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Topic: al-Arabiya

April 24, 2013
3:28 pm

Iraqi army soldiers drive out of Hawija, 150 miles (240 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 23, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Hadi Mizban)

For Iraq, civil war looms nearer

‘We Muslims are not terrorists; we even help apprehend them,’ says gas station attendant who led cops to Tsarnaev brothers

By Elhanan Miller

March 16, 2013
7:56 pm

Syrian army pushes back rebels (Photo by Hamad Almakt/Flash90)

High-ranking Syrian general defects from army

Maj. Gen. Mohammed Ezz al-Din Khalouf says that morale in Assad’s army is low and that many have lost faith in the regime

By Ben Hubbard

February 22, 2013
3:39 am

Illustrative of underwear meant to save a soldier's genitals (screenshot: YouTube/CNN)

IEDs no match for mighty tighty whities

Genitals targeted for protection with underwear worthy of Superman

By Times of Israel staff

February 15, 2013
3:01 pm

Syrians who fled their homes with their families gather around a fire to warm themselves at a makeshift vegetable store in a camp for displaced persons in the village of Atmeh, Syria in December. (photo credit: AP/Muhammed Muheisen)

Not even the Nazis did what Assad’s doing, says ex-Syrian PM

Defected leader claims Iran is ‘actively running’ Syria days after reports surfaced that Islamic Republic, Hezbollah are building networks of militias there

By Michal Shmulovich

February 5, 2013
8:00 pm

A Free Syrian Army fighter takes cover during fighting with the Syrian Army in Azaz, Syria on Monday. (photo credit: AP/Virginie Nguyen Huang)

Syrian lawmaker rejects rebels’ conditions for talks

Obama administration says those with ‘blood on their hands’ in Syria need to be held accountable

January 15, 2013
7:37 pm

Avichay Adraee's official IDF photo, via Facebook (photo credit: Publicity)

IDF beefs up security on spokesmen after death threats

Photos circulated of Avichay Adraee, head of the army’s Arabic desk, with a bullet in his forehead

By Michal Shmulovich

January 1, 2013
8:57 pm

Journalists for al-Arabiya on the border of the Gaza Strip (illustrative photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Watchdog ‘shocked’ by Hamas ban on journalists talking to Israelis

Reporters Without Borders say decision threatens freedom of press, ‘will create problems’ for Palestinian journalists

By Aaron Kalman

November 22, 2012
6:53 pm

AFP is once again complicit in a Hamas lie

The French news agency is the only one not to retract the claim that Israel killed Mahmoud Sadallah

By Tamar Sternthal

November 14, 2012
2:02 am

Palestinians youths sit in front of computers at the local internet cafe in the Shoafat refugee camp (photo credit: Michal Fattal /Flash90)

Porn sites feature on Islamic countries’ most-visited online rankings

From the web Al-Arabiya: Five adult sites in Egypt’s top-100, according to web-tracking service

November 7, 2012
1:34 am

Smoke rises from the city during heavy bombing from military warplanes, in Houla, Syria, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (photo credit: Shaam News Network/AP)

Syria envoy warns country could turn into Somalia

If civil war doesn’t end soon, militias and warlords could take over, Lakhdar Brahimi says

By Zeina Karam

October 13, 2012
11:00 pm

The Hezbollah flag flying in Lebanon. (photo credit: CC BY upyernoz, Flickr)

Israel denies report that Hezbollah CFO has defected to Israel with embezzled funds

Hassan Fahs, who heads the group’s communications network, said to have crossed border with $5 million

By Yifa Yaakov

October 2, 2012
8:35 pm

Lebanese army soldiers run from a sniper at an outdoor market in Tripoli in August. (photo credit: AP)

Leaked files: Assad ordered killing of Muslim cleric to instigate civil war in Lebanon

From the web Al-Arabiya: Much of the recent violence near Tripoli was an attempt by the Syrian president to draw neighbor into conflict

September 29, 2012
11:11 pm

Illustrative photo of a Turkish F-4 fighter jet. (photo credit: CC BY Jerry Gunner, Flickr)

Russia told Assad to shoot down Turkish plane, murder captured pilots, ‘leaked Syrian documents’ show

Devastating intelligence papers purport to prove jet was downed on Moscow’s orders, pilots captured alive by intelligence unit and then killed; Damascus had claimed June incident was an accident

By Yifa Yaakov and Times of Israel staff

September 21, 2012
11:34 pm

In this Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012 photo, a wounded woman, still in shock, leaves Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)

Iraq bars Syria-bound plane with suspected arms

Decision could close supply line for Assad; US seeks ban of Iranian aircraft with similar cargo

By Karin Laub

July 1, 2012
5:52 pm

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, center (photo credit: AP/Ali Haider)

Iraqi PM says Baghdad welcomes all ties, except with Israel

From the web Leader says Iraq’s ‘nonpartisan approach with other countries in the world should be reciprocal,’ Al-Arabiya reports

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