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Israeli military helicopter crashes in the West Bank

January 16th, 2026 - 01:37 GMT

Osama Ali

Israeli military helicopter crashes in the West Bank

ALBAWABA - Several local and regional news sources say that an Israeli military helicopter crashed on Friday near the town of Kisan, which is east of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. It was confirmed by the Israeli army that the plane crashed while being moved after a technical problem earlier this week in the Gush Etzion/Etzion Brigade area. According to a statement from the army, the chopper broke away ...

Iran's parliament praised Rouhani's diplomacy with the West in a statement released Wednesday (Courtesy of Press TV)

October 3rd, 2013 - 06:21 GMT

Iranian parliamentarians praise Rouhani's bids for dialogue with the West

A Lebanese Shiite woman waves a Hezbollah and Amal movements flag as she pushes a cart past a Lebanese army forces checkpoint in the southern suburb of Beirut on September 23, 2013. Shells fired from Syria, where Hezbollah are fighting, hit northern Lebanese towns on Wednesday. (AFP)

October 3rd, 2013 - 06:18 GMT

Lebanese towns targeted by Syrian shells

Disrespecting the Egyptian flag is now punishable under law with up to a six month prison sentence or a 5,000 pound fine (Courtesy of Chris Newbould/Digital Production Middle East)

October 3rd, 2013 - 05:47 GMT

Egypt: government criminalizes disrespecting flag, EU meets with Islamists amidst clashes in Suez

The Syria-Turkey border town of Azaz has been a main point of rebel infighting between groups such as ISIS and Northern Storm (Courtesy of Zain Karam/Reuters)

October 3rd, 2013 - 05:16 GMT

Renewed rebel fighting on Syria-Turkey border

Kuwaiti courts sentenced opposition activist Mohammed al-Wushaihi to a three-month jail term because of his Twitter posts that allegedly "defamed" the former premier Sheikh Nasser Mohammed al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (Shutterstock)

October 3rd, 2013 - 04:00 GMT

Another Kuwaiti opposition activist receives jail time

The Iraqi government designated Baghdad as one of the seven severe conflict sites in its Tuesday decision to provide temporary hazard pay to security forces operating in high violence areas (Courtesy of the Telegraph)

October 2nd, 2013 - 06:10 GMT

Helicopter attack leaves more dead in Iraq

The Russian embassy in Libya was attacked earlier this year by alleged exiled activists from the Syrian opposition (Courtesy of the Voice of Russia)

October 2nd, 2013 - 05:22 GMT

Russian Embassy in Libya attacked

UGTT reported Wednesday that its top leaders, such as UGTT head Hussein Abassi, have received "serious threats" due to their efforts to end the political crisis in Tunisia through national dialogue talks (Courtesy of Voice of America)

October 2nd, 2013 - 04:32 GMT

"Threats" reported in Tunisia to undermine proposed national dialogue talks

The Turkish parliament will vote Thursday on extending its mandate that permits military intervention into Syria if its southern neighbor poses as an "open and near threat" under international law (Courtesy of the Guardian)

October 2nd, 2013 - 04:05 GMT

Syria: UN calls for cross-border aid, Turkey to vote on military mandate, and US still touting "wait and see"

Yemen's national dialogue was initiated in March, but FM Qirbi announced Wednesday that talks will be further delayed for up to three months (Courtesy of BBC)

October 2nd, 2013 - 03:23 GMT

Reconciliation talks in Yemen likely to be delayed, Al-Qaeda linked violence continues

FSA leadership claims that Assad's chemical weapons are already on the move. [almonitor]

October 2nd, 2013 - 12:11 GMT

FSA claims Assad will hide chemical weapons

Four members of the Egyptian security forces were killed on Wednesday after the helicopter they were flying in was shot down by insurgents during a military training exercise north of Baghdad. (AFP/File)

October 2nd, 2013 - 11:49 GMT

Militants shoot down Iraqi army helicopter, killing four