2013年5月5日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Israel strikes Syria, says targeting Hezbollah arms

Posted: 05 May 2013 03:13 PM PDT

Israeli soldiers receive a briefing in the Israeli-occupied Golan HeightsBy Dominic Evans and Oliver Holmes BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israeli jets devastated Syrian targets near Damascus on Sunday in a heavy overnight air raid that Western and Israeli officials called a new strike on Iranian missiles bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah. As Syria's two-year-old civil war veered into the potentially atomic arena of Iran's confrontation with Israel and the West over its nuclear program, people were woken in the Syrian capital by explosions that shook the ground like an earthquake and sent pillars of flame high into the night sky. ...


Car bomber kills 7 in Somali capital

Posted: 05 May 2013 01:46 PM PDT

Somali security force members carry away a wounded civilian following a suicide car bomb blast in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Sunday, May 5, 2013. A Somali police official at the scene said four civilians and a soldier were killed after the suicide bomber attempted to ram a car laden with explosives into a military convoy. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Seven people were killed Sunday morning when a suicide bomber attempted to ram a car laden with explosives into a military convoy escorting a four-member Qatari delegation.


Attacks in Iraq kill 9, wound 33

Posted: 05 May 2013 12:48 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of attacks including a blast near an Internet cafe in a Sunni area of Baghdad killed nine people and wounded dozens on Sunday in and around the Iraqi capital.

Israeli raids in Syria highlight Arab conundrum

Posted: 05 May 2013 09:50 AM PDT

In this image taken from video obtained from Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, smoke and fire fill the skyline over Damascus, Syria, early Sunday, May 5, 2013 after an Israeli airstrike. Israeli warplanes struck areas in and around the Syrian capital Sunday, setting off a series of explosions as they targeted a shipment of highly accurate, Iranian-made guided missiles believed to be on their way to Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group, officials and activists said. The attack, the second in three days, signaled a sharp escalation of Israel's involvement in Syria's bloody civil war. Syria's state media reported that Israeli missiles struck a military and scientific research center near the Syrian capital and caused casualties. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)CAIRO (AP) — Five weeks ago, the head of the Arab League capped a summit in Qatar with an impassioned appeal to strengthen the rebel fighters trying to bring down Syrian President Bashar Assad. On Sunday, he denounced Israeli's airstrike into Assad's territory as a dangerous threat to regional stability.


Iran calls for stand against Israel after Syria attack

Posted: 05 May 2013 06:33 AM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran called on the region to unite against Israel after a reported attack on Syria and said it was ready to train the Damascus government's army. Israel carried out its second air strike in days on Syria early on Sunday, targeting Iranian-supplied missiles headed for Lebanon's Hezbollah, a Western intelligence source said. Tehran on Sunday denied the attack was aimed at "its missiles destined for Hezbollah resistance fighters in Lebanon," according to the Islamic state's English-language Press TV. ...

Attacks in Iraq kill 3, wound 6

Posted: 05 May 2013 05:12 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities say two attacks, including a blast near a Sunni mosque, have killed three people and wounded six others near the capital.

Car bomber kills 5 in Somali capital

Posted: 05 May 2013 02:45 AM PDT

Somali security force members carry away a wounded civilian following a suicide car bomb blast in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Sunday, May 5, 2013. A Somali police official at the scene said four civilians and a soldier were killed after the suicide bomber attempted to ram a car laden with explosives into a military convoy. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Five people were killed Sunday morning when a suicide bomber attempted to ram a car laden with explosives into a military convoy escorting a four-member Qatari delegation, an official said.


Syria news agency: Israel strikes near Damascus

Posted: 04 May 2013 08:44 PM PDT

This photo released on the official Facebook page of Syrian President Bashar Assad, shows Syrian president Bashar Assad, right, surrounded by bodyguards as young people, wave at him during the inauguration ceremony on Saturday of a statue dedicated to "martyrs" from Syrian universities who died in the country's two-year-old uprising and civil war, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, May. 4, 2013. Assad's second public appearance in a week came as Israeli officials confirmed the country's air force carried out a strike against Syria, saying it targeted a shipment of advanced missiles bound for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. (AP Photo)BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli missiles struck a research center near the Syrian capital Damascus, setting off explosions and causing casualties, Syria's state news agency reported early Sunday, citing initial reports.


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