Recent large-scale killings in the Middle East
Yesterday | via WOI
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Recent large-scale killings in the Middle East
Tuesday | via WTEN-TV Albany
The Missouri Supreme Court cited free-speech concerns Tuesday in striking down part of a state harassment law that was enacted after a teenager who was teased over the Internet committed suicide. Comment?
US remains opposed to military action in Syria
Tuesday | via The Miami Herald
Governments around the world expelled Syrian ambassadors and diplomats Tuesday, an unusual, coordinated blow to Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime following a gruesome massacre that the United Nations said involved close-range shootings of scores of children and parents in their homes. Comment?
Lebanese hostages in Syria could ignite tensions
Tuesday | via KLFY-TV Lafayette
A Russian-based internet security firm says a powerful spyware virus has attacked computers in Iran and elsewhere in the Middle East. Comment?
South Lebanon Army members today
Monday May 28 | via The Daily Star
Hussein, a former security guard in the SLA, returns to his job leveling earth in the southern village of Beit Yahoun, Friday, May 18, 2012. Comment?
Monday May 28 | via Newsday
1919 - Emir Feisal backs Arab self-rule at the Versailles peace conference, following the defeat of Germany and the Ottoman Empire in World War I. 1920 March - The National Congress proclaims Emir Feisal king of Syria "in its natural boundaries" from the Taurus mountains in Turkey to the Sinai desert in Egypt. Comment?
Rivals call for calm, but politics could force escal...
Sunday May 27 | via The Daily Star
Supporters of Hezbollah watch a televised speech by Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah on the occasion of Liberation and Resistance Day in Bint Jbeil, Lebanon, Friday, May 25, 2012. Comment?
Lebanese Syria hostage release delayed, massacre cla...
Saturday May 26 | via The Star Online
Lebanon said on Friday that a group of Lebanese Shi'ites kidnapped in Syria had been freed and were safe in Turkey, but produced no sign of the hostages at the centre of a kidnap drama heightening tensions over the conflict in neighbouring Syria. Comment?
Lebanese pilgrims kidnapped in Syria are released
Friday May 25 | via Salt Lake Tribune
This image made from amateur video released by Shaam News Network and accessed Friday, May 25, 2012 purports to show police running toward a protest in Damascus, Syria. Comment?
Lebanese PM says Lebanese pilgrims kidnapped in Syri...
Friday May 25 | via The Washington Post
BEIRUT - A group of Lebanese Shiites who were kidnapped in Syria were released in good health Friday, three days after gunmen abducted the men as they returned from a religious pilgrimage, officials said. Comment?
Thousands gather for anti-Assad protests in Syria
Friday May 25 | via WOI
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Arab World: Warning signs in Lebanon
Thursday May 24 | via Jerusalem Post
The situation in Tripoli in northern Lebanon is now calm after several days of fierce fighting. Comment?
Syria's oil minister declares sanctions have cost $4...
Thursday May 24 | via Boston.com
Syria's oil minister blamed international sanctions Wednesday for shortages of cooking gas and other basic goods, saying the measures have bled $4 billion from the nation's ailing economy. Comment?
UN: Syrian forces, opposition committing crimes
Thursday May 24 | via KLTV Tyler
A spokesman for New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez says she and her husband were not injured when a small private airplane carrying them to Santa Fe landed without its gears down. Comment?
Syrian opposition council accepts resignation of its...
Thursday May 24 | via Yorkton This Week & Enterprise
Syria's oil minister has blamed international sanctions for shortages of cooking gas and other basic goods, saying the measures have bled $4 billion from the nation's ailing economy. Comment?
UN panel claims evidence of illegal killings, tortur...
Thursday May 24 | via Prince George Citizen
A U.N. observer takes pictures of a military bus that was damaged by a roadside bomb, at al-Bahdaliyah area, near Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. Comment?
U.N. human-rights panel accuses Syrian forces, oppos...
Thursday May 24 | via CBS News
A U.N. observer takes pictures of a military bus that was damaged by a roadside bomb in the al-Bahdaliyah area near Damascus, Syria, May 23, 2012. Comment?
UN team brokers swap between Syrian regime, rebels
Wednesday May 23 | via My Mother Lode
A United Nations team in Syria says it has brokered an exchange between forces loyal to President Bashar Assad and opposition fighters seeking to topple his regime. Comment?
Wednesday May 23 | via Tulsa World
Rescuers pull an injured woman from a passenger train that rammed a parked freight train near Penukonda, India, on Tuesday. Comment?
Northbound lanes of I-65 in Boone Co. reopen after s...
Friday May 18 | via The Indianapolis Star
Both northbound lanes of I-65 in Boone County reopened about 7 p.m. tonight after being closed since shortly after 10 a.m., when bales of straw on a semi tractor-trailer caught fire, Indiana State Police said. Comment?