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October 27, 2009 (Guardian.co.uk) - The al-Qaida umbrella group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for Sunday's double suicide bombing in Baghdad, in which at least 155 people were killed.

Gaza City October 5, 2009 (AP) - Hamas leaders on Monday launched an unprecedented attack against President Mahmoud Abbas, saying they no longer consider him a Palestinian after he agreed to suspend efforts to go after Israel for alleged war crimes in Gaza.

September 23, 2009 (AFP) - The security services in Morocco have arrested 24 members of a "terrorist network" linked to Al-Qaeda that recruited volunteers for suicide bombings in Iraq, the interior ministry said Wednesday.

CAIRO September 9, 2009 (RIA Novosti) - The current dispute between Syria and Iraq will be on the agenda of Wednesday's meeting of Arab League foreign ministers in the Egyptian capital Cairo.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki’s declaration that ninety percent of Iraq’s terrorists enter the country by way of the Syrian border epitomizes his presumed re-election strategy for January polls: blame foreigners.

Baghdad September 3, 2009 (Gulfnews.com) - Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki challenged Syria Thursday to explain why it shelters armed groups that Iraq blames for staging bombings in its territory.

ISTANBUL September 1, 2009 (Xinhua) - Turkey on Monday started mediation attempt as it tries to ease the recently erupted tension between Iraq and Syria over insurgency bombings in Iraq.

 

VIENNA August 28, 2009 (Reuters) - U.N. inspectors are analyzing further evidence taken from a nuclear research plant in Syria's capital Damascus where unexplained uranium traces were found, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said on Friday.

August 25, 2009 (BBC) - Iraq and Syria have both recalled their ambassadors in a deepening rift over claims Damascus was harbouring militants who bombed Baghdad.

MOSCOW July 10, 2009 (RIA Novosti) - Israel has ordered at least 25 U.S. F-35 stealth fighter aircraft to counter any potential threat from the delivery of Russian advanced air defense systems to Iran and Syria, an Israeli daily said on Friday.