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Domestic Workers in Lebanon Establish Unprecedented Labor Union

Despite serious threats to their safety, over 200 domestic laborers in Lebanon gathered to form the first migrant workers’ trade union in the Arab world.

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A historic event in the struggle of male and female workers in Lebanon happened on January 25. The founding conference aimed at establishing a “new” type of union, the domestic workers union, was held. In the past few days, the Ministry of Labor tried to prevent the holding of the conference. It threatened to use the Internal Security Forces to

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Lebanon’s Army Struggles To Contain Threat From Nusra Militants

Around 200 gunmen launched a large-scale attack on an army outpost close to the village of Ras Baalbek, near Lebanon’s eastern frontier with Syria, an area that has seen regular incursions from militants fighting in Syria’s war.

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Lebanese army soldiers stand guard at the entrance to a coffee shop that was damaged in a suicide bombing Saturday night, in a predominantly Alawite neighborhood of the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. Syria's al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front claimed responsibility on Twitter for the blast in Tripoli's neighborhood of Jabal

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More Than 128 Anti-Muslim Incidents Registered Over 2 Weeks In France

Last week, 47-year-old French Muslim Mohammed al-Makouli was killed in southern France by one of his neighbors, who shouted « I am your god, I am your Islam » before stabbing Makouli 17 times.

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Police officers and French army soldiers patrol Rue des Rosiers street,  in Paris, Monday Jan. 12, 2015. Photo: Remy de la Mauviniere/AP The number of anti-Muslim incidents in France has soared since attacks in Paris earlier this month, with 128 such acts registered over two weeks, almost the same amount as all 2014, a watchdog said

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Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Is Dead

Although official reports say King Abdullah died at age 90 or 91, cables made public by Wikileaks state that he was born in 1916, making him 98 or 99 years old.

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Saudi King Abdullah speaks before a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at his private residence in the Red Sea city of in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Friday, June 27, 2014. Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah died early on Friday and his brother Salman became king, the royal court in the world's top oil exporter said in a statement carried

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Israeli Strike In Syria Threatens To Spark New War With Hezbollah

Israeli military intelligence reports that said Hezbollah is not interested in an escalation, but warned that similar assessments were being circulated on the eve of the Second Lebanon War in 2006.

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Hezbollah fighters carry the coffin of Hezbollah member Mohammad Issa who was killed in an airstrike that killed six members of the Lebanese militant group and an Iranian general in Syria, during his funeral procession, in the southern village of Arab Salim, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. Hezbollah has accused Israel of carrying out Sunday's airstrike, which occurred on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights. Issa was the highest-ranking among the group, and was among the senior cadres who headed the group's operations in Syria against the Sunni-led rebellion. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Hezbollah fighters carry the coffin of Hezbollah member Mohammad Issa who was killed in an airstrike that killed six members of the Lebanese militant group and an Iranian general in Syria, during his funeral procession, in the southern village of Arab Salim, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. Hezbollah has accused Israel of carrying out Sunday's

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US To Deploy 400 Troops To Train Syria Militants

« Around 1,500 to 2,000 people are expected to be trained in Turkey (in the first year), » the official said, adding that a « limited number » of US soldiers would come to Turkey to help carry out the training jointly with Turkish colleagues.

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Free Syrian Army fighters take their positions, close to a military base, near Azaz, Syria, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. Photo: Manu Brabo/AP Defense officials of the United States said on Thursday the US will deploy about 400 troops in countries neighboring Syria to train “moderate” opposition fighters. The US military has not yet identified

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US’ CentCom Seeks to Downplay Pro-ISIS Hackers Assaults

Pentagon spokesman Army Colonel Steve Warren said the Defense Department « views this as little more than a prank, or as vandalism. »

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US defense officials said the hacking of Central Command’s social media accounts was embarrassing, as military and White House officials sought to downplay the effect of the hacking. Meanwhile, hundreds of French websites have been hacked by self-proclaimed “cyberjihadists” in recent days. On Monday, a group declaring support for the Islamic

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