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UK: Assad regime is responsible for recent chemical attack in Damascus
Britain said on Friday it believed forces loyal to Syrian President
Bashar Assad were responsible for a chemical weapons attacks.
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PM: Iran watching carefully how world responds to Syrian chemical weapons atrocities
Iran is using Syria as a testing ground and carefully watching how the
world responds to Damascus's use of chemical weapons against its own
people.
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No summer break in the violent Middle East
Here's a short, random list of some of the major events that occurred in the Middle East just this past week.
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When all else fails, target Israel
The rocket fire on the western Galilee on Thursday was the work of a Salafist Sunni terror organization.
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Israel strikes Lebanon after rocket attacks
Israel's air force bombed a militant target in Lebanon on Friday in retaliation for a cross-border rocket salvo. .
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New Video Evidence of Iraqi Jihad Terrorists
With the launch of missiles fired from Lebanon into Israel on Thursday,
the organization behind the attack identified as part of the "Global
Jihad" movement presented a recent video.
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'Friday of Martyrs' protests proceed in Egypt
Egyptian troops and police had taken relatively low-key security measures before the "Friday of Martyrs".
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Merkel's Dachau Visit Sparks Controversy
Angela Merkel will become the first German chancellor to visit the former Nazi concentration camp Dachau on Tuesday.
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They hate Israel, but they hate Hezbollah more
In an ironic turn of events, over the last months Sunni world jihad
elements in Lebanon have become a common enemy for Israel and its
nemesis, the Shiite Hezbollah.
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EU diplomat: Both sides guilty in Egypt
The EU's envoy to north Africa, Bernardino Leon, has said events in Egypt are "more complex".