The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 11:04
Gunmen Friday shot dead 18 people -- most of them Iranians -- who were working on a gas pipeline from Iran to Iraq northeast of Baghdad, police officers said.
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 11:03
Syrian soldiers surrounded an industrial area near Damascus Friday after an al-Qaida linked rebel faction infiltrated the area earlier this week, reportedly killing dozens of civilians, according to the government and activists.
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 08:19
Security officials say more than 40 people have been killed in sectarian clashes between Sunni Islamic militants and northern rebel forces belonging to a branch of Shiites in northern Yemen.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 11:29
Gulf Arab states demanded foreign militias quit Syria and said President Bashar al-Assad must have no future role Wednesday, in a declaration his Iran- and Hezbollah-backed regime denounced as meddling.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 09:23
They renewed the United States- Qatar Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) which "governs the interactions between US and Qatari forces including training, exercises and other cooperative activities," said a statement by assistant press secretary Carl Woog.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 09:21
Leaders of the oil-rich Gulf states meet in Kuwait on Tuesday to discuss plans to boost integration at a time of differences over a proposed union and ties with Iran.
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 08:56
A Bahraini court on Sunday sentenced 12 Shiites, including three minors, to prison terms of up to five years for attacking a police patrol with Molotov cocktails, a judicial source said.
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 08:55
Hundreds of Egyptian police rallied on Sunday to demand higher wages, in a rare act of defiance of a new protest law which they themselves have been enforcing to quell unrest on the streets.
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 08:54
Oman opposes upgrading the Gulf Cooperation Council to a union of six nations, an idea first mooted by regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia, Muscat's foreign minister said on Saturday.
Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 08:40
The Army said it arrested three more people in Tripoli, bringing the total number of detainees to 28 since Monday when the government gave the military exclusive power to take charge of the city and end the clashes.