Secrets of Assassins' fort unearthed in Syria
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MASYAF, Syria  - Nestled at the foot of Syria's coastal mountains, an ancient citadel has been put on the tourist map by restoration and excavation that revealed mysteries of the medieval Assassins sect, once based here.
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Mystery surrounds last week's air foray into Syrian territory. The Observer's Foreign Affairs Editor attempts to unravel the truth behind Operation Orchard and allegations of nuclear subterfuge.
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American military officials said Thursday that they had discovered a house in the devastated city of Falluja that appeared to have been a headquarters
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A probe into the mysterious shooting of two soldiers has revealed the existence beneath the Serbian capital of a secret communist-era network of tunnels and bunkers that could have served as recent hideouts for some of the world's most-wanted war crimes suspects.
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Exclusive: A classified document suggests the Administration is considering a plan to fund political opposition to the Damascus government. Some critics say it would be an unwarranted covert action
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An explosion tore through a residential area in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Tuesday, but it was not immediately clear if it caused any casualties.
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MOSUL, Iraq  - Ansar al-Sunna, a small secretive network of Islamic radicals which claimed the deadly attack on a US military base in northern Iraq Tuesday has carried out some of the most gruesome attacks of the insurgency.
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LONDON - A Syrian military installation rocked by an explosion in July was being used to develop chemical weapons, and Iranian engineers were among those killed, a defense publication reported yesterday.
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A high-tech bomb, similar to the ones used by militants in Iraq, is found in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
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Critics tie the Hariri assassination to Syria's efforts to keep control over Lebanon
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PALESTINIAN militants found a way around the heavy fortifications at the Israeli army post between Egypt and Gaza -- tunnelling under the base and blowing it up.
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Israel army believes there is no direct link between Beersheva attack and HQ of &#39;terrorist&#39; organisations in Damascus. JERUSALEM - Syria is not believed to have had direct involvement in the double suicide
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Baghdad - An Iraqi minister said on Thursday that a chemical weapons laboratory was found in the former rebel stronghold of Fallujah, Sky News reports.
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Official inquiry finds evidence of prisons where terrorism suspects could be interrogated.
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Iraqi troops searching suspected terrorist hideouts in Fallujah discovered a laboratory with manuals on how to manufacture explosives and toxins &#151; including anthrax, Iraq's national security adviser said Thursday.
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Ivory statues, Buddhist carvings, gold coins and thousands of other precious objects from the Kabul Museum feared stolen or destroyed under Soviet occupation and Taliban rule have been found, an American archaeologist has said.
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For two months, this historic city of commerce and culture was a "no-go" zone for American troops, firmly in the grip of religious extremists, some linked to al-Qaida. During that time, residents say they endured a reign of terror, where gunmen snatched men from their homes and killed at least 10 of them as American spies.