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| Israel, Syria ceasefire jeopardised by Golan violence: UN |
| Escalating violence in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights is jeopardising a four-decade old ceasefire between Israel and Syria, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report to the UN Security Council on Wednesday. |
| Police clear Istanbul protest square after clashes |
| Demonstrators retreated from an Istanbul protest square on Wednesday after a night of running battles with riot police as Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan clamped down on mass demos against his government. |
| Lebanon army warns it will respond to new Syria raids |
| Lebanon’s army said it will respond immediately to any further cross-border attacks by the Syrian military after a helicopter gunship attacked the eastern town of Arsal on Wednesday. |
| Activists: Syrian rebel attack kills 60 |
| Activists say Syrian rebels have attacked a village in the country’s east, killing dozens there, mostly pro-government fighters. |
| Austrian UN peacekeepers begin Golan pullout |
| Austria’s UN peacekeepers have begun withdrawing from the Golan Heights after fighting from the Syrian civil war threatened their positions last week. |
| Kerry to meet Hague for Syria talks |
| US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with his British counterpart William Hague on Wednesday to discuss Syria as Washington struggles to organize a peace conference to end the conflict. |
| Hezbollah faces Gulf sanctions |
| Gulf Arab states on Monday promised sanctions against members of the Lebanese group Hezbollah in retaliation for its intervention in Syria’s civil war in support of President Bashar Al Assad. |
| Al Zamil starts work at BD9m housing project |
| The leading Shariah compliant property developers, Kuwait-based Al Zamil International Real Estate Company, has commenced construction work on the BD9 million new housing project “Durrat Al Areen”, which is part of the flagship, Al Areen Development project. |
| Bombs hit square in Syrian capital, 2 killed |
| Two explosions hit a central Damascus square Tuesday, killing two people, activists and the state media reported. State TV said the blasts were caused by suicide bombers, while activists said they were bombs planted there in advance. |
| Syria rebels converge on airbase as US mulls support |
| Syrian rebels have clashed with government troops after converging on a military airport in Aleppo, a monitoring group and state media said, as the United States said it was considering “all possible options” to help the opposition. |
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