DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria on Sunday rejected Turkey’s allegations that it was behind two car bombs that killed 46 people in Turkey and wounded dozens more.
Category Archive: Middle East
May 12
Filipino UN peacekeepers released
Four Filipino UN peacekeepers abducted while patrolling between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights are released, officials say.
May 11
Iran’s Rafsanjani registers for presidential race
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s powerful former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has entered the race for the June presidential election.
May 11
Suicide tanker truck kills 3 people in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say that a suicide tanker truck packed with explosives blew up outside the home of an army intelligence officer, killing three people and wounding 18 others in the country’s north.
May 11
Mubarak retrial in Egypt to include new evidence
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian prosecutors say they are presenting new evidence in the retrial of former President Hosni Mubarak.
May 11
Iran politicians register for presidential race
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian election authorities say several new high-profile politicians including hardliners, reformists, and allies of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have registered for the June 14 presidential elections.
May 11
Turkey says Syria used chemical arms
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has evidence that Syria has used chemical weapons in the fight against rebel forces.
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