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Hagel on Syria Crisis: U.S. Military is Preparing ‘Options for All Contingencies’
Fox News - US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has said that President Obama has asked the military to "prepare options for all contingencies" as...
Iran Warns U.S. Against Syria Action, Threatens ‘Severe Consequences’
Ynet - Iran on Sunday warned the United States against crossing the "red line" on Syria, saying it would have "severe consequences", according to the Fars...
Analysis: U.S. Syria Intervention Could Leave Israel in Firing Line
JPost - Signals from the US suggesting a military response to thealleged chemical massacre in Syria are growing louder, and Israel, it is safe to assume,...
Former Egyptian President Mubarak Appears in Court
BBC - The former Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, has appeared in court, three days after being released from prison and placed under house arrest. Mr Mubarak...
As Inquiry Goes on, U.S. Naval Forces Move Closer to Syria
AP - WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence officials sought Saturday to determine whether Syria's government unleashed a deadly chemical weapons attack on its people. At the...
French Charity Says Hospitals it Supports in Syria Treated 3,600 Patients With ‘Neurotoxic Symptoms’
BBC - Medecins Sans Frontieres says hospitals it supports in Syria treated about 3,600 patients with "neurotoxic symptoms", of whom 355 have died. The medical charity...
Three Muslim Brotherhood Leaders Face Trial for Inciting Lethal Violence
JPost - CAIRO - Three leaders of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood go on trial in Cairo on Sunday on charges of inciting lethal violence during unrest...
Al Qaeda Talk of Attack to ‘Change the Face of History’ Prompted Embassy Closures
Reuters - A vow made in a phone call by the leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) to carry out an attack...
Western Intelligence Preliminary Assessment: Assad Used Chemical Weapons
Ynet - US and allied intelligence agencies' have made a preliminary assessment that chemical weapons were used by Syrian forces in an attack near Damascus this...
Ban Ki-Moon Condemns Rocket Attack on Israel
Times of Israel - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned on Friday the rocket fire from southern Lebanon into Israel that occurred one day earlier and prompted...
Israeli Official Apologizes for Japan Comments
The Guardian -Israel has been forced to issue a formal apology to Japan over offensive comments posted on Facebook by its head of online public diplomacy. The...
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner Will Resign as Sex Scandal Spirals
NBC San Diego - San Diego Mayor Bob Filner has agreed to resign as part of a deal reached this week with city officials, NBC 7...
U.S. Sanctions Hezbollah Leaders
Ynet - The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on four leaders of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah for alleged operations in Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East. The...
Mubarak Could be Placed Under House Arrest After Release From Prison
NBC - Egypt's deposed autocrat Hosni Mubarak could be freed from prison and placed under house arrest Thursday, deepening the country's deadly divisions following the...
