Airstrikes kill rescue worker and family of 5 in Syria:
At least six people were killed in airstrikes in northern Syria on Saturday, including a family of five and a rescue worker who was fatally wounded while searching for victims, according to a spokesman for the rescue workers and a local antigovernment activist.
Assad says Syria, allies will defeat terrorism as Russia targets IS group:
Assad's comments followed a statement from the Russian defence ministry which announced that Russian planes have flown 20 sorties in Syria and struck 10 targets from the Islamic State group in the past 24 hours.
Assad: I would leave office if it would help:
President Bashar al-Assad to the Iranian Khabar #TV: Our priority is to prevent more countries falling under Western hegemony.
Russian Air Force hits 50 ISIS targets in Syria over 3 days, 'significantly' damaging militants:
"The airstrikes were being conducted night and day from the Khmeimim airbase and throughout the whole of Syria. In three days we managed to undermine the terrorists' material-technical base and significantly reduce their combat potential,"
Gunmen start withdrawing forces from Syria's Idlib amid Russian airstrikes:
The radicals started moving towards the Turkish border on Saturday after having experienced "the efficiency of the Russian aerospace forces' strikes," the As-Safir Arabic-language daily reported.
News Analysis - Panic in Rebel Ranks:
US media feature willful Pentagon misinformation and Big Lies, including Air Force General Robert Otto claiming Russia is using "dumb bombs," not laser-guided precision weapons, accusing Moscow irresponsibly of indiscriminate bombing - polar opposite truth.
US Spent a Year Bombing Syrian Desert, Not ISIL - Russian MP:
In an interview with France's Europe 1 Radio Pushkov said that the Russian aerial campaign in Syria would take three to four months. "The US-led coalition spent a whole year pretending they were striking ISIL targets but where are the results of these strikes?" Pushkov wondered.
Merkel says military efforts needed in Syria but they won't end war:
Merkel also said it would be necessary to involve the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in talks. Her comments show that support is broadening for military action in Syria and also that Assad will need to play a role at the negotiating table in discussions on ending the war.
Egypt backs Russian airstrikes in Syria:
Egypt says Russia's anti-terror airstrikes in Syria will restrict the spread of terrorism and deal a major blow to the Daesh group in the violence-torn Arab country.
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Obama warns Russia's Putin of 'quagmire' in Syria:
"An attempt by Russia and Iran to prop up Assad and try to pacify the population is just going to get them stuck in a quagmire and it won't work," Obama said.
Russia making 'grave mistake' in Syria: Turkey's Erdogan :
"The steps Russia is taking and the bombing campaign in Syria are quite unacceptable to Turkey," Erdogan told reporters at Istanbul airport before leaving for a visit to France.
Gulf states plan military response to Russian attacks:
"There is no future for Assad in Syria," Saudi foreign minister Adel Al-Jubeir warned, a few hours before the first Russian bombing sorties began. If that was not blunt enough, he spelled out that if the president did not step down as part of a political transition, his country would embrace a military option, "which also would end with the removal of Bashar al-Assad from power".
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European Parliament, Strasbourg
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British SAS Special Forces "Dressed Up as ISIS Rebels" Fighting Assad in Syria:
"More than 120 members belonging to the elite regiment are currently in the war-torn country" covertly "dressed in black and flying ISIS flags," engaged in what's called Operation Shader - attacking Syrian targets on the pretext of combatting ISIS.
Twin suicide bombings kill 24 in Baghdad:
The attacks, which took place at around 14:30 GMT on Saturday, targeted the mainly Shia districts of Kadhimiya and Hurriya in the north of the Iraqi capital. Police said at least 60 people were wounded.
Delta Force secretly killed Iranian agents in Iraq - with IEDs:
Developed jointly by Delta Force and SEAL Team 6, the Xbox was a bomb designed to look and behave exactly like one made by Iraqi insurgents, using materials typically found in locally made improvised explosive devices.
Turkey: Fourteen Kurdish militants dead in clashes: local governor:
Fourteen members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were killed and three were caught in clashes in Nusaybin in Mardin province as the border town remained under curfew, a statement from Mardin's governor office said on Sunday.
14 killed as fighting rages on Yemen's Red Sea coast:
Medical officials in nearby Taiz said at least 14 dead bodies from Houthi forces arrived from the front lines. Houthi officials said the rebels have destroyed six opposing tanks and killed multiple pro-government fighters.
Two Israelis killed in stabbing attack in Jerusalem:
Palestinian attacker shot dead by police after he stabbed four people, two of whom succumbed to their injuries.
Israel limits Palestinian access to Jerusalem Old City:
Only residents, business owners and students will have access to area, after two attacks in less than 12 hours.
When Racism is the Norm: Up to 4 Arabs per flight:
Israir and the Israel Airports Authorities have lost a legal suit concerning ethnic-based discrimination.
Afghanistan: US Bombs Hospital, Kills 19 Civilians:
"Twelve staff members and at least seven patients, including three children, were killed; 37 people were injured. This attack constitutes a grave violation of international humanitarian law."
UN chief says US airstrike on Doctors Without Borders hospital could be a war crime:
Calling the bombing which killed 19 'tragic, inexcusable and possibly even criminal,' he said: 'If established as deliberate in a court of law, an airstrike on a hospital may amount to a war crime.'
Afghanistan: MSF staff killed and hospital partially destroyed in Kunduz:
MSF condemns in the strongest possible terms the horrific bombing of its hospital in Kunduz full of staff and patients.
Taliban claims to recapture large parts of Kunduz city:
Armed group says it controls most parts of city after it was briefly taken by government forces backed by US strikes.
52 killed in South Sudan clashes:
Fifty two soldiers and rebels have been killed in recent fighting in South Sudan's troubled state of Unity. According to Press TV, a military official on Saturday said the fatalities came in recent clashes in South Sudan's contested state of Unity, blaming the rebels in the country for breaching a peace agreement signed last month.
At least a Dozen Killed in Fresh Burundi Protests:
The deadly clashes are the latest in months of unrest triggered by President Pierre Nkurunziza's successful bid to win a third term in office, a move opponents said was against the law and the terms of a peace deal that ended a 13-year civil war in 2006.
Boko Haram suicide attack kills at least four in Niger:
Suspected Islamist militants from Nigeria's Boko Haram group killed three civilians and a soldier in a double suicide attack across the border in Niger on Sunday, security sources said.
Two Egyptian policemen shot dead by ISIS in Sinai:
"A police captain and a policeman died of their wounds after unknown assailants shot them" late Saturday in the North Sinai provincial capital El-Arish, the ministry said in a statement. The area is a stronghold of the Egyptian affiliate of the ISIS group that calls itself "Sinai Province".
Libyan court sentences Moammar Khadafy's son to death:
A court in Libya's capital convicted a son of Moammar Khadafy of murder and inciting genocide during the country's 2011 uprising on Tuesday, sentencing him to death in absentia.
Bodies of 95 migrants washed ashore in Libya:
Red Crescent scouts found 85 of the corpses near Libya's capital Tripoli and 10 near Sabartha, a Libyan coastal city that is a main launching point for smugglers' boats headed to Europe.
If we really care about Refugees, we'll stop allowing Shannon to be used to bomb their homes...
We all realise the whole Middle East region has gone crazy but we cannot stay silent on the reason for it. The number of refugees will actually increase, not decrease, unless there is a serious examination of the root causes of it all.
Ukraine President Says Obama Approved Sending New Weapons:
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Sunday on state television that U.S. President Barack Obama promised his country new models of defense weapons amid a cease-fire with pro-Russian separatists.
US Satellites Work In Syria, But Not Ukraine:
We have crystal clear color images of Russian equipment in Syria but only grainy black & white photos with little dots on them to prove "Russan aggression" in Ukraine
10 Million at Risk of Hunger Due to Climate Change and El Niño, Oxfam Warns:
Christian Aid reported that the production of maize, Malawi's staple food, has dropped by 30 percent in 2014, while maize prices have risen between 50 and 100 percent. Central American farmers have been coping with a drought for almost two years.
UK Guantanamo detainee Shaker Aamer on hunger strike:
Aamer told his lawyer that he had gone on hunger strike in a protest at an alleged assault by Guantanamo guards to force him to give blood samples.
Homeland Security Detains Stockton Mayor, Forces Him To Hand Over His Passwords:
Anthony Silva, the mayor of Stockton, California, recently went to China for a mayor's conference. On his return to San Francisco airport he was detained by Homeland Security, and then had his two laptops and his mobile phone confiscated.
Watch: Donald trump Meet The Press FULL Interview :
Donald Trump talks Syria, Russia and when he would consider getting out of the race. Trump's tells Chuck Todd his view on if Gadhafi and Hussein were still in power and if Assad were stronger, the Middle East would be more stable.
Bernie Sanders Rejects Syria No-Fly Zone, Backs Airstrikes:
The center-left candidate for the U.S. presidency said he supports current White House policy.
Sanders draws more than 20,000 in Boston:
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) drew a crowd of more than 20,000 here on Saturday night, building on the momentum of a week during which he posted a quarterly fundraising total that nearly matched that of Hillary Rodham Clinton, his chief rival for the Democratic presidential nomination.
