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March 27, 2013
The disputed region faces yet more attacks as tensions rise over oil contracts.
The fives youngsters were allegedly attacked by 200 other students and are being held without charge.
March 26, 2013
The Ministry of Interior has claimed that the 18 arrested last week are linked to Iran.
A government spokesperson says that Saudis in Syria will be arrested if they return home.
Draft resolution calls for a peaceful transfer of power in Syria.
The Egyptian state news agency has reported the release of the pair, who were held captive for four days.
Egypt's most senior prosecutor orders the arrest of five leading activists after last week's clashes near the Muslim Brotherhood's headquarters.
FSA chief Riad Al-Assaad was injured in a bomb attack in the Miadeen, Deir Ezzor.
March 25, 2013
Syria’s resigned rebel chief Moaz al-Khatib declared his intention on Facebook to make a speech “in the name of the Syrian people” at the Arab summit in Doha, where his country's seat at the Arab League has been officially suspended.
According to U.S. media reporters the Central Intelligence Agency is helping Arab countries increase their military aid to the opposition fighters.
A new wave of sectarian kidnappings took place around Arsal, a sensitive area in northeast Lebanon, on Sunday, a security official told AFP.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai will travel to Qatar within days to hold preliminary peace talks with the Taliban, the foreign ministry said on Sunday.
The man who was reportedly working for Israeli spy agency, Mossad, was said to be trying to recruit a double agent from the militant group when he was arrested.
On an unannounced trip to Iraq, Secretary of State Kerry tells the Iraqi PM that letting Iran use their airspace to send weapons to Assad is "problematic".
After shots are fired at Israeli troops in the occupied Golan Heights, the defense minister vows an "immediate" response.
