Syria troops pound rebel lines near Damascus, Aleppo
According to Observatory fighting also broke out overnight around Ras Al-Ain, in Hasakeh province
Yemen tribal chief with ‘Qaeda ties’ under house arrest
On 5 November, hundreds of the militiamen, known as the Popular Resistance Committees, who fought alongside the Yemeni army to oust Al-Qaeda from southern towns last May, surrounded Fadhli's home
Ministry of Communications details difficulties in porn ban
MCIT expresses unlikelihood of enforcing porn ban
IAEA says Iran clean-up of Parchin site ‘ongoing’
The IAEA wants Iran to grant access to Parchin, which it visited twice in 2005 but wants to examine again
Sri Lanka troops accused of jail ‘massacre’
The violence continued until early Saturday with some prisoners raiding a jail armoury and grabbing about 80 weapons
Egyptian economy in draft constitution
The objective of the national economy is to achieve balanced sustainable development, protect the production and income increase, and guarantee social justice, and solidarity and welfare.
