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All rights reservedFri, 17 Aug 2012 18:09:55 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/mideast/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/brahimi-become-syria-conflict-envoy-un-170242153.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/36yJ85nbTMSZSGyZ_d0Y1w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345222921520-2-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Lakhda Brahimi" align="left" title="Lakhda Brahimi" border="0" /></a>Lakhdar Brahimi, a veteran diplomat troubleshooter, will take over from Kofi Annan as the international envoy on the Syria conflict, the United Nations said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/brahimi-become-syria-conflict-envoy-un-170242153.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 18:09:55 -0400AFPbrahimi-become-syria-conflict-envoy-un-170242153<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/brahimi-become-syria-conflict-envoy-un-170242153.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/36yJ85nbTMSZSGyZ_d0Y1w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345222921520-2-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Lakhda Brahimi" align="left" title="Lakhda Brahimi" border="0" /></a>Lakhdar Brahimi, a veteran diplomat troubleshooter, will take over from Kofi Annan as the international envoy on the Syria conflict, the United Nations said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syria-fighting-deeply-scars-aleppo-neighborhoods-213139540.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/frZhMH0Qc.Gq2XhS8vUhcQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d726621626088917180f6a706700686f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Syrian man grieves over the bodies of four members of his family, who were killed when an airstrike hit their house, as they lie on the side of the street outside a field hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. Rebel footholds in Aleppo have been the target of weeks of Syrian shelling and air attacks as part of wider offensives by President Bashar Assad&#039;s regime. Rebels have been driven from some areas, but the report of clashes near the airport suggests the battles could be shifting to new fronts.(AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)" align="left" title="A Syrian man grieves over the bodies of four members of his family, who were killed when an airstrike hit their house, as they lie on the side of the street outside a field hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. Rebel footholds in Aleppo have been the target of weeks of Syrian shelling and air attacks as part of wider offensives by President Bashar Assad&#039;s regime. Rebels have been driven from some areas, but the report of clashes near the airport suggests the battles could be shifting to new fronts.(AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)" border="0" /></a>Entire neighborhoods of Syria&#039;s largest city bear battle scars: buildings toppled by government shells, charred tanks blown up by rebels and trash-strewn no-man&#039;s lands where neither side has full control after nearly a month of deadly street battles.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syria-fighting-deeply-scars-aleppo-neighborhoods-213139540.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 17:31:39 -0400Associated Presssyria-fighting-deeply-scars-aleppo-neighborhoods-213139540<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syria-fighting-deeply-scars-aleppo-neighborhoods-213139540.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/frZhMH0Qc.Gq2XhS8vUhcQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d726621626088917180f6a706700686f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Syrian man grieves over the bodies of four members of his family, who were killed when an airstrike hit their house, as they lie on the side of the street outside a field hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. Rebel footholds in Aleppo have been the target of weeks of Syrian shelling and air attacks as part of wider offensives by President Bashar Assad&#039;s regime. Rebels have been driven from some areas, but the report of clashes near the airport suggests the battles could be shifting to new fronts.(AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)" align="left" title="A Syrian man grieves over the bodies of four members of his family, who were killed when an airstrike hit their house, as they lie on the side of the street outside a field hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. Rebel footholds in Aleppo have been the target of weeks of Syrian shelling and air attacks as part of wider offensives by President Bashar Assad&#039;s regime. Rebels have been driven from some areas, but the report of clashes near the airport suggests the battles could be shifting to new fronts.(AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)" border="0" /></a>Entire neighborhoods of Syria&#039;s largest city bear battle scars: buildings toppled by government shells, charred tanks blown up by rebels and trash-strewn no-man&#039;s lands where neither side has full control after nearly a month of deadly street battles.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syria-clashes-near-airport-contested-aleppo-105442168.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/frZhMH0Qc.Gq2XhS8vUhcQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d726621626088917180f6a706700686f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Syrian man grieves over the bodies of four members of his family, who were killed when an airstrike hit their house, as they lie on the side of the street outside a field hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. Rebel footholds in Aleppo have been the target of weeks of Syrian shelling and air attacks as part of wider offensives by President Bashar Assad&#039;s regime. Rebels have been driven from some areas, but the report of clashes near the airport suggests the battles could be shifting to new fronts.(AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)" align="left" title="A Syrian man grieves over the bodies of four members of his family, who were killed when an airstrike hit their house, as they lie on the side of the street outside a field hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. Rebel footholds in Aleppo have been the target of weeks of Syrian shelling and air attacks as part of wider offensives by President Bashar Assad&#039;s regime. Rebels have been driven from some areas, but the report of clashes near the airport suggests the battles could be shifting to new fronts.(AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)" border="0" /></a>Government troops fought back rebels near the airport of battle-scarred Aleppo, Syria&#039;s state media said Friday, in the first official acknowledgement combat had neared a strategic gateway to the country&#039;s largest city.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syria-clashes-near-airport-contested-aleppo-105442168.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 15:12:47 -0400Associated Presssyria-clashes-near-airport-contested-aleppo-105442168<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syria-clashes-near-airport-contested-aleppo-105442168.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/frZhMH0Qc.Gq2XhS8vUhcQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d726621626088917180f6a706700686f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Syrian man grieves over the bodies of four members of his family, who were killed when an airstrike hit their house, as they lie on the side of the street outside a field hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. Rebel footholds in Aleppo have been the target of weeks of Syrian shelling and air attacks as part of wider offensives by President Bashar Assad&#039;s regime. Rebels have been driven from some areas, but the report of clashes near the airport suggests the battles could be shifting to new fronts.(AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)" align="left" title="A Syrian man grieves over the bodies of four members of his family, who were killed when an airstrike hit their house, as they lie on the side of the street outside a field hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. Rebel footholds in Aleppo have been the target of weeks of Syrian shelling and air attacks as part of wider offensives by President Bashar Assad&#039;s regime. Rebels have been driven from some areas, but the report of clashes near the airport suggests the battles could be shifting to new fronts.(AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)" border="0" /></a>Government troops fought back rebels near the airport of battle-scarred Aleppo, Syria&#039;s state media said Friday, in the first official acknowledgement combat had neared a strategic gateway to the country&#039;s largest city.</p><br clear="all"/>Israel's existence is an "insult to all humanity," Iran's president said Friday in one of his sharpest attacks yet against the Jewish state, as Israel openly debates whether to attack Iran over its nuclear program.http://news.yahoo.com/iran-israels-existence-insult-humanity-093922735.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 16:23:56 -0400Associated Pressiran-israels-existence-insult-humanity-093922735<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/gaza-salafists-slam-hamas-post-sinai-attack-crackdown-192745138.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lIKAfewYsJzGxXrvsSOMLQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345231612560-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A military checkpoint on the Egyptian side of Rafah" align="left" title="A military checkpoint on the Egyptian side of Rafah" border="0" /></a>A Salafist official accused Gaza&#039;s Hamas rulers on Friday of arresting an activist wounded in an Israeli air raid as part of a crackdown since the deadly Sinai attack on August 5.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/gaza-salafists-slam-hamas-post-sinai-attack-crackdown-192745138.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 15:27:45 -0400AFPgaza-salafists-slam-hamas-post-sinai-attack-crackdown-192745138<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/gaza-salafists-slam-hamas-post-sinai-attack-crackdown-192745138.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lIKAfewYsJzGxXrvsSOMLQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345231612560-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A military checkpoint on the Egyptian side of Rafah" align="left" title="A military checkpoint on the Egyptian side of Rafah" border="0" /></a>A Salafist official accused Gaza&#039;s Hamas rulers on Friday of arresting an activist wounded in an Israeli air raid as part of a crackdown since the deadly Sinai attack on August 5.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tumour-israel-soon-destroyed-ahmadinejad-091548418.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mfMZP2SoMVrJUSuqtEwnFw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345226469267-3-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers a speech at Tehran University" align="left" title="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers a speech at Tehran University" border="0" /></a>Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told an annual anti-Israel protest in Tehran on Friday that the Jewish state was a &quot;cancerous tumour&quot; that will soon be excised, drawing Western rebukes.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/tumour-israel-soon-destroyed-ahmadinejad-091548418.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 15:23:40 -0400AFPtumour-israel-soon-destroyed-ahmadinejad-091548418<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tumour-israel-soon-destroyed-ahmadinejad-091548418.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mfMZP2SoMVrJUSuqtEwnFw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345226469267-3-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers a speech at Tehran University" align="left" title="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers a speech at Tehran University" border="0" /></a>Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told an annual anti-Israel protest in Tehran on Friday that the Jewish state was a &quot;cancerous tumour&quot; that will soon be excised, drawing Western rebukes.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/frances-fabius-says-syrian-regime-smashed-fast-171354884.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/t5diH6nuQwYVfKmFmy1IQw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345223611614-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius greets a Syrian refugee during a visit to the Oncupinar refugee camp" align="left" title="French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius greets a Syrian refugee during a visit to the Oncupinar refugee camp" border="0" /></a>French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius called Friday for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad&#039;s regime to be &quot;smashed fast&quot; as he visited Turkey&#039;s largest refugee camp near the border.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/frances-fabius-says-syrian-regime-smashed-fast-171354884.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 15:18:27 -0400AFPfrances-fabius-says-syrian-regime-smashed-fast-171354884<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/frances-fabius-says-syrian-regime-smashed-fast-171354884.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/t5diH6nuQwYVfKmFmy1IQw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345223611614-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius greets a Syrian refugee during a visit to the Oncupinar refugee camp" align="left" title="French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius greets a Syrian refugee during a visit to the Oncupinar refugee camp" border="0" /></a>French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius called Friday for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad&#039;s regime to be &quot;smashed fast&quot; as he visited Turkey&#039;s largest refugee camp near the border.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/firebomb-thrown-taxi-wounds-6-palestinians-185835698.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8hsMAAnw_HzlZAa.IrY0vA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c7d606fc25988717180f6a706700cb94.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Palestinian men walk towards an Israeli checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012.(AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)" align="left" title="Palestinian men walk towards an Israeli checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012.(AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)" border="0" /></a>Six Palestinians have been wounded in a suspected firebomb attack by Jewish extremists in the West Bank, The Israeli military said.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/firebomb-thrown-taxi-wounds-6-palestinians-185835698.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 14:58:35 -0400Associated Pressfirebomb-thrown-taxi-wounds-6-palestinians-185835698<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/firebomb-thrown-taxi-wounds-6-palestinians-185835698.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8hsMAAnw_HzlZAa.IrY0vA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c7d606fc25988717180f6a706700cb94.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Palestinian men walk towards an Israeli checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012.(AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)" align="left" title="Palestinian men walk towards an Israeli checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012.(AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)" border="0" /></a>Six Palestinians have been wounded in a suspected firebomb attack by Jewish extremists in the West Bank, The Israeli military said.</p><br clear="all"/>A Qatari government investment fund on Friday said it had reached a deal with Spanish company Ferrovial to buy 20 percent of the company that operates London's Heathrow, Stansted and other British airports.http://news.yahoo.com/qatar-buys-fifth-uk-airport-operator-baa-162101018--finance.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 14:56:44 -0400Associated Pressqatar-buys-fifth-uk-airport-operator-baa-162101018--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/diaspora-doctors-heed-homeland-calling-aleppo-front-line-182306059.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FlJCfs4Q6v0G8xXwzOGWuQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345227644524-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A doctor walks across the bloodstained floor at a hospital in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo" align="left" title="A doctor walks across the bloodstained floor at a hospital in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo" border="0" /></a>A few days ago, Hazem left his wife and 11-month-old son in England and flew to Turkey with another Syrian-born doctor from Manchester to offer help on the front line in Aleppo.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/diaspora-doctors-heed-homeland-calling-aleppo-front-line-182306059.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 14:23:06 -0400AFPdiaspora-doctors-heed-homeland-calling-aleppo-front-line-182306059<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/diaspora-doctors-heed-homeland-calling-aleppo-front-line-182306059.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FlJCfs4Q6v0G8xXwzOGWuQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345227644524-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A doctor walks across the bloodstained floor at a hospital in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo" align="left" title="A doctor walks across the bloodstained floor at a hospital in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo" border="0" /></a>A few days ago, Hazem left his wife and 11-month-old son in England and flew to Turkey with another Syrian-born doctor from Manchester to offer help on the front line in Aleppo.</p><br clear="all"/>Israel's opposition leader Shaul Mofaz says an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear sites would be ineffective without U.S. support.http://news.yahoo.com/israeli-opposition-solo-iran-strike-ineffective-181532304.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 14:15:32 -0400Associated Pressisraeli-opposition-solo-iran-strike-ineffective-181532304<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hundreds-hold-quds-day-rally-gaza-180623779.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/q0Ddv_KlYi.x7Mv4JNuraw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345226752668-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Palestinians buy sweets in Rafah&#039;s market in the southern Gaza Strip" align="left" title="Palestinians buy sweets in Rafah&#039;s market in the southern Gaza Strip" border="0" /></a>Hundreds of Palestinians held a protest in the Gaza Strip Friday against Israel and its hold over Jerusalem on the annual Iranian-inspired Quds (Jerusalem) Day.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/hundreds-hold-quds-day-rally-gaza-180623779.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 14:06:23 -0400AFPhundreds-hold-quds-day-rally-gaza-180623779<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hundreds-hold-quds-day-rally-gaza-180623779.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/q0Ddv_KlYi.x7Mv4JNuraw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345226752668-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Palestinians buy sweets in Rafah&#039;s market in the southern Gaza Strip" align="left" title="Palestinians buy sweets in Rafah&#039;s market in the southern Gaza Strip" border="0" /></a>Hundreds of Palestinians held a protest in the Gaza Strip Friday against Israel and its hold over Jerusalem on the annual Iranian-inspired Quds (Jerusalem) Day.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrias-battling-economy-may-hold-help-friends-175630644.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Hticyh974phvEXqUrIq1vw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345226150503-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Syrian juice vendor waits for customers in Damascus in April 2012" align="left" title="A Syrian juice vendor waits for customers in Damascus in April 2012" border="0" /></a>The Syrian economy has been hit hard by more than 17 months of revolt but may still hold on despite international sanctions with the help of friendly countries such as Russia, Iran and Iraq, experts say.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syrias-battling-economy-may-hold-help-friends-175630644.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 13:56:30 -0400AFPsyrias-battling-economy-may-hold-help-friends-175630644<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrias-battling-economy-may-hold-help-friends-175630644.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Hticyh974phvEXqUrIq1vw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345226150503-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Syrian juice vendor waits for customers in Damascus in April 2012" align="left" title="A Syrian juice vendor waits for customers in Damascus in April 2012" border="0" /></a>The Syrian economy has been hit hard by more than 17 months of revolt but may still hold on despite international sanctions with the help of friendly countries such as Russia, Iran and Iraq, experts say.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-protesters-lash-over-regime-onslaughts-174905298.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7cgqeI2D8mH_sWQ4me4zUQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345225679927-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Syrian protester shouts during a" align="left" title="A Syrian protester shouts during a" border="0" /></a>Syrians took to the streets of the northern rebel-held town of Marea after weekly Muslim prayers on Friday, lashing out angrily as the regime&#039;s bloody onslaught shows no sign of abating.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-protesters-lash-over-regime-onslaughts-174905298.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 13:49:05 -0400AFPsyrian-protesters-lash-over-regime-onslaughts-174905298<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-protesters-lash-over-regime-onslaughts-174905298.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7cgqeI2D8mH_sWQ4me4zUQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345225679927-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Syrian protester shouts during a" align="left" title="A Syrian protester shouts during a" border="0" /></a>Syrians took to the streets of the northern rebel-held town of Marea after weekly Muslim prayers on Friday, lashing out angrily as the regime&#039;s bloody onslaught shows no sign of abating.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hezbollah-says-israeli-lives-hell-174912607.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rodpvoo785jeTzw9JTFJ_Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/526f612525b68717180f6a706700e51a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah speaks through a video link on the occasion of Jerusalem Day in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Aug 17, 2012. Nasrallah warned Israel that any aggression against Lebanon would be extremely costly and said Hezbollah can transform the lives of millions of Zionists in all of Israel to hell. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)" align="left" title="Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah speaks through a video link on the occasion of Jerusalem Day in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Aug 17, 2012. Nasrallah warned Israel that any aggression against Lebanon would be extremely costly and said Hezbollah can transform the lives of millions of Zionists in all of Israel to hell. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)" border="0" /></a>Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah will transform the lives of Israelis to &quot;hell&quot; if Israel attacks Lebanon, its leader said on Friday, adding that the group would not hesitate to hit targets that would leave tens of thousands of Israelis dead.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/hezbollah-says-israeli-lives-hell-174912607.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 13:49:12 -0400Associated Presshezbollah-says-israeli-lives-hell-174912607<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hezbollah-says-israeli-lives-hell-174912607.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rodpvoo785jeTzw9JTFJ_Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/526f612525b68717180f6a706700e51a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah speaks through a video link on the occasion of Jerusalem Day in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Aug 17, 2012. Nasrallah warned Israel that any aggression against Lebanon would be extremely costly and said Hezbollah can transform the lives of millions of Zionists in all of Israel to hell. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)" align="left" title="Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah speaks through a video link on the occasion of Jerusalem Day in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Aug 17, 2012. Nasrallah warned Israel that any aggression against Lebanon would be extremely costly and said Hezbollah can transform the lives of millions of Zionists in all of Israel to hell. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)" border="0" /></a>Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah will transform the lives of Israelis to &quot;hell&quot; if Israel attacks Lebanon, its leader said on Friday, adding that the group would not hesitate to hit targets that would leave tens of thousands of Israelis dead.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/aleppos-residents-trapped-hunted-171135821.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vzNux6_tEdLYzEu.XjR_tw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345223474612-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Civilians run past a Free Syrian Army checkpoint in the Saif al-Dawla neighbourhood of Aleppo" align="left" title="Civilians run past a Free Syrian Army checkpoint in the Saif al-Dawla neighbourhood of Aleppo" border="0" /></a>Night has fallen on the Saif al-Dawla district in Aleppo. A man takes out the rubbish after the iftar meal breaking the Ramadan fast, an old woman unpegs the laundry from her line and quickly shutters her balcony.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/aleppos-residents-trapped-hunted-171135821.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 13:11:35 -0400AFPaleppos-residents-trapped-hunted-171135821<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/aleppos-residents-trapped-hunted-171135821.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vzNux6_tEdLYzEu.XjR_tw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345223474612-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Civilians run past a Free Syrian Army checkpoint in the Saif al-Dawla neighbourhood of Aleppo" align="left" title="Civilians run past a Free Syrian Army checkpoint in the Saif al-Dawla neighbourhood of Aleppo" border="0" /></a>Night has fallen on the Saif al-Dawla district in Aleppo. A man takes out the rubbish after the iftar meal breaking the Ramadan fast, an old woman unpegs the laundry from her line and quickly shutters her balcony.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/no-war-too-hopeless-brahimi-170610835.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3YskYPlCnQoT37Y8YWKEhQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345223138051-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Lakhdar Brahimi takes over as UN-Arab League envoy for Syria" align="left" title="Lakhdar Brahimi takes over as UN-Arab League envoy for Syria" border="0" /></a>Some might say that Lakhdar Brahimi is crazy to try to end the Syria conflict, but the veteran troubleshooter says he has never believed there is a war that is too &quot;hopeless&quot; to tackle.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/no-war-too-hopeless-brahimi-170610835.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 13:06:10 -0400AFPno-war-too-hopeless-brahimi-170610835<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/no-war-too-hopeless-brahimi-170610835.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3YskYPlCnQoT37Y8YWKEhQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345223138051-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Lakhdar Brahimi takes over as UN-Arab League envoy for Syria" align="left" title="Lakhdar Brahimi takes over as UN-Arab League envoy for Syria" border="0" /></a>Some might say that Lakhdar Brahimi is crazy to try to end the Syria conflict, but the veteran troubleshooter says he has never believed there is a war that is too &quot;hopeless&quot; to tackle.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hezbollah-warns-living-hell-israelis-attacked-165615496.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/INzUbQBMpBCPbCmtamvD7A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345222556847-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Lebanese Shiite men raise their fists up as they listen to a speech via videolink by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah" align="left" title="Lebanese Shiite men raise their fists up as they listen to a speech via videolink by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah" border="0" /></a>Lebanon&#039;s Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned on Friday that his Iranian-backed Shiite militia would make lives of Israelis &quot;a living hell&quot; if it is attacked.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/hezbollah-warns-living-hell-israelis-attacked-165615496.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 12:56:15 -0400AFPhezbollah-warns-living-hell-israelis-attacked-165615496<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hezbollah-warns-living-hell-israelis-attacked-165615496.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/INzUbQBMpBCPbCmtamvD7A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345222556847-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Lebanese Shiite men raise their fists up as they listen to a speech via videolink by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah" align="left" title="Lebanese Shiite men raise their fists up as they listen to a speech via videolink by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah" border="0" /></a>Lebanon&#039;s Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned on Friday that his Iranian-backed Shiite militia would make lives of Israelis &quot;a living hell&quot; if it is attacked.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bulgaria-says-suicide-bombing-probe-encouraging-165429263.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4WBH2A6nrMjwEUxh5vHnuQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345222445248-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov speaks during an interview with AFP" align="left" title="Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov speaks during an interview with AFP" border="0" /></a>A month after the suicide bombing of an Israeli tourist bus in Bulgaria, investigators have made no major breakthroughs but progress has been encouraging, the country&#039;s interior minister told AFP Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/bulgaria-says-suicide-bombing-probe-encouraging-165429263.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 12:54:29 -0400AFPbulgaria-says-suicide-bombing-probe-encouraging-165429263<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bulgaria-says-suicide-bombing-probe-encouraging-165429263.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4WBH2A6nrMjwEUxh5vHnuQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345222445248-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov speaks during an interview with AFP" align="left" title="Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov speaks during an interview with AFP" border="0" /></a>A month after the suicide bombing of an Israeli tourist bus in Bulgaria, investigators have made no major breakthroughs but progress has been encouraging, the country&#039;s interior minister told AFP Friday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bombs-attacks-kill-more-50-iraq-ahead-eid-053414922.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rpsNOauwiLcpNypdgdGzUA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345181510076-2-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The latest unrest takes the overall death toll from violence this month to 198" align="left" title="The latest unrest takes the overall death toll from violence this month to 198" border="0" /></a>A spate of attacks that killed 82 people in Iraq overshadowed preparations Friday to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, amid warnings insurgents would look to carry out deadly strikes.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/bombs-attacks-kill-more-50-iraq-ahead-eid-053414922.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 11:21:35 -0400AFPbombs-attacks-kill-more-50-iraq-ahead-eid-053414922<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bombs-attacks-kill-more-50-iraq-ahead-eid-053414922.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rpsNOauwiLcpNypdgdGzUA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345181510076-2-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The latest unrest takes the overall death toll from violence this month to 198" align="left" title="The latest unrest takes the overall death toll from violence this month to 198" border="0" /></a>A spate of attacks that killed 82 people in Iraq overshadowed preparations Friday to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, amid warnings insurgents would look to carry out deadly strikes.</p><br clear="all"/>

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