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• Diplomats hail new Iranian attitude in nuke talks
• HOPEFUL SIGNS AUGUR WELL FOR NEW U.S.-IRAN RELATIONSHIP
• GOP senator blocks Air Force nominee over aircraft
• Interpol issues alert for British terror widow
• World powers edge closer to UN deal on Syria
• Syria's other toll: cultural gems stolen, looted
• Arabs battle Syrian Kurds as Assad's foes fragment
• Second al-Qaida commander dies in Syria infighting
• Syria’s Many Battlefields: Islamist Rebels Wage War Against the Kurds
• Rouhani insists Iran doesn't want nuclear weapons
• Jihadists torch statues, crosses in Syria churches
• Islamist fighters in Syria shove US-friendly rebels aside
• Russia offers to guard Syria arms destruction
• Turkish security forces capture most Kurds who tunneled out of jail
• Market blasts kill 22 in Baghdad area
• Russia to guard destruction of Syria chemical arms
• Bomb attacks at markets in, near Baghdad kill 23
• Mortar round kills one at Iraq consulate, Damascus
• Bahrain stung by Obama comment on sectarian tensions
• Special Report: Hezbollah gambles all in Syria
• Poor and desperate, Syrian refugees beg on Yemen's streets
• Bomb blasts in markets across Baghdad kill 23 people
• Bomb attacks at markets in, near Baghdad kill 21
• Turkish security forces recapture Kurds who tunneled out of jail
• Bombing at Baghdad market kills 7 people
• Today in History
• Foreign weapons sent to rebels in Syria worry Iraq
• Bahrain's Ambassador to the United States releases statement in response to President Obama's speech at the UN General Assembly
• Foreign weapons sent to Syrian rebels worry Iraq

Diplomats hail new Iranian attitude in nuke talks Posted: 26 Sep 2013 03:39 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and the other permanent members of the U.N. Security Council said Thursday they were pleased by a new tone and attitude from Iran in talks aimed at resolving the impasse over its nuclear program and set a new round of negotiations for next month.

HOPEFUL SIGNS AUGUR WELL FOR NEW U.S.-IRAN RELATIONSHIP Posted: 26 Sep 2013 03:30 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- It is simply impossible to understand Iran today -- with its layer upon layer of advanced fanaticism -- without understanding the historic and spiritual chaos of 1978.Washington's favorite, the Shah of Iran, had been ruling since the early 1950s, when the United States and Britain overthrew Mohammad Mossadegh, a progressive reformer. To everyone's surprise, the Shah had been ruling Iran like an enlightened dictator. As the construction boom exploded in the cities, there were jobs everywhere for the village boys. Women were free. ...

GOP senator blocks Air Force nominee over aircraft Posted: 26 Sep 2013 03:17 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Kelly Ayotte is blocking Senate action on President Barack Obama's nominee for Air Force secretary until she gets answers about the fate of the military's A-10 attack aircraft.

Interpol issues alert for British terror widow Posted: 26 Sep 2013 02:10 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — The tabloids call her "the white widow," a British-born Muslim convert who was married to one of the suicide bombers in the 2005 attack on London's transit system. And for days now, the British media have been rife with speculation she took part in the terrorist takeover at a Nairobi shopping mall.

World powers edge closer to UN deal on Syria Posted: 26 Sep 2013 01:27 PM PDT Damascus (AFP) - UN Security Council members edged closer Thursday to a resolution reinforcing a US-Russian deal under which President Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime will hand over its chemical weapons.

Syria's other toll: cultural gems stolen, looted Posted: 26 Sep 2013 01:20 PM PDT New York City (AFP) - Besides killing more than 100,000 people, Syria's civil war is exacting another irreparable toll as historic sites and artworks are looted or destroyed in the fighting.

Arabs battle Syrian Kurds as Assad's foes fragment Posted: 26 Sep 2013 12:38 PM PDT By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels and al Qaeda-linked fighters clashed with Kurds in northern Syria on Thursday, activists said, in a battle for territory highlighting the country's descent towards sectarian and ethnic fiefdoms after two years of war. The heavy fighting in the town of Atma on the border with Turkey's Hatay province followed outbreaks of internecine conflict by rival rebel forces elsewhere, which have undermined their military campaign to topple President Bashar al-Assad. ...

Second al-Qaida commander dies in Syria infighting Posted: 26 Sep 2013 11:49 AM PDT DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A local al-Qaida commander was killed Thursday in northern Syria in ongoing clashes with Kurdish militiamen, the second to die in a week of infighting between extremist and moderate rebel factions.

Syria’s Many Battlefields: Islamist Rebels Wage War Against the Kurds Posted: 26 Sep 2013 11:29 AM PDT Last Wednesday, when jihadi fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) captured Azaz, a Syrian town barely four miles from the Turkish border, alarm bells sounded in Ankara, Brussels and Washington. An al-Qaeda franchise had just set up shop on NATO's doorstep. But that was hardly the only flashpoint along the fractious Turkey-Syria border. About 170 miles east, jihadists have been laying siege to another key border crossing, Ras al-Ayn, for months.

Rouhani insists Iran doesn't want nuclear weapons Posted: 26 Sep 2013 11:13 AM PDT Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said today that "no nation should possess nuclear weapons" and that any use of them would be a "crime against humanity."

Jihadists torch statues, crosses in Syria churches Posted: 26 Sep 2013 10:36 AM PDT Beirut (AFP) - Jihadist fighters linked to Al-Qaeda set fire to statues and crosses inside churches in northern Syria on Thursday and destroyed a cross on a church clock tower, a watchdog said.

Islamist fighters in Syria shove US-friendly rebels aside Posted: 26 Sep 2013 10:13 AM PDT A new coalition of Islamist rebel factions in Syria is refusing to recognize a leading Syrian political opposition group, potentially dealing a major blow to Western efforts to hold a peace conference to end more than two years of bloodshed.

Russia offers to guard Syria arms destruction Posted: 26 Sep 2013 09:23 AM PDT DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Russia offered on Thursday to provide troops to guard facilities where Syria's chemical weapons would be destroyed, as U.N. inspectors prepared to continue their probe on the use of such agents in the country's civil war.

Turkish security forces capture most Kurds who tunneled out of jail Posted: 26 Sep 2013 07:32 AM PDT DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - All but one of the 18 Kurds who broke out of a prison by digging a 70-metre tunnel in southeastern Turkey have been caught, officials said. The escapees, who were either convicted of, or charged with having ties to the illegal Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), escaped on Wednesday from a prison outside the city of Bingol. The provincial governor released a statement saying 17 fugitives had been caught near the village of Ortacanak, which is a mountainous, wooded area about 16 km (10 miles) from Bingol, after security forces launched an operation. ...

Market blasts kill 22 in Baghdad area Posted: 26 Sep 2013 06:52 AM PDT Baghdad (AFP) - Bombings hit two markets in Baghdad province on Thursday, killing at least 22 people, while gunmen shot dead five members of one family south of the Iraqi capital, officials said.

Russia to guard destruction of Syria chemical arms Posted: 26 Sep 2013 06:35 AM PDT DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Russia offered on Thursday to provide troops to guard facilities where Syria's chemical weapons would be destroyed, as U.N. inspectors prepared to continue their probe on the use of such agents in the country's civil war.

Bomb attacks at markets in, near Baghdad kill 23 Posted: 26 Sep 2013 04:22 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombs ripped through outdoor markets in and near Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 23 people and wounding dozens, the latest in a deadly wave that has hit Iraq in recent months, officials said.

Mortar round kills one at Iraq consulate, Damascus Posted: 26 Sep 2013 04:12 AM PDT Damascus (AFP) - An Iraqi woman was killed on Thursday when a mortar round slammed into Iraq's consulate in the Syrian capital Damascus, a diplomat told AFP.

Bahrain stung by Obama comment on sectarian tensions Posted: 26 Sep 2013 04:08 AM PDT By Yara Bayoumy DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain voiced disappointment with President Barack Obama's description of the kingdom as beset by sectarian tension, arguing its problem was with "terrorists" who fomented division. Bahrain has been rocked by almost daily clashes by members of the Shi'ite Muslim majority since February 2011, when it quelled a Shi'ite-led uprising demanding the Sunni al-Khalifa dynasty give up power. In a speech to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, Obama mentioned "efforts to resolve sectarian tensions that continue to surface in places like Iraq, Bahrain and Syria". ...

Special Report: Hezbollah gambles all in Syria Posted: 26 Sep 2013 03:59 AM PDT By Samia Nakhoul BEIRUT (Reuters) - In the photograph the two robed men stand shoulder-to-shoulder, one tall and erect, the other more heavyset. Both smile for the camera. The picture from Tehran is a rare record of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meeting Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shi'ite paramilitary group. ...

Poor and desperate, Syrian refugees beg on Yemen's streets Posted: 26 Sep 2013 03:54 AM PDT By Yara Bayoumy SANAA/ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - Fleeing the bloodshed and destruction of civil war in Syria, Yosra Mustafa and 15 members of her extended family crossed into Turkey, but found life there too expensive. They tried their luck with Jordan, but were refused entry. Lebanon came to nothing. Never would they have expected to end up in Yemen, one of the world's poorest countries, itself riven by Islamist insurgency, rebellion by a northern Shi'ite group and separatist unrest in the south. "There is nowhere else to go to now. ...

Bomb blasts in markets across Baghdad kill 23 people Posted: 26 Sep 2013 03:10 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombs left inside busy markets in mainly Sunni Muslim districts of Baghdad killed at least 23 people on Thursday, police said. The deadliest attack took place in Saba'a al-Bour on the capital's northern outskirts, where three bombs killed at least 15 people. In the Doura district of southern Baghdad, a bomb exploded in another market, killing at least eight people, police said. Relations between Iraq's communities have come under acute strain from the civil war in neighboring Syria, where mainly Sunni rebels are fighting to overthrow a leader backed by Shi'ite Iran. ...

Bomb attacks at markets in, near Baghdad kill 21 Posted: 26 Sep 2013 02:42 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombs ripped through outdoor markets in and near Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 21 people and wounding dozens, the latest in a deadly wave that has hit Iraq in recent months, officials said.

Turkish security forces recapture Kurds who tunneled out of jail Posted: 26 Sep 2013 01:30 AM PDT DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - All 18 Kurds who broke out of a prison by digging a 70-metre tunnel in southeastern Turkey have been caught, officials said. The escapees, who were either convicted of, or charged with having ties to the illegal Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), escaped on Wednesday from a prison outside the city of Bingol. Security forces captured them in a mountainous, wooded area near the village of Ortacanak, some 16 km (10 miles) from Bingol, officials said. Four of the fugitives were in prison pending trial on charges of belonging to or aiding the PKK. ...

Bombing at Baghdad market kills 7 people Posted: 26 Sep 2013 01:05 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say a bombing at an outdoor market in southern Baghdad has killed seven people, including two women.

Today in History Posted: 25 Sep 2013 09:01 PM PDT Today is Thursday, Sept. 26, the 269th day of 2013. There are 96 days left in the year.

Foreign weapons sent to rebels in Syria worry Iraq Posted: 25 Sep 2013 06:39 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Iraq's top diplomat warned outside nations Wednesday not to send military aid to Syria's rebellion for fear they could assist jihadist groups that he said might have a role in a future government in Damascus.

Bahrain's Ambassador to the United States releases statement in response to President Obama's speech at the UN General Assembly Posted: 25 Sep 2013 06:35 PM PDT WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bahrain's Ambassador to the United States, Houda Nonoo, released the following statement on her blog in response to President Barack Obama's comments on Bahrain in his speech to the UN General Assembly:"Yesterday, as I listened to President Obama deliver his speech at the 68th session of the General Assembly, I was disappointed to hear him compare the situation in Bahrain to that of the current situation in Iraq and the unfolding tragedies in Syria. ...

Foreign weapons sent to Syrian rebels worry Iraq Posted: 25 Sep 2013 05:33 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Iraq's foreign minister says outside nations should not supply weapons to any of Syria's rebels for fear they could fall into the hands of extremist or terror groups.

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