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Multiple news websites, including Canadian national broadcaster CBC, on Thursday were briefly hacked in an attack claimed by the Syrian Electronic Army. A few users of the websites reported seeing a pop-up message that read “You’ve been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA)”. The hack targeted a network used by many businesses and news organizations; a tweet sent by …

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday defended the Israeli government’s decision to support a proposal that enshrines in law Israel’s status as the “Jewish homeland”, despite criticism from President Reuven Rivlin. Critics fear that the move will come at the price of democracy and institutionalize prejudice against minorities, including Arabs. “The aim of this law is to guarantee the …

Extremist group Islamic State (IS) on Thursday claimed a suicide car bomb attack in the city of Arbil, the usually secure capital of the autonomous Kurdish region in Iraq. In an online statement, the IS boasted that it had “breached all the security checkpoints of the agent Kurdistan government and reached the heart of the city of Arbil”. It also …

Israel on Wednesday approved new settlement blocs in east Jerusalem despite mounting unrest over the issue, as US Secretary of State John Kerry gets ready to meet with Palestinian leaders over tensions in the occupied territory. The construction of the new settlement were announced only hours after Jewish extremists torched a mosque in West Bank, in a development that will …

Saudi authorities on Wednesday blamed militants linked to the al-Qaeda for Monday’s attack on Shi’ite worshippers that highlighted sectarian tensions in the predominantly Sunni kingdom. Late on Monday, masked gunmen in the Eastern Province killed six Shi’ite worshippers, including children, during the commemoration of Ashura, one of the holiest days of the Shi’ite faith. Interior Ministry spokesman General Mansur al-Turki …

Masked gunmen in Saudi Arabia killed five Shi’ite worshippers during a major religious commemoration, Saudi police said on Tuesday, in an unparalleled attack highlighting sectarian tension in the largely Sunni kingdom. According to the police, six people were detained in Eastern Province of the shooting, which happened late on Monday night as Shi’ites were preparing for their Ashura, one of …

A powerful suicide blast in the Yemeni capital Sana’a on Thursday killed at least 47 people, plunging the violence-plagued nation into additional turmoil after weeks of political gridlock. Over dozens were wounded in the bombing at Al-Tahrir square, targeting a gathering of Shi’ite insurgent supporters. In a separate suicide attack in the country’s southeast, 20 Yemeni soldiers were killed by …

Extremist group Islamic State (IS) on Thursday attacked Iraqi bases in two towns in western Iraq, leaving over 40 extremists and 17 security force personnel dead, medical and security sources said. Four soldiers and seven policemen were killed when IS militants attacked police headquarters of the town of Heet, while another six security force members were killed in an attack …

On Wednesday, over 30 Syrian school-going children were killed in a double bombing carried out by a lone assailant in regime-controlled city Homs, the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights said. The monitor said that at least 39 people had died in the attack on a school in the Akrameh neighborhood of Homs. “At least 30 children were among 39 people …

Syrian National Reconciliation Minister Ali Haidar on Thursday said that US air strikes over Syrian territory without the permission of the Syrian regime would be considered an “attack” on the country. “Any action of any kind without the consent of the Syrian government would be an attack on Syria”, Haidar said. However, he refused to say what the response to …