Middle East
Saturday, 04 May 2013 07:20
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.
Saturday, 04 May 2013 07:01
![Assad loyalists have killed at least 50 Sunnis in the nearby village of Baida, activists said [Banias Li Kol El-Nas group]](/images/stories/middle-east/syria/2/flee-coastal.jpg)
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.
Saturday, 04 May 2013 06:55
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.
Saturday, 04 May 2013 06:47
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.
Saturday, 04 May 2013 06:44
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.
Saturday, 04 May 2013 06:21
Israeli officials have confirmed that the country's air force carried out a strike against Syria and say it targeted a shipment of advanced missiles.
Friday, 03 May 2013 08:17
The 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.
Friday, 03 May 2013 08:11
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.
Friday, 03 May 2013 07:49
![Multinational company says it is following the lead of the UN in renaming Palestinian territories, Palestine [AFP]](/images/stories/economy/google.jpg)
Internet search giant, Google, has recognised the Palestinians' upgraded UN status, placing the name "Palestine" on its search engine instead of "Palestinian Territories".
Last Updated on Friday, 03 May 2013 07:55 Thursday, 02 May 2013 16:35
Government forces and militia members loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have stormed the coastal village of al-Baida, killing between 50 and 100 people including women and children, Syrian opposition activists say.
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