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Arab League: Don't Touch Muslim Temple Mount
The Arab League has released a statement warning Israel to stay away from the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
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Erdogan in Britain, Calls for International Steps Against Syria
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that
international steps must be taken to deal with President Bashar
al-Assad's military build-up.
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Russia: Int'l support for Syria rebels ups violence
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned on Saturday that
international support for Syrian rebels would lead to "more blood".
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Former U.S. officials say CIA considers Israel to be Mideast's biggest spy threat
The CIA station chief opened the locked box containing the sensitive
equipment he used from his home in Tel Aviv, Israel, to communicate with
CIA headquarters in Virginia.
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Syria army mounts air and land attack on Aleppo
Syrian forces have kept up a day-long ground and air attack against rebels in parts of the city of Aleppo.
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The true tragedy of Tisha Be'av
Western Wall, which was part of retaining wall of Herod's reconstruction
of Second Temple, remains a place of prayer and pilgrimage.
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Russian, Western navies to face off near Syria
A Russian naval flotilla, which entered the Mediterranean earlier this week, may be there for a long haul.
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US defense secretary to visit Israel for talks on Iran, Syria
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will head to the Middle East next week.
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Sunni rebels occupying churches, homes of Syrian Christians
The Vatican has determined that Sunni rebels were targeting the Christian community in Syria.
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British Islamists Call Off Protest Against 'Evil' Olympic Games
A group of British Islamists called off a protest planned for outside the London Olympic Park on Friday.