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May 8, 2013
10:49 pm

A video released by Syrian rebel group Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade, shows four kidnapped UN peacekeepers (image capture: YouTube)

Syrian rebels claim UN peacekeepers free to go

United Nations doesn’t confirm report that Filipino soldiers who were kidnapped near Israeli border are on their way home

By Ilan Ben Zion and Agam Rafaeli

February 25, 2013
5:38 pm

An Israeli border policeman fires rubber bullets at stone-throwing Palestinian protesters during clashes outside Israel's Ofer military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, February 24, 2013 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Egypt condemns Israel for prisoner’s death

Foreign Ministry dismisses criticism of ‘inhuman practices’; UN calls for ‘transparent investigation’ into Palestinian inmate’s death

By Ilan Ben Zion and Agam Rafaeli

February 24, 2013
8:04 pm

George Sabra, head of the main Syrian opposition bloc in exile, the Syrian National Council, on November 10, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Osama Faisal)

Hezbollah occupying areas of Syria, rebels claim

Opposition leader George Sabra calls on the Arab League to take steps against the Iranian-backed militia’s intervention in civil war

By Ilan Ben Zion and Agam Rafaeli