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British Prime Minister David Cameron has told Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring Russia’s military activity in Ukraine to an end. The British Prime Minister is the first Western leader to meet Putin after Russia annexed Crimea. Putin has been cold-shouldered by the US and its allies since the annexation. Vladimir Putin met with David Cameron on Thursday in Paris; …

Iranian authorities on Tuesday warned of a second sandstorm which could hit Tehran after five people were killed in the city by freak weather only a day prior. Record winds and a huge sandstorm on Monday had plunged Tehran into darkness for about fifteen minutes during rush hour, and had forced several thousands to run for cover. On Tuesday, the …

10 people were killed by a truck bomb attack in a regime-controlled village in Homs on Monday, state television reported. “The terrorist explosion in Haraqi village in Homs province was caused by a tanker truck bomb. The initial toll says 10 people were killed, and major damage was caused to houses”, state television said. The attack is especially worrisome as …

2 Palestinian teenagers were shot and killed by IDF soldiers near a protest outside Israel’s Ofer Prison in the West Bank. Israeli authorities initially denied shooting at the boys, however video was later leaked showing IDF soldiers firing bullets at the unsuspecting victims. 186 of the 5,265 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli detention are being held without trial or charge, …

” Your aunt died today ,” says Mom, I replied “it’s ok ” .. When my mom got upset and began to mumble … I noticed, I did not even say , ” God’s mercy on her soul” .. My aunt is not a supporter of “Assad”, and I have always loved her , but maybe if she had died …

By Michel Kilo The Assad regime described the reelection of its president for a third term as “national celebrations.” Traditionally, people take part in festivities for holidays and weddings, delighting in sharing this delight. However, “the national celebrations of Bashar al-Assad” are not a moment of joy, because participation in these celebrations is mandatory and whoever refuses to take part …

The Syrian Center for Policy Research, in co-operation with the UN Palestinian refugee agency and the UN Development Program, produced the report “Squandering Humanity”, which says that the Syrian civil war has had a disastrous effect on its economy, and has plunged half of its population into poverty. According to the report, the conflict is creating “economies of violence that …

Attacks in different parts of Iraq on Wednesday led to the deaths of 14 people. The strikes are the latest in a long wave of violence that has caused more than 4,000 deaths this year already. The bombings and shootings struck in Baghdad and parts of the West and the North, leaving dozens wounded, medical and security officials said. The …

Sergei Lavrov, the foreign affairs minister of the Russia, which leads the “axis of evil” in the world, said that it is inconceivable and illegal to hold elections in Ukraine while a faction of the Ukrainian people, i.e. the Russian-speaking minority, is under an armed threat. Bashar Al-Assad’s criminal regime has killed more than 200,000 Syrians, including 60,000 women and …

The Syrian branch of the al-Qaeda, the Al-Nusra Front, on Monday claimed responsibility for the two car bomb attacks in the city of Homs on Sunday. The Governor of Homs Talal al-Barazi said that the twin car bombs attacks claimed the lives of 12 people. According to the group’s Twitter account, “God generously made it possible for the jihadists of …