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Jordan wargames: Patriot batteries, F-16s and 4,500 US troops near Syrian border
Multinational military exercise 'Eager Lion' has been launched in Jordan
amid condemnation from neighboring Syria and its ally Russia.
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Obama begins answering Syrian rebels' call for arms
US President Barack Obama has ordered the Central Intelligence Agency to
provide small, lethal arms to rebel fighters in Syria.
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Moderate Rohani on track for outright Iran election win
Moderate cleric Hassan Rohani took a solid lead over conservative rivals
on Saturday in preliminary vote counting in Iran's presidential
election.
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Russia says illegal to impose no-fly zone over Syria
Any attempt to enforce no-fly zone using F-16 jets, Patriot missiles
from Jordan would violate int'l law, says Russian FM Sergei Lavrov.
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Turkish protesters vow to stay in Istanbul park
Turkish protesters said on Saturday they would not leave an Istanbul
park despite a call from the president for them to withdraw.
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Blair: Syria's rebels want democracy; help arm them
There are those amongst the Syrian rebels who want a pluralistic society and democracy coming out of all of this.
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Ya'alon: Iranian elections will not bring change
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon on Saturday said the elections in Iran "won't being any change" to Tehran's policies.
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Thousands of Egypt Islamists rally for Syria jihad
Thousands of Islamists rallied in the Egyptian capital on Friday in
support of calls by Sunni Muslim clerics for a holy war against the
regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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Summer camp in Gaza: Kids learn to abduct Israelis
The annual Hamas-run summer camp in the Gaza Strip has started up.
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Ban: 'Settlements' Undermine Hopes for Peace
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday slammed Israel's plans to increase construction in Judea and Samaria.