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• UN Implicates Azerbaijan, Kazakhstani In North Korea Arms Embargo Violations | EurasiaNet.org May 18, 2013
  A United Nations report has implicated Azerbaijan and a Kazakhstan airline executive in violations of arms embargos against North Korea. The Associated Press acquired the report, to the U.N. Security Council committee monitoring sanctions against North Korea. Among the violators was Azerbaijan, for buying anti-aircraft missiles from North Korea: The panel... […]
• FSB Worried About Russian Fighters in Syria | News | The Moscow Times May 18, 2013
  The Federal Security Service estimates that about 200 Russian citizens are fighting alongside Syrian rebels and fears that they could carry out militant attacks once they return. […]
• www.bbc.co.uk May 17, 2013
  The Nigerian military says it has launched an all-out assault on Islamist militants in the north-east of the country. […]
• Video Shows Executions By Syrian Islamist Rebels May 17, 2013
  A video distributed by a pro-opposition Syrian monitoring organization purportedly shows fighters from an Al-Qaeda-linked rebel group in Syria executing supporters of President Bashar al-Assad's regime. […]
• www.bbc.co.uk May 17, 2013
  Air raids target a militant training camp in north-east Nigeria as a military plane is hit by anti-aircraft fire, officials say. […]
• Nigerian air force attacks rebel camps in remote northeast - FT.com May 17, 2013
  Nigerian air force targets sites in the volatile northeast of the country in an effort to crush an Islamist rebellion, the military said on Friday […]
• In Nigeria, More Attacks On Militants - NYTimes.com May 17, 2013
  Military officials said attacks were launched against the Boko Haram Islamist group in border areas in a forest south of the city of Maiduguri.      […]
• Security forces detain Syrian actress: lawyer - Daily News Egypt May 17, 2013
  "Skaf made a mobile phone call to her son, to tell him her identity card had been taken from her by members of the security forces at a checkpoint," The post Security forces detain Syrian actress: lawyer appeared first on Daily News Egypt. […]
• Russia 'does not understand' uproar over Syria arms sales - Telegraph May 17, 2013
  Russia was defiant in the face of criticism over arm supplies to Syria after reports that Moscow is supplying improved "ship-killing" missiles to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.      […]
• Syrian rebels demand weapons before talks - The Washington Post May 17, 2013
  BEIRUT —The Syrian opposition is demanding access to arms before planned peace talks next month, amid a growing consensus that it may take a shift in the balance of power on the battlefield before any meaningful negotiations can take place. Read full article >>      […]
• Untitled May 17, 2013
  In an extraordinary attack from a Cabinet minister, he said 'vast numbers of people' had been unnecessarily upset by plans to legalise same-sex weddings. […]
• Obama: U.S. preserves diplomatic, military options on Syria| Reuters May 16, 2013
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he reserved the right to resort to both diplomatic and military options to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but insisted that U.S. action alone would not be enough to resolve the Syrian crisis. […]
• Obama: U.S. preserves diplomatic, military options on Syria| Reuters May 16, 2013
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he reserved the right to resort to both diplomatic and military options to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but insisted that U.S. action alone would not be enough to resolve the Syrian crisis. […]
• Syrian rebels launch offensive in south to reverse losses| Reuters May 16, 2013
  AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said they attacked an important military base in the south and checkpoints in the city of Deraa on Thursday, trying to regain ground lost to President Bashar al-Assad's forces near the Jordanian border. […]