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The state-run National News Agency said its services office in Ain al-Hilweh, the director's office in the southern city of Sidon and the bus stop in the area have also been closed off by demonstrators, Daily Star reported. And UNRWA offices were shut down Thursday in the northern city of …

Six others were handed 10 years in jail on Thursday each for their role in the unrest, General Prosecutor Ahmed al-Hammadi said. The nine were tried for attempted murder of police officers, possessing explosives and participating in clashes in March 2014, Hammadi said, AFP reported. Bahrain last month sentenced eight …

Saudi Arabia has explicitly announced that it sides with the Zionist regime’s schemes and opposes the restoration of Palestinian rights, Sheikh Qassem said in a meeting of the International Union of Resistance Clerics on Thursday. He further emphasized that the plots against Muslim nations are based on “three pillars”, namely …

The Israeli army asserted that a major target of the strikes was suspected infiltration tunnels under the border. The raid hit a garage, its owner Hassan Hasaneen told AFP, saying the vehicles that caught fire were not used by security forces but only for reconstruction works. The Israeli army further …

Syria’s state television reported that 12 people were killed and 40 seriously wounded in the suicide attack and car bombing in a square in Mukharram al-Fawqani in Homs province. The area is located between the cities of Homs and Palmyra, which was recaptured by the Syrian army from terrorists last …

Credited with successful foreign policy deals, Davutoglu is reportedly thought to have crossed Erdogan’s authoritarian ambitions, RT reported on Thursday. Davutoglu will reportedly hold a press conference Thursday which will follow a meeting of the Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) executive committee, which is expected to set a date for …

Syrian state media said the army would abide by a "regime of calm" in the city that came into effect at 1 a.m. (2200 GMT Wednesday) for 48 hours, Reuters reported. But the terrorist groups have repeatedly violated the deal overnight by indiscriminate shelling of some government-held residential areas of …

The removal of Staff Lieutenant General Mohammed Ridha may indicate that security forces will take a harder line against demonstrators who are expected to protest later this week, AP reported. Angry demonstrators broke into the Green Zone and stormed parliament Saturday in an unprecedented security breach. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider …

The attack took place in Gaza’s eastern Shuja'iyya district on Wednesday, the Palestinian Information Center reported. The al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, responded to the assault by hitting an Israeli bulldozer with mortars near the same district in the coastal sliver. An unnamed Palestinian security source confirmed the …

The commission will propose a sanction of €250,000 per refugee, according to the Financial Times. The commission's proposal will maintain the guiding principle of the current system that the country where migrants first step into the EU must deal with asylum applications. But it proposes that when a country at …