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April 11, 2013

British Foreign Secretary William Hague (L) listens as US actress Angelina Jolie (R) in her role as a UN humanitarian envoy speaks in front of other G8 foreign ministers. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / ALASTAIR GRANT)
17:08 GMT

The foreign ministers meet to decide of how to help the Syrians left living inside the turmoil.

At least 57 people have been killed in a government crack down in Dara'a, southern Syria. (FIle photo)
12:40 GMT

At least 26 civilians were killed in an army crackdown on defectors in the southern province of Deraa late Wednesday evening, activists said Thursday.

Israeli policewoman talks to Women of the Wall member (AFP/Gali Tibbon)
09:11 GMT

Women of the Wall members arrested, also a Heredi man and woman who burned a prayer book detained according to reports

A Syrian man walks amid destruction in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Wednesday. (Photo:  AFP / DIMITAR DILKOFF)
08:40 GMT

The Syrian regime is carrying out indiscriminate and sometimes deliberate airstrikes against civilians that have killed at least 4,300 people since last summer, a leading international rights group reported on Thursday.

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad at a press conference in East Jerusalem
08:37 GMT

The Palestinian Prime Minister offered his resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday over a rift in policy between the two

 general view of the new Mrigeb al-Fuhud refugee camp, 20 kilometres east of the city of the Jordanian city of Zarqa, is seen as Jordan opened a second camp for Syrian refugees on Wednesday, after the United Nations said the number seeking shelter in the kingdom is expected to triple by the end of the year. (Photo: AFP / KHALIL MAZRAAWI)
06:17 GMT

Struggling to cope with the influx of Syrian refugees, Jordan on Wednesday opened a second camp for Syrians fleeing the civil war at home.

April 10, 2013

Al Nusra Front fighters
13:39 GMT

The jihadist group also distance themselves from remarks made by Al Qaeda in Iraq chief, that the two groups had merged

British Foreign Secretary William Hague
10:51 GMT

British Foreign Secretary William Hague has already met with senior members of the SNC ahead of the G8 summit in London

Israeli settler Yaakov Teitel flashes the "V" for victory sign prior to the start of his trial at the Jerusalem District Court on Tuesday. (Photo: AFP - Ahmad Gharabli)
09:40 GMT

An Israeli court sentenced a Jewish settler on Tuesday to two life terms in prison for the murder of two Palestinians in 1997.

A man squats outside his destroyed home in Shonbeh, near Bushehr (AFP)
08:49 GMT

Aftershocks continue to rock Iran after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck near Bushehr on Tueday

FSA fighters in Damascus (Photo used for illustrative purposes).
06:27 GMT

Twelve members of the Lebanese armed movement, Hezbollah, have reportedly been killed in an ambush near Damascus.

April 9, 2013

The UN has said that it is days away from halting food aid for Syrian refugees in Lebanon due to a funding shortfall
16:48 GMT

The United Nations is days away from cutting basic aid programs to over 400,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon because of lack of funding

The earthquake hit close to Iran's nuclear site in Bushehr.
13:37 GMT

According to official reports, the earthquake struck close to Bushehr in the south west of the country.

A Bahraini protester holds a banner during an anti-regime rally in solidarity with jailed political activists and against the upcoming Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix. (TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH)
13:22 GMT

According to the emirate's authorities, four suspects have been arrested following the attacks.

Jabhat al Nusra has long been considered to be an offshoot of al-Qaeda in Iraq.
08:46 GMT

After months of speculation as to how the two militant groups are intertwined, the Iraqi jihadis admit for the first time that they are part of the same network.