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April 24, 2013
American Secretary of State John Kerry urged NATO to consider its role should evidence emerge that chemical weapons are being used in the Syrian conflict
The government on Tuesday won the vote of confidence of the Parliament with a majority of 82 out of the 149 deputies present.
Hundreds of Europeans are fighting with rebel forces in Syria to topple the regime of President Bashar Al Assad.
Protest coordination committees call on Iraqi tribesmen to take up arms after dozens were killed at an anti-government protest in Hawija, near Kirkuk
Reports of the release of two bishops abducted by gunmen in a rebel-held area of northern Syria are denied by sources close to the pair.
April 23, 2013
An Algerian and a Moroccan were arrested by Spanish police on Tuesday
Sunni anti-government protestors have clashed with government troops in Hawija, near Kirkuk
Syrian President Bashar Al Assad has used chemical weapons in Syria's two-year conflict, the Israeli military's top intelligence analyst said on Tuesday.
Two Aleppian bishops were reportedly kidnapped by Syrian rebels on the outskirts of the city on Monday evening.
Two rockets have hit Lebanon in the latest round of cross-border fire.
A car bomb has exploded in the Libyan capital Tripoli, Reuters reports.
The Syrian National Coalition’s interim president says the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has declared war on the Syrian people.
April 22, 2013
Judge keeps the ex-President behind bars, overturning a previous release order
The United States is to equip Israel with a range of advanced missiles and fighter jets.
An appeals court in Kuwait grants bail to a leading opposition figure convicted of insulting the ruling emir.
