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Syria warns Israel after 'latest air raids'

Israeli air raids against three targets on the outskirts of DamascusSyria's information minister has given warning that Israeli air raids against three targets on the outskirts of Damascus "open the door to all possibilities".

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Iraq pressured to step up raid probe

Human Rights Watch has urged Iraqi authorities to give a government committee charged with probing a deadly raid by security forces on a protest camp last week greater financial and political backing to investigate who is responsible for what it described as an apparently unlawful use of lethal force.

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Syrians flee coastal town after mass killings

Assad loyalists have killed at least 50 Sunnis in the nearby village of Baida, activists said [Banias Li Kol El-Nas group]Hundreds of Sunni Muslim families are fleeing their homes in Syria's coastal town of Banias, fearing further sectarian violence after fighters loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed dozens of people overnight, according to opposition activists.

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Syria opposition slams village 'massacre'

The Syrian opposition has denounced the "large-scale massacre" by troops and militiamen in the village of al-Baida after an activist group said at least 50 people were killed.

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Russia blocks probe into Syrian refugee camps

Russia and China have rejected UN Security Council plans to inspect Syrian refugee camps in Jordan, citing it as a potential attempt to prepare for "foreign intervention" in Syria, where government forces are trying to crush a two-year-old uprising.

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Deaths in Baghdad mosque bomb attack

A roadside bomb has killed a Sunni cleric and five worshippers when they left a mosque in Baghdad after Friday prayers, police and medics said.

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Israel confirms airstrike inside Syria

Israel, SyriaIsraeli officials have confirmed that the country's air force carried out a strike against Syria and say it targeted a shipment of advanced missiles.

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Hamas rejects Arab League peace initiative

Haniyeh, prime minister of the Hamas governmentThe Palestinian Hamas movement has rejected a revised Middle East peace initiative put forward by the Arab League, saying outsiders can not decide the fate of the Palestinians.

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UN records spike in Iraq violence

April was Iraq's bloodiest month for almost five years, with 712 people killed in bomb attacks and other violence, the United Nations Iraq mission said on Thursday.

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Search engine Google recognises Palestine

Multinational company says it is following the lead of the UN in renaming Palestinian territories, Palestine [AFP]Internet search giant, Google, has recognised the Palestinians' upgraded UN status, placing the name "Palestine" on its search engine instead of "Palestinian Territories".

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