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Egypt: court upholds sentences of activists

An Egyptian appeals court upheld the jailing of three men who co-founded the "April 6" opposition movement that played a large role in the country's 2011 revolution.

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Russia boosts military aid to Assad

Russia is boosting military aid to the Bashar Assad regime in Syria, just as the US has finally broken off diplomatic relations with Damascus—signalling a deepening proxy war.

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Syria: jihadis target Armenians

Some 2,000 Armenians from the town of Kessab in northern Syria have taken refuge in the port city of Latakia following the occupation of their town by jihadist forces.

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Egypt court releases blogger on bail

Blogger and activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, imprisoned for violating Egypt's controversial protest law, was ordered released by a Cairo court—but still faces charges.

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Lebanon, Golan Heights at stake in Syria conflict

A suicide blast hit Lebanon's Bekaa Valley after Hezbollah fighters took a Syrian border town. Meanwhile, a Syrian opposition figure broaches selling the Golan for Israeli military aid.

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Amnesty accuses Syria government of war crimes

Amnesty International accused Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's forces of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity on Palestinian refugees at the Yarmouk camp.