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Yemen Military restructuring

Yemen’s military is currently undergoing restructuring in an attempt to curb the…

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube shows damaged Syrian army tank, after they were allegedly targeted by Syrian rebels Aleppo on August 7, 2012 AFP PHOTO/YOUTUBE
Al-assad

Defected Syrian PM confirmed in Jordan

Hijab only came to power in June but defected last week

Hend Kortam
Hend Kortam
Shiite Muslims take part in a demonstration in solidarity with human right activists Nabeel Rajab in the village of Sitra, South of Manama, on 6 August AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH
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Bahraini policemen charged with hospital violence

Authorities make some concessions to rights groups but crackdown against opposition continues

Hend Kortam
Hend Kortam
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Israel targets Hezbollah operatives

Shin Bet claims that the explosives were enough to launch a “wave…

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
Rebels of the Free Syrian Army arrive at the scene of a bombed building purportedly hit during Syrian army shelling which was targeting the Free Syrian Army command center, but instead hit a building in a residential neighborhood located behind, in Sheikh Najar area of the restive city of Aleppo, on 6 August AFP PHOTO/ACHILLEAS ZAVALLIS
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Three of the Iranians abducted in Syria killed

IRNA claimed the abducted are pilgrims visiting the Shi’a shrine of Sayyida…

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
An aerial view shows the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on 6 August AFP PHOTO / AMER HILABI
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Ahmadinejad to attend Muslim summit in Saudi Arabia

Despite tension over regional issues, the two countries take a remarkable diplomatic…

Nouran El-Behairy
Nouran El-Behairy
Heavy armoured vehicles of Turkish military are stationed in front of Gecimli military outpost where Kurdish rebels attacked and killed 6 soldiers and 2 village guard on 5 August AFP PHOTO/STR
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PKK abducts Turkish soldiers

Kuridstan workers party kidnapped three off-duty Turkish soldiers, says Diayrbakir governor

Ahmed Khalifa
Ahmed Khalifa
People stand near armoured vehicles of Turkish military stationed in front of Gecimli military outpost where Kurdish rebels attacked and killed 6 soldiers and 2 village guard on 5 August at Cukurca in Hakkari AFP PHOTO / STR
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Turkey reports PKK casualties

Erdogan, has in recent weeks accused the regime in Syria of giving…

Ahmed Khalifa
Ahmed Khalifa
A 54 year old Tunisian citizen, identified as Mohammed bin Amer bin Saleh, receives treatment for serious wounds he sustained when a carbomb blew up in central Tripoli on 4 August. Gunbattles between youth allegedly competing for market place and a car blast sent a shudder through the Libyan capital, residents and security sources said, adding on person was wounded AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD TURKIA
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Red Cross attacked in Libya

At 6:45 in the morning, attackers pummeled the ICRC residence while ICRC…

Connor Molloy
Connor Molloy
A picture taken on 24 November 2008 shows Syria's then agriculture minister and current prime minister Riad Hijab in Quneitra. Hijab has defected to the opposition, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on 6 August, as state media reported his abrupt sacking just two months after his appointment AFP PHOTO/LOUAI BESHARA
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Syrian PM flees with family

Hijab was appointed by President Bashar Al-Assad this past June after serving…

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh