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Report: Russia removes military personnel from Syria
Wednesday, 26 June 2013
Russia has withdrawn all its military personnel from Syria and left its strategic Tartus naval centre unstaffed because of the escalating security threat in the war-torn country, the Vedomosti daily said Wednesday. The respected business daily cited an unnamed source in the Russian defense ministry as saying that no Russian defense ministry military or civilian personnel were now present in Syria, a Soviet-era ally of Moscow. The source said the decision was taken to limit the dangers posed to ... More
Syria accuses Saudi Arabia of being behind the uprising
Wednesday, 26 June 2013
Syria has lashed out at Saudi leaders, accusing them of being behind the country’s more than two-year armed uprising, according to statements published on Wednesday. “The violence in Syria is being caused by Saudi arms, Saudi money and terrorists linked to Saudi Arabia,” said Information Minister Omran al-Zohbi. Zohbi also said Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal had “Syrian blood on his hands.” On Tuesday, the prince said during a joint news conference wit ... More
Lebanese police torture drug users, prostitutes, gays
Wednesday, 26 June 2013
A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on Wednesday accused Lebanese police of torturing and raping drugs users, prostitutes and gays in their custody. HRW said it had found cases of police putting detainees in stress positions for hours, dislocating shoulders, breaking teeth and noses, denying access to food, water and medicine, and sexual violence. The report was based on 50 interviews with people arrested for suspected drug use, sex work, or homosexuality over the past five years. The Internal ... More
Migrants storm Morocco border with Spain
Wednesday, 26 June 2013
Hundreds of African migrants hurling stones stormed a border fence from Morocco into Spanish territory in a “violent” assault on Wednesday, authorities said, the latest in a series of such attempts. A local Spanish government spokeswoman said there was a “massive assault” in the early hours at one point of a six-meter fence separating the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco on the Mediterranean coast. She added: “The assault was violent. The sub-Saharan immigr ... More
Egypt refers nine to trial for ‘spying for Israel’
Wednesday, 26 June 2013
Egypt’s public prosecutor on Wednesday referred nine people, including six foreigners, to trial for allegedly spying for Israel, the official MENA news agency reported. Three Egyptians and six Israelis were referred to a criminal court, though it was unclear if any of them were in the country. Four of the Israelis are said to be intelligence officers and two are Arab Israeli citizens, MENA said. Investigations by the state security prosecutor showed the defendants had “passed on i ... More


Hezbollah-backed Syrian troops take control of second city in Homs
Wednesday, 26 June 2013
The Syrian army, backed by Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite group, declared victory over a second city in the central province of Homs, Al Arabiya television channel reported on Wednesday. Tal Kalakh, three kilometers from the Lebanese border, has become the second city to fall under the control of the Syrian regime. Earlier in June, the Syrian regime declared control of the strategic town of Qusayr, close to the border with Lebanon. Meanwhile, pro-Syrian regime websites circulated video footage o ... More

 

U.S. officials question Obama’s decision to arm Syrian rebels
Wednesday, 26 June 2013
Some members of the U.S. Congress are calling into question President Barack Obama’s decision to arm the Syrian rebels in light of violence against religious minorities, both at the hands of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and members of the opposition. “Money talks. The United States should be using assistance to ensure recipient countries and entities have a plan that is implemented to protect vulnerable religious minorities,” Republican Representative Christopher Sm ... More
( Open U.S. support for terrorism.  Aina listed stories of genocide by Kurds of Christian pacifists in Iraq after the overthrow and murder of S Hussein.  In Libya, blacks were targeted. In Syria, more stories of torture and atrocity by foreign mercenaries are told.  )

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