Topic: Middle East
A war veteran who suffered severe burns in a roadside bomb explosion in Iraq won the admiration of US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Wednesday by dancing his way to victory in a TV show.JR Martinez was crowned the new champion of ABC ...
AMMAN (Reuters) - At least 42 people were injured Sunday when Syrian forces threw nail bombs at a demonstration in the Damascus suburb of Harasta, where the army's ultra loyalist Fourth Division had deployed to subdue pro-democracy protests, two residents said.106261773&bid=informcom" /> ...
Two Spanish soldiers were killed in Afghanistan, and another three were injured, when their armoured vehicle hit an improvised explosive device, the defence ministry said Sunday.The soldiers were on a reconnaissance patrol when the blast occurred some 20 kilometres (12 miles) north ...
Twenty-five Iraqis died and 20 were injured on Thursday when their bus hit two trucks and plunged into a valley between Damascus and the central city of Homs, the official news agency Sana said."The driver of the bus carrying the travellers along ...
A new governor was appointed to the Syrian protest hub of Daraa on Monday while a Facebook group urged rallies in honour of those killed in previous demonstrations.In the port city of Latakia, eight prisoners died and 17 were injured in a ...
Jordan's King Abdullah II called for national unity on Sunday, two days after a man died and 160 people were injured in clashes between protesters and government supporters."The most important thing now is our national unity, which must not be touched," the ...
Eight Gazans were killed on Tuesday, among them two minors and four militants, as tensions soared on the border with Israel after days of rocket fire and retaliatory air strikes.The victims died in two separate Israeli attacks on the eastern part of ...
A senior army officer and a policeman were killed and nine people injured by a series of attacks in Baghdad on Tuesday, according to a source within Iraq's interior ministry.Lieutenant-Colonel Yussef Mohammad, based in the defence ministry, was killed while driving on ...
Beyond brain injuries and PTSD, soldiers' urological war wounds may get Congressional scrutinyPost-traumatic stress disorder and brain injuries are the signature wounds of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But soldiers also are suffering serious injuries to the genitals and urinary system.New ...
Thousands protest planned Quran burning in Afghanistan; at least 11 injuredThousands of Afghans are protesting small American church's plan to burn the Muslim holy book. Officials say at least 11 people have been injured.Police in the northern province of Badakhshan say several ...