blast near Israeli convoy in Jordan

There is little Israeli popularity among the public in Jordan A bomb has exploded near a convoy of cars carrying Israeli diplomats in Jordan, without causing injuries. The...

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Egypt deports UK MP George Galloway

Egypt deports UK MP George Galloway

Clashes broke out between the activists and police in El-Arish on Tuesday night George Galloway, the British MP leading the Viva Palestina international aid convoy...

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Israel to deploy missile shield

Israel to deploy missile shield

The shield has completed final tests during which it shot down multiple rockets Israel has completed final testing of a short-range missile defence system that could...

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Israeli war game eyes Gaza ‘occupation’

Israeli war game eyes Gaza ‘occupation’

" the rightist government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely gearing up for a massive attack on Gaza" Tel Aviv is conducting war games...

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Plane suspect ‘recruited in London’

Plane suspect ‘recruited in London’

Yemen's army is fighting a resurgent al-Qaeda on its territory A Nigerian man accused of the attempted bombing of a US-bound plane on Christmas Day was recruited...

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Blackwater settles US court cases

Blackwater settles US court cases

Blackwater's role in the Iraq war has been highly controversal Seven lawsuits concerning alleged illegal activities that led to deaths in Iraq filed against...

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Israel presses ahead on settlements

Israel presses ahead on settlements

Abbas reiterated that a total freeze on settlements was necessary for talks to progress Israeli officials have pushed forward a project to build four new apartment...

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CIA base bomber ‘was double agent’

CIA base bomber ‘was double agent’

Zeid, a Jordanian intelligence officer killed in the attack, was honoured in Amman A suicide bomber who killed eight people when he attacked a US base in Afghanistan...

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