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Israel says it seized Iranian arms shipment for Hezbollah

AFP Global Edition 3 days ago

Israel said on Wednesday that commandos had intercepted a ship carrying "hundreds of tonnes" of arms from Iran to Hezbollah in a raid dozens of miles off its coast but both Iran and Syria denied the cargo was headed to the Lebanese ...

Israel seizes major Iranian arms shipment: military

AFP Global Edition 3 days ago

Israeli naval commandos intercepted a ship carrying "hundreds of tonnes" of arms from Iran to the Lebanese Hezbollah militia in a raid dozens of miles off its coast, officials said on Wednesday. "We found dozens of containers, with hundreds of tonnes of ...

Israel intercepts ship carrying weapons: military

AFP Global Edition 3 days ago

Israeli naval commandos and warships have intercepted a ship "apparently" carrying weapons from Iran to the Lebanese Hezbollah militia in a raid dozens of miles off its coast, officials said on Wednesday. "During the night a special marine force intercepted a ship ...

US court rejects Canadian's 'rendition' lawsuit

AFP American Edition 5 days ago

A New York appeals courts on Monday rejected a lawsuit by a Canadian man whom the United States accused of terror links and deported to Syria, where he says he was tortured. The closely-watched case was brought by Maher Arar, who sought ...

Canadian sent to Syria can't sue U.S. over torture

Reuters US Online Report World News 5 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Canadian man who was detained at a New York airport and then moved to Syria, where he says he was tortured, cannot sue the United States, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday. Maher Arar, a Syrian-born ...

Syria, Iran 'blocking Lebanon government'

AFP Global Edition 5 days ago

Hezbollah's backers Iran and Syria are hindering the formation of a cabinet in Lebanon, which has been without government since a general vote in June, Christian leader Samir Geagea said on Monday. "The regional forces that support the parliamentary minority have no ...

Syria's Assad says US ties better but could still improve

AFP Global Edition 6 days ago

US President Barack Obama's administration has replaced the orders of his predecessor's era with "dialogue" but there is still room for an improvement in relations, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said. "What has happened so far is a new approach. Dialogue has replaced ...

U.S. wants better ties with Syria: senior official

Reuters US Online Report Politics News 10 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States wants to move beyond dialogue to a more constructive relationship with Syria but will not trade away Lebanon's sovereignty to do so, a senior State Department official said on Wednesday. Jeffrey Feltman, Assistant Secretary of State ...

Syria ready to resume talks with Israel: president

AFP Global Edition 10 days ago

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said here Wednesday that his country was ready to resume suspended talks with Israel and called on European nations to help in the process. "As far as it concerns us in Syria we have national support to continue ...

UN to text message food vouchers to Iraqi refugees

AFP Global Edition 11 days ago

Iraqi refugees in Syria will receive UN food vouchers through text messages on mobile phones, the World Food Programme said Tuesday. In a test project targeting 1,000 Iraqi refugee families, the United Nations agency will send a 22-dollar (15-euro) voucher every two ...

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