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• Syria Kurds rout jihadists on Iraq border
• Syrian Kurds capture border crossing with Iraq
• Militants say ex-army major carried out Cairo suicide attack
• UN-Arab League envoy: Iran 'necessary' at Syria talks
• Kurdish fighters seize Syrian border post from Islamists
• Activists: Syrian Kurds capture border post
• Group: Egyptian ex-army officer was suicide bomber
• Ten killed in Iraq violence
• Gunmen kill 2 Sunni fighters, 5 relatives in Iraq
• The Sunni-Shiite war
• Gunfight pits Afghan against foreign soldiers - one dead
• What It Takes to Get Fired From the Obama Administration
• Analysis: Obama's aversion to Mideast conflicts fuels backlash from allies

Syria Kurds rout jihadists on Iraq border Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:12 AM PDT Damascus (AFP) - Syrian Kurds drove jihadists from an Iraq border crossing in fierce clashes Saturday, activists said, as the UN-Arab League envoy took his regional peace mission to regime ally Iran.

Syrian Kurds capture border crossing with Iraq Posted: 26 Oct 2013 10:35 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian Kurdish gunmen on Saturday seized a major border crossing with Iraq from al-Qaida-linked groups following intense infighting between rebel groups that raised concerns of a spillover, activists and an Iraqi official said.

Militants say ex-army major carried out Cairo suicide attack Posted: 26 Oct 2013 09:30 AM PDT By Hadeel Al Shalchi CAIRO (Reuters) - A Sinai-based Islamist militant group that claimed a September assassination attempt on Egypt's interior minister released a video on Saturday saying a former major in the army carried out the suicide bombing. The video, which Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis released on militant websites, runs to 30 minutes and identifies former major Waleed Badr as being responsible for the attack, but does not say if he was a member of the group. ...

UN-Arab League envoy: Iran 'necessary' at Syria talks Posted: 26 Oct 2013 09:18 AM PDT Tehran (AFP) - The UN-Arab League envoy to war-torn Syria said Saturday in Tehran that Iran's participation in international peace talks on the conflict was "necessary," Mehr news agency reported.

Kurdish fighters seize Syrian border post from Islamists Posted: 26 Oct 2013 07:33 AM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Kurdish militants seized a Syrian border post on the frontier with Iraq early on Saturday, fighters and monitors said, after three days of clashes with an al Qaeda-linked group which had held the crossing since March. The armed Kurdish group YPG told Reuters fighting carried on through the day and a senior security official on the Iraqi side of the crossing said he could hear gunshots, mortar fire and shelling. ...

Activists: Syrian Kurds capture border post Posted: 26 Oct 2013 07:04 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian Kurdish fighters on Saturday captured the sole border post held by al-Qaida-linked groups on the border with Iraq, a major source of the militants' support, activists and an Iraqi official said.

Group: Egyptian ex-army officer was suicide bomber Posted: 26 Oct 2013 06:39 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — An ex-Egyptian army officer carried out the suicide bombing last month that unsuccessfully targeted the country's interior minister, a video posted online Saturday by al-Qaida-inspired militants claims.

Ten killed in Iraq violence Posted: 26 Oct 2013 04:41 AM PDT Baghdad (AFP) - Attacks in Iraq killed 10 people on Saturday, seven of them from the same family, security and medical officials said.

Gunmen kill 2 Sunni fighters, 5 relatives in Iraq Posted: 26 Oct 2013 04:03 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities say gunmen broke into the home of two anti-al-Qaida militiamen in Baghdad and killed them and their entire household, a total of seven people.

The Sunni-Shiite war Posted: 26 Oct 2013 04:00 AM PDT Why is Syria so pivotal?The conflict in Syria began in March 2011 as a pro-democracy movement, like other Arab Spring uprisings. But as foreign fighters have poured in on both sides, the rebellion has morphed into a sectarian civil war that other Islamic nations see as pivotal for the entire region. Syria is the only Middle Eastern country that has a majority Sunni population but is ruled by a Shiite minority. The Assads, who took power in 1970, are Alawites, a subsect of Shia Islam that broke away in the 9th century. ...

Gunfight pits Afghan against foreign soldiers - one dead Posted: 26 Oct 2013 03:38 AM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - A gunfight broke out between Afghan and foreign soldiers on the outskirts of the capital Kabul on Saturday, killing at least one Afghan serviceman and injuring a number of other soldiers, according to Afghan and NATO officials. So-called "insider attacks" are severely straining ties between the NATO-led alliance and the Kabul authorities and further undermine waning support for the war in the West. They have become one of the Taliban insurgents' most effective weapons against the coalition. "There was an argument between an Afghan and foreign soldier inside a military base... ...

What It Takes to Get Fired From the Obama Administration Posted: 25 Oct 2013 06:19 PM PDT It's harder than you think to get the axe from the Obama administration

Analysis: Obama's aversion to Mideast conflicts fuels backlash from allies Posted: 25 Oct 2013 06:17 PM PDT By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - From Saudi Arabia to Israel, traditional U.S. allies in the Middle East are beginning to ask: Is America turning its back on us? President Barack Obama's diplomatic overtures to old foe Iran and his last-minute refusal to attack Syria have officials in Israel, the Gulf countries and Turkey wondering if Washington is deliberately neglecting them to avoid being dragged into a Middle East facing deeper sectarian strife and concerns that Tehran may be seeking a nuclear bomb. Media reports that the U.S. ...

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