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• Shop worker's knife ordeal in armed robbery at Tasnim General Store in Gravesend May 21, 2013
  Four men are being hunted after a store worker suffered a serious head injury in a "cowardly" knifepoint robbery in Gravesend today. […]
• Syrian army displays captured Israeli-made Jeep as proof of aid to rebels - Diplomacy & Defense - Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper May 20, 2013
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• Russian military aid to Syria: Burning questions and answers - Diplomacy & Defense - Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper May 20, 2013
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• Netanyahu: Israel will continue to prevent transfer of arms from Syria to Hezbollah - Diplomacy & Defense - Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper May 20, 2013
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• Assad accuses Israel of giving intel to Syrian rebel groups - Diplomacy & Defense - Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper May 20, 2013
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• Assad accuses Israel of providing intelligence to Syrian rebels - Diplomacy & Defense - Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper May 20, 2013
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• Syrian regime, Hezbollah assault rebel stronghold - Taipei Times May 20, 2013
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• Syrian Rebels Suffer Setbacks From Fighting in Town Near Lebanon Border May 20, 2013
  Syrian government troops backed by fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah movement have been in fierce battles in  the rebel-held town of Qusair after weeks of fighting.  Many wounded rebels are being treated across the nearby border in northern Lebanon. Eighteen year-old Obeida Abdel Nabi is recovering from a shrapnel wound to his lower abdomen.  He was hur […]
• Nigerian Military: More Than 200 Boko Haram Captured May 20, 2013
  Nearly a week after Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan announced the deployment of thousands of troops to the country’s war-torn north, officials say they now hold more than 200 suspected Boko Haram militants. Nigerian military forces said Monday they have captured 120 Boko Haram militants during the past 24 hours alone, and now are occupying five former m […]
• Which Syrian Rebels, Exactly, Should We Arm? « The Dish May 20, 2013
  The Economist has a helpful graphic on key rebel groups in Syria: Note how may of these groups are described as “Islamists” or “Jihadists.” Matt Steinglass doubts there is much we can do: [W]hat about trying to just end the bloodshed and freeze the current situation? Given that the country’s population has effectively split into irreconcilable warring camps, […]
• Times Of Cental Asia - Afghan president seeks Indian military aid amid Pakistan row May 20, 2013
  KABUL (TCA) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai today opens his three-day trip to India, during which he is expected to seek more Indian assistance for Afghanistan’s armed forces, RFE/RL reported on Sunday. Mr. Karzai is expected to stay in India until May 22. […]
• Drone strike in Abyan kills four alleged Al-Qaeda affiliates | Yemen Times May 20, 2013
  ABYAN, May 19 — Four alleged Al-Qaeda affiliates were killed late Friday night by an American drone strike in the Almahfd district of Abyan governorate, in South Yemen, according to security officials. […]
• Syrian regime battles for key rebel stronghold - FT.com May 20, 2013
  Recent successes reflect not only the help of Hizbollah but also an increased use of local militias, sometimes known as popular committees […]
• Violence surges in strategic Syrian city - CNN.com May 20, 2013
  As Syrian forces pound the strategic town of Qusayr with airstrikes, President al-Assad says he's dealing appropriately with the people he calls "terrorists." […]