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Mortar fire on Syria schools kills child, hurts 40: Media
AFP - Mortar rounds fired on schools in the Syrian capital on…
Gunmen kidnap Jordan envoy to Libya, wound driver
A security official said the ambassador’s driver suffered gunshot wounds during the…
Israel minister warns Kerry over ‘surrender’ to Iran
AFP- Israel’s intelligence minister Monday slammed as unacceptable comments by US Secretary…
Hezbollah shifts tactics, narrative for Syria fight
Shedding its guerrilla tactics to fight alongside an army
Libya PM quits, saying he was victim of attack
Thani quit less than a week after parliament tasked him on Tuesday…
Islamists boycott Algeria vote as North African tide turns
AFP - Algeria’s Islamists – once the country’s leading political force –…
Iran says not considering alternative UN pick
AFP- Iran signalled its defiance Saturday over America’s refusal to grant a…
Saudi end to girls’ sports ‘welcome’: HRW
AFP- Human Rights Watch welcomed Saturday a recommendation by Saudi Arabia’s consultative…
Ailing president eyes fourth term in Algeria vote
AFP- Algerians will vote in a presidential election Thursday with Abdelaziz Bouteflika,…