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• Assad brother's forces overrun Damascus district
• Lost boys of Bagram still live in prison's shadow
• Emboldened Syrian rebels push into Aleppo
• Veteran envoy to give Saudi intelligence diplomatic savvy
• 18 killed in sundown bombings in 2 Iraqi towns
• Iraq attacks kill 17 as Al-Qaeda posts warning
• Bombs kill 20 and wound 80 across Iraq
• Turkey helicopter crashes in Kurd region; 4 killed
• Obama to comfort families of movie theater victims
• Al-Qaida: We're returning to old Iraq strongholds
• Military helicopter crashes in Turkey
• Syrian rebels say fight for Aleppo has begun
• Report: Military helicopter crashes in southeast Turkey; soldiers injured
• Report: Military helicopter crashes in Turkey
• First online statement from new Iraqi al-Qaida leader says group returning to old strongholds
• Marine Corps creates law enforcement battalions
• Iran's "chicken crisis" is simmering political issue
• Baghdad lacking 750,000 homes: investment chief
• How "Damascus Volcano" erupted in Assad's stronghold
• Syrian rebels fight to control Aleppo as government retakes Damascus
• Fleeing Syrian Kurds seek refuge with Iraqi brethren
• Top CEOs unite to oppose HIV travel restrictions
• Syrian troops retake border crossing from rebels
• Syrian forces bombard Damascus, fight rages in Aleppo
• Syrian rebels capture third border post with Turkey
• Egyptians throng former spy chief Suleiman's funeral
• Fleece Blankets Donated to Operation Care Package for Homeless Veterans
• Syrian uprising reaches Aleppo as rebels target pillars of regime power

Assad brother's forces overrun Damascus district Posted: 22 Jul 2012 04:08 PM PDT BAB AL-SALAM, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian troops commanded by the brother of President Bashar al-Assad and backed by helicopter gunships have driven rebel fighters out of a district of Damascus a week after the insurgents launched a major assault on the capital. Members of the Syrian army's Fourth Division under the command of Maher al-Assad, a feared hardliner, executed several young men during the operation to regain control of the northern Damascus district of Barzeh, a witness and activists said. ...

Lost boys of Bagram still live in prison's shadow Posted: 22 Jul 2012 02:58 PM PDT KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - During some sleepless nights when his stark bedroom walls remind him too much of his old prison cell in Afghanistan, Jan Sher Khan scans Internet dating sites he'd heard about from U.S. soldiers who once guarded him. The 24-year-old Pakistani never contacts anyone on the dating sites. He doesn't know how he'd tell them he spent more than six years in the U.S. military prison of Bagram after being detained as a 16-year-old and accused of being a suicide bomber. ...

Emboldened Syrian rebels push into Aleppo Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:45 PM PDT A new rebel group boasting some 1,000 fighters launched an operation Sunday to capture Syria's largest city, Aleppo, while government troops using helicopter gunships and heavy artillery rolled back opposition gains in the capital Damascus.

Veteran envoy to give Saudi intelligence diplomatic savvy Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:38 PM PDT The appointment of Saudi Arabia's longtime envoy to the United States as intelligence chief marks an attempt to give the service a diplomatic edge at a time of turmoil in the region, analysts say.

18 killed in sundown bombings in 2 Iraqi towns Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:32 PM PDT Bombs struck two Sunni towns at sundown Sunday just as Iraqis were preparing to break their holy day's fast, killing 18 and wounding more than 50, officials said. Two earlier bomb blasts killed a policeman and wounded dozens of people.

Iraq attacks kill 17 as Al-Qaeda posts warning Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:16 PM PDT Bombings across Iraq killed 17 people on Sunday, the country's deadliest day in nearly three weeks, as Al-Qaeda warned it would target judges and prosecutors, and look to free Muslim prisoners.

Bombs kill 20 and wound 80 across Iraq Posted: 22 Jul 2012 11:09 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Car bombs in two towns south of Baghdad and in the Iraqi city of Najaf killed a total of 20 people on Sunday and wounded 80, police and hospital sources said, in one of the most violent days of the past two weeks. Three car bombs killed 11 people and wounded 38 in Mahmudiya, a town 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, according to police. The first detonated in a car in a parking lot, the second in another car as police arrived at the scene and a third at the town's police station, the police sources said. ...

Turkey helicopter crashes in Kurd region; 4 killed Posted: 22 Jul 2012 11:02 AM PDT A Turkish paramilitary helicopter crashed Sunday in a southeastern region where troops are fighting Kurdish rebels, killing four security personnel on board, officials said. Eight others were injured.

Obama to comfort families of movie theater victims Posted: 22 Jul 2012 10:15 AM PDT President Barack Obama again steps into the role of consoler-in-chief during a visit Sunday with distraught families of those gunned down in a minute and a half of horror at a midnight movie showing in Aurora, Colo.

Al-Qaida: We're returning to old Iraq strongholds Posted: 22 Jul 2012 10:11 AM PDT The first online statement from the new leader of al-Qaida's affiliate in Iraq claims that the militant network is returning to strongholds from which it was driven by U.S. forces and their Sunni allies before the American withdrawal at the end of last year.

Military helicopter crashes in Turkey Posted: 22 Jul 2012 10:04 AM PDT A military helicopter crashed on Sunday in southeast Turkey where troops are fighting Kurdish rebels, killing three soldiers on board, an official said. Four other soldiers were injured.

Syrian rebels say fight for Aleppo has begun Posted: 22 Jul 2012 09:08 AM PDT A new rebel alliance said Sunday it had launched an offensive to "liberate" Syria's largest city, Aleppo, while government troops backed by helicopter gunships wrested back control of rebel-held neighborhoods in the capital Damascus.

Report: Military helicopter crashes in southeast Turkey; soldiers injured Posted: 22 Jul 2012 08:28 AM PDT ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's state-run television says a military helicopter has crashed in southeast Turkey where troops are fighting Kurdish rebels.

Report: Military helicopter crashes in Turkey Posted: 22 Jul 2012 08:25 AM PDT Turkey's state-run television says a military helicopter has crashed in southeast Turkey where troops are fighting Kurdish rebels.

First online statement from new Iraqi al-Qaida leader says group returning to old strongholds Posted: 22 Jul 2012 08:13 AM PDT CAIRO - The first online statement from the new leader of al-Qaida's affiliate in Iraq claims that the militant network is returning to the old strongholds from which it was driven by U.S. forces and their Sunni allies prior to the American withdrawal at the end of last year, and that it is preparing operations to free prisoners and assassinate court officials.

Marine Corps creates law enforcement battalions Posted: 22 Jul 2012 08:02 AM PDT The Marine Corps has created its first law enforcement battalions — a lean, specialized force of military police officers that it hopes can quickly deploy worldwide to help investigate crimes from terrorism to drug trafficking and train fledgling security forces in allied nations.

Iran's "chicken crisis" is simmering political issue Posted: 22 Jul 2012 07:59 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Earlier this month, Iran's national police chief ventured boldly into what has become known as the country's "chicken crisis." The feathers haven't stopped flying since. The soaring price for a staple food that Iranians relish cooked with saffron, plums or pomegranates has become such a hot topic of public debate, and a sign of the sinking purchasing power of many Iranians, that Police Chief Esmail Ahmadi Moghaddam felt it his duty to intervene. ...

Baghdad lacking 750,000 homes: investment chief Posted: 22 Jul 2012 07:30 AM PDT Baghdad needs 750,000 new homes to make up for a massive housing shortfall, Iraq's investment commission chief said on Sunday as he called for bidders for a new property development project.

How "Damascus Volcano" erupted in Assad's stronghold Posted: 22 Jul 2012 06:55 AM PDT (Reuters) - As darkness descended over Damascus on Saturday, July 14, few of its 1.7 million residents could have had any inkling that an all-out battle to wrest the city from the grasp of President Bashar al-Assad was about to begin. Insurgents gave the operation a name that reflected their hopes of a successful surprise attack on a city long regarded as an impregnable fortress for the Assad family: "Damascus Volcano and Syrian Earthquake". ...

Syrian rebels fight to control Aleppo as government retakes Damascus Posted: 22 Jul 2012 06:40 AM PDT BEIRUT - Syrian rebels have launched an offensive to "liberate" the country's largest city of Aleppo, an opposition commander said Sunday, while in Damascus government troops backed by helicopter gunships wrested back control of rebel-held neighbourhoods.

Fleeing Syrian Kurds seek refuge with Iraqi brethren Posted: 22 Jul 2012 06:39 AM PDT CAMP DOMIZ, Iraq (Reuters) - Syrian troops usually came before dawn, rounding up young Kurdish men to force them into an army they did not see as their own and into a fight for a government that treated them as outsiders. When they came, Syrian law student Ahmed slipped out, leaving his family and crossing the border in April into Iraqi Kurdistan to join thousands of Syrian Kurds now living among their Iraqi brethren in a refugee camp or homes of relatives. As Syria's crisis escalates, Syria's Kurdish provinces have been spared most of the violence. ...

Top CEOs unite to oppose HIV travel restrictions Posted: 22 Jul 2012 06:37 AM PDT Chief executives of more than 20 multinational corporations called Sunday on 46 countries to lift restrictions on travellers who are HIV positive.

Syrian troops retake border crossing from rebels Posted: 22 Jul 2012 05:32 AM PDT Iraqi security officials and state TV say the Syrian military has retaken control of a border crossing from rebel fighters who seized it a day earlier.

Syrian forces bombard Damascus, fight rages in Aleppo Posted: 22 Jul 2012 04:28 AM PDT BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces bombarded three districts of Damascus with helicopter gunships on Sunday, witnesses said, clawing back territory from rebels a week after the fighters launched what they called a final battle for the capital. Fighting also raged around the main intelligence headquarters in Syria's biggest city, Aleppo -- the country's main commercial and industrial hub -- and in Deir al-Zor on the Euprhates river, the largest city in the east. ...

Syrian rebels capture third border post with Turkey Posted: 22 Jul 2012 03:52 AM PDT ANTAKYA, Turkey (Reuters) - Syrian rebels captured a third border crossing with Turkey from President Bashar al-Assad's forces on Sunday, rebel commanders and a Turkish official said. "The Free Syrian Army has taken control of the Bab al-Salam crossing, but Assad's forces are bombarding our positions from afar," said Ahmed Zaidan, spokesman for an opposition group called the Higher Council of the Revolution's Leadership. ...

Egyptians throng former spy chief Suleiman's funeral Posted: 22 Jul 2012 01:08 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Thousands of well-wishers and Egypt's military brass gathered on Saturday for the funeral of the country's former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, a key figure in the fallen Mubarak regime who died this week in hospital in the United States. Supporters of Suleiman chanted "God is great" and "in the name of God," as his casket was hoisted atop a horse-drawn cart after a ceremony at the Al Rashdan Mosque in Cairo's Heliopolis district. ...

Fleece Blankets Donated to Operation Care Package for Homeless Veterans Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:42 PM PDT Operation Care Package Received a donation of fleece blankets from Crooked Brook. Operation Care Package is a volunteer public charity that sends care packages and letters of encouragement to those who have served, and are currently serving in the US military. A leader in the promotional products and decorated apparel industry, Crooked Brook ships personalized fleece blankets and wholesale fleece blankets nationwide. ...

Syrian uprising reaches Aleppo as rebels target pillars of regime power Posted: 21 Jul 2012 06:20 PM PDT BEIRUT - Riding a wave of momentum, Syrian rebels made a run on Aleppo Saturday in some of the fiercest fighting seen in the country's largest city, which has been a key bastion of support for President Bashar Assad over the course of the 17-month-old uprising.

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