Anti-US demonstrations, which began on September 11 over the blasphemous movie, which was made in the US state of California, continued on Monday, with protesters chanting slogans against Washington, marching on US embassies, and torching US flags in several Asian cities. In Lebanon, Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah addressed 500,000 people who gathered in […]
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US deploys 50 troops in Yemeni capital
“We would not accept any foreign forces, but the unit in the US Embassy is an exceptional case,” the government said in a statement issued late on Sunday. The statement added that the Marines will leave the country as soon as the security situation improves. On Friday, the Pentagon announced that it had sent Marines […]
Police clash with protesters in Hatay
The demonstration was held in the city of Antakya on Sunday. Riot police fired tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters, who condemned the Turkish government for its intervention in Syria. The demonstrators also expressed their dissatisfaction over the presence of a large number of Syrian refugees, who fled the violence in their country and […]
7 killed in Baghdad Green Zone attack
Police officials say the incident took place on Monday when a bomber detonated his explosive-laden car near an entrance to Green Zone which houses diplomatic missions including the US embassy. Medics and security officials have confirmed seven dead and 24 injured. “Cars were lining up waiting to be searched at the checkpoint that leads to […]
7 killed in Baghdad Green Zone attack
Police officials say the incident took place on Monday when a bomber detonated his explosive-laden car near an entrance to Green Zone which houses diplomatic missions including the US embassy. Medics and security officials have confirmed seven dead and 24 injured. “Cars were lining up waiting to be searched at the checkpoint that leads to […]
Bahrainis urge end to rights violations
The rally against the Manama regime rights violations was held in Sitra, south of Manama, on Monday. The protesters also expressed solidarity with the victims of the Manama crackdown on anti-regime protests and demanded the release of political prisoners. The Sitra rally comes days after tens of thousands of Bahrainis took to the streets west […]
Bahrainis urge end to rights violations
The rally against the Manama regime rights violations was held in Sitra, south of Manama, on Monday. The protesters also expressed solidarity with the victims of the Manama crackdown on anti-regime protests and demanded the release of political prisoners. The Sitra rally comes days after tens of thousands of Bahrainis took to the streets west […]
Syria seizes strategic Aleppo region
More than a dozen insurgents were killed during the military operation to drive terrorists out of al-Midan on Monday. There are reports of clashes between government troops and insurgents in several other Aleppo districts. Meanwhile, Syrian troops repelled an attack by armed groups on a scientific research center in Aleppo’s al-Zahra neighborhood, inflecting heavy losses […]
Syria seizes strategic Aleppo region
More than a dozen insurgents were killed during the military operation to drive terrorists out of al-Midan on Monday. There are reports of clashes between government troops and insurgents in several other Aleppo districts. Meanwhile, Syrian troops repelled an attack by armed groups on a scientific research center in Aleppo’s al-Zahra neighborhood, inflecting heavy losses […]
Lebanese hold anti-US rally in Beirut
Shouting anti-US slogans, tens of thousands of Lebanese took to the streets on Monday to express their anger over the sacrilegious movie a day after Hezbollah leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah called for a series of angry protests across Lebanon over the US-produced film mocking Islam. “America is the great Satan!” and “Death to Israel! Death […]
Lebanese hold anti-US rally in Beirut
Shouting anti-US slogans, tens of thousands of Lebanese took to the streets on Monday to express their anger over the sacrilegious movie a day after Hezbollah leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah called for a series of angry protests across Lebanon over the US-produced film mocking Islam. “America is the great Satan!” and “Death to Israel! Death […]
Hezbollah urges law to ban Islam insults
Addressing hundreds of thousands of Lebanese protesters, angry over an anti-Islam film produced in the US, Nasrallah said on Monday that Arab and Islamic governments should press for an enforceable international law banning insults to Islam and other religions. Nasrallah said lack of such laws has resulted in the production of the US film that […]
Hezbollah urges law to ban Islam insults
Addressing hundreds of thousands of Lebanese protesters, angry over an anti-Islam film produced in the US, Nasrallah said on Monday that Arab and Islamic governments should press for an enforceable international law banning insults to Islam and other religions. Nasrallah said lack of such laws has resulted in the production of the US film that […]
‘Germans opposed to Syria intervention’
According to a phone survey conducted between August 15 and 18 by the German-language Stern weekly news magazine, with a sampling of 1,540 German adults, 60 percent of respondents said they are opposed to any military and foreign intervention in Syria. Thirty percent of those surveyed said they support such an offensive, while 6% had […]
‘Germans opposed to Syria intervention’
According to a phone survey conducted between August 15 and 18 by the German-language Stern weekly news magazine, with a sampling of 1,540 German adults, 60 percent of respondents said they are opposed to any military and foreign intervention in Syria. Thirty percent of those surveyed said they support such an offensive, while 6% had […]
Criminalize insult to religions: Nasrallah
In a speech broadcast on closed-circuit television in Lebanon on Sunday, Nasrallah said, “There should be resolutions adopted in top international institutions, which are binding on all states and governments in the world, to forbid the defamation of religions.” He was speaking in reaction to a low-budget film recently made in the United States that […]
Criminalize insult to religions: Nasrallah
In a speech broadcast on closed-circuit television in Lebanon on Sunday, Nasrallah said, “There should be resolutions adopted in top international institutions, which are binding on all states and governments in the world, to forbid the defamation of religions.” He was speaking in reaction to a low-budget film recently made in the United States that […]
Insurgents say Brahimi mission will fail
Abdul Jabbar al-Oqeidi, the leader of the Aleppo military council of the self-proclaimed Free Syrian Army (FSA), made the remarks on Sunday, a day after Brahimi met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus as part of a new diplomatic campaign to resolve the Syrian crisis. “We are sure Brahimi will fail like the other […]
Insurgents say Brahimi mission will fail
Abdul Jabbar al-Oqeidi, the leader of the Aleppo military council of the self-proclaimed Free Syrian Army (FSA), made the remarks on Sunday, a day after Brahimi met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus as part of a new diplomatic campaign to resolve the Syrian crisis. “We are sure Brahimi will fail like the other […]
‘Turkey allowing terrorists into Syria’
The ministry made the remarks on Sunday in two letters addressed to the UN Security Council and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Syrian news agency Sana reported. The ministry said Syria’s northern neighbor allowed “thousands of al-Qaeda, Takfiri, and Wahhabi terrorists” to cross the border in order to “kill innocent Syrians, blow up their properties, […]