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Bahrain appellate court orders closure of leftist party

Judicial authorities in Bahrain have ordered the dissolution of the opposition National Democratic Action Society (Waad), members of which were convicted earlier for “committing grave violations” and “supporting terrorism”. On Monday, Bahrain’s Court of Cassation dismissed a final...

Suicide attack on Kurdish-US convoy in Syria 'kills 5'

A suicide car bomb attack on a military convoy in northeastern Syria on Monday killed five members of a Kurdish-led force accompanying US troops in an anti-jihadist coalition, a monitor said. The attack, claimed by the Islamic State group, came less than a week after another deadly attack...

Palestine resistance groups slam Israel strike in Syria

Hamas and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) have both condemned an Israeli air attack carried out Sunday night inside Syrian territory. “We condemn this Israeli aggression, which only serves to reconfirm that the Zionist entity is the main enemy of the Ummah...

Israeli force storms W. Bank jail: Prisoners assoc.

An Israeli force on Monday stormed a section of the Israel-run Ofer Prison in the occupied West Bank and attacked Palestinian detainees, according to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)-affiliated Palestinian Prisoners Association.  Currently home to an estimated 1,200...