A Syrian activist group says two car bomb attacks in southern Syria have killed at least 20 Syrian security force members. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says two bombs exploded minutes apart Saturday when the cars pulled up separately into a military camp in Deraa. Syria’s embattled President Bashar al-Assad is insisting that […]
IAEA to Resume Nuclear Talks with Iran
Posted November 9th, 2012 at 12:20 pm (UTC-5)
The International Atomic Energy Agency has confirmed it is resuming talks with Iran next month over its disputed nuclear program. The U.N. nuclear agency said Friday that talks will begin on December 13th in Tehran. The last round of talks, held in late August in Vienna, ended with no agreement over the IAEA’s request that […]
Iran Confirms Attack on US Drone
Posted November 9th, 2012 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
Iran has confirmed a Pentagon report that two Iranian warplanes fired on an unarmed U.S. drone in the Persian Gulf last week. Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi was quoted on the Iranian Students’ News Organization website as saying that Iran’s armed forces took action against an anonymous plane that entered the country’s airspace – countering the […]
France, UK Demand Explanation of Iranian Blogger Death
Posted November 9th, 2012 at 10:45 am (UTC-5)
France and Britain are calling on Iran to explain the death in detention of an anti-government blogger who opposition activists say had been tortured. Activists say 35-year-old Sattar Beheshti was arrested in his home in late October, and that his family was asked on Wednesday to pick up his body from a detention center in […]
ICC Chief Calls On Libya To Ensure Justice
Posted November 7th, 2012 at 6:00 pm (UTC-5)
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has called on Libya’s leadership to ensure that justice is served for all crimes committed during last year’s uprising. Libya’s new government will be sworn in Thursday in Tripoli. Fatou Bensouda told the United Nations Security Council Wednesday that the new government should not grant amnesty for […]
Gunmen Kill Brother of Syrian Parliamentary Speaker
Posted November 6th, 2012 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
Syrian state television is reporting that the brother of the speaker of parliament has been assassinated. The SANA news agency says Mohammed Osama Laham, brother to parliament speaker Jihad Laham, was shot dead early Tuesday as he drove to work in the capital, Damascus. The shooting follows some of the fiercest fighting Syria has seen […]
Blast Near Iraqi Army Base Kills 25
Posted November 6th, 2012 at 6:50 am (UTC-5)
Iraqi officials say a car bomb at an army base near Baghdad has killed at least 27 people and wounded many others. The blast occurred midday Tuesday in the town of Taji, about 25 kilometers north of the capital. There has been no immediate claim of responsibility.
Car Bombs, Air Strikes Kill Dozens in Syria
Posted November 5th, 2012 at 7:25 pm (UTC-5)
A Syrian activist group says a suicide car bomber has killed more than 50 Syrian soldiers and gunmen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in central Hama province. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday’s attack in the village of Ziyara was carried out by the Al-Nusra Front, an al-Qaida-inspired Islamist militant group. The […]
Suicide Car Bomb Kills 50 Syrian Troops – Observatory
Posted November 5th, 2012 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
A Syrian activist group says a suicide car bomber has killed more than 50 Syrian soldiers and gunmen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in central Hama province. The head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abd al-Rahman, said Monday’s attack in the village of Ziyara was carried out by the Al-Nusra Front, […]
Rebels, Army Fight in Damascus
Posted November 5th, 2012 at 7:30 am (UTC-5)
A Syrian activist group says heavy fighting has erupted between rebels and government troops in the capital. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the fighting started Sunday and continued into Monday in the Damascus neighborhoods of Tadamon and Yarmuk, which is near a Palestinian refugee camp. Activists say government jets have bombarded several […]
