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January 29, 2013
More than 700,000 refugees have fled Syria and registered in neighboring countries.
King Abdullah on Monday held talks with Hamas chief Khaled Mishaal, stressing his support for Palestinian reconciliation.
The hearing will include nearly 200 cases where Iraqis says they were abused while under the care of the British military.
The U.S. Navy assisted Yemeni forces in capturing the vessel bound for insurgents in Yemen.
An explosion has rocked Iran’s Fordo Nuclear plant, according to Israeli and Western media reports, but Tehran’s Fars news agency quoted the deputy chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces denying the reports as propaganda.
January 28, 2013
Khaled Meshaal arrives in the Kingdom and is rumored to be talking Fatah/Hamas reconciliation with Jordan's head of state.
After three foreign hostages are taken by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the country's government move in to try to free them.
Egypt gave the army sweeping authority to arrest and detain civilians on Monday, as clashes continued in cities around the country.
As world leaders meet in Davos, Switzerland, the U.S. President responds to criticism of his policy on Syria and Mali.
UAE authorities detained 94 people accused of trying to overthrow the state.
Authorities in the Persian state arrest local members of the press accused of cooperating with Persian-language foreign media agencies.
Egypt President Mohamed Morsi declares a state of emergency in Port Said, Suez and Ismailia in the wake of deadly clashes, calls for dialogue with opposition.
January 27, 2013
Six people were killed and more than 400 injured in Egypt's Port Said on Sunday as rioting sparked by death sentences passed on fans of a local football team rocked the canal city for a second straight day.
More than 40 people have been killed and hundreds more injured around the country since clashes began on Friday, the second anniversary of Egypt's revolution.
Thousands of protestors took to the streets in Yemen on Sunday as a U.N. Security Council delegation met to discuss national reconcilliation.
