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- Palestinians face losing their home on the (firing) rangeAbout 1,500 Palestinians living in the South Hebron Hills will likely be uprooted to make way for an Israeli military firing range.聽
Accusations of war crimes rob Syrian rebel fighters of moral high groundHuman rights organizations have both condemned Syrian rebels' turn to kidnappings and executions. The change in tactics could jeopardize international support for the Free Syrian Army.聽
Palestinian comments on Holocaust underscore internal dividesA Palestinian official prompted a heated debate when he visited Auschwitz last month. Many Palestinians believe that recognition of the Holocaust detracts from their own suffering.聽
Former Lebanese minister arrested for planning attacks for Syria's AssadMichel Samaha, a former Lebanese minister, reportedly confessed to helping plan attacks on Sunni targets in Lebanon. If true, it illustrates how far Syria's Assad regime can reach into Lebanon.
Farmers, government battle over hashish in Lebanon's Bekaa ValleyGrowers in the Bekaa Valley reap huge profits from illegal hashish crops. Lebanon's eradication efforts have failed because there is no legal crop that is as lucrative.
Sinai attack seals up Gaza to outside worldIn the wake of yesterday's attack on Egyptian guards in the Sinai, Gaza's border crossings with Israel and Egypt, as well as smuggling tunnels, have been shut down.
Syrian Army pushes to break rebel frontlines in battle for AleppoThe Syrian Army deployed planes and a helicopter gunship as it targeted rebel positions in Aleppo, a key city in Syria's civil war. Fighting also intensified in Damascus Saturday.
How 'pro-regime' Aleppo became one of Syria's biggest battlegroundsAleppo was long regarded as immune to the uprising sweeping the rest of Syria, but the deaths of several students helped galvanize a dormant opposition.
Syria's rebels have a new villain: the United StatesThe US has stepped up its rhetoric against President Assad and is providing covert support to rebels. But for many fighting the Assad regime, it is not enough.
Slow to turn on Qaddafi, Bani Walid now struggles in a post-revolution LibyaBani Walid's resistance to joining the uprising against Muammar Qaddafi earned residents a reputation for being regime loyalists, leaving them marginalized in the new Libya.聽
Syria's iPhone insurgency makes for smarter rebellionThe prevalence of smart phones and other technology has allowed Syria's rebels to undermine state media reports and rally supporters, in Syria and abroad, with evidence of regime atrocities.
Israel considers drafting its Arab citizensPlans to reform Israel's draft law include the possibility of requiring Arab citizens of Israel to perform non-military national service. Serve us first, many of them say.聽
Syrian opposition's volunteer medics keep working, despite death threatsThe Syrian regime made an example of three volunteer medics by torturing and killing them. But its attempt to intimidate has only emboldened the ranks of Aleppo's opposition.
Egypt's beleaguered 海角大神s worry about persecution, neglect under MorsiThe past 18 months have been particularly trying for Egypt's 海角大神s, who have clashed with Muslims and lost a religious leader. Now they wonder what life will be like under an Islamist president.
Inside Aleppo: Rebels repulse Syrian tanks, civilians dodge shellsMonitor reporter Scott Peterson reports from the Aleppo neighborhood of Salaheddin that the rebels are impeding the Syrian Army's ground progress, pushing them to use more deadly tactics.
Romney's Israel speech: Iran will be 'highest national security priority'The presumptive Republican candidate for president offered few hints of what he would do differently from Obama aside from avoiding public disputes with Israel.聽
With Romney visit, Israelis worry about becoming a partisan issuePresidential challenger Mitt Romney is promising to give Israel a freer hand with Iran while President Obama announced $70 million in additional military aid to the country.
Aleppo short on weapons, medical supplies as Syria's next big battle loomsThe expected Syrian government offensive hasn't begun in earnest, but聽Aleppo's rebel-held neighborhoods are being pounded by shelling and gunfire and clinics are filling up with wounded.
After quake, rebuilding community remains biggest challenge for Turkey's KurdsOfficials are moving quickly to rebuild the cities and towns destroyed in last year's earthquake in eastern Turkey, but they can't restore the Kurds' fractured family and community ties.
