Russia
plans to resume nuclear submarine patrols in the southern seas after a
hiatus of more than 20 years following the break-up of the Soviet Union,
Itar-Tass news agency reported on Saturday, in another example of
efforts to revive Moscow's military.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/01/us-russia-submarines-patrol-idUSBRE95007V20130601
Sunday, 2 June 2013
Leading Sunni Muslim cleric calls for "jihad" in Syria
His website said Qaradawi had "called on all those able to undertake jihad and fighting to head to Syria to stand by the Syrian people who are being killed at the hands of the regime and are now being killed at the hands of what he called the party of Satan".
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/01/us-syria-crisis-qaradawi-idUSBRE9500CQ20130601
Russia blocks U.N. Security Council declaration on Syria's Qusair
Russia
on Saturday blocked a U.N. Security Council declaration of alarm over
the bloody siege of the Syrian town of al-Qusair by Syrian troops and
Hezbollah guerrillas, Security Council diplomats said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/02/us-syria-crisis-un-idUSBRE95100G20130602
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/02/us-syria-crisis-un-idUSBRE95100G20130602
Gulf Arab countries to consider action against Hezbollah
Gulf Arab
countries will consider taking action against Hezbollah if the Shi'ite
Muslim Lebanese movement continues its involvement in Syria's civil war
or interferes in Gulf Arab affairs, Bahrain's deputy foreign minister
said on Sunday.
Ghanem al-Buainain said the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) regarded Hezbollah's involvement in Syria as "sectarian intervention", but had not discussed listing the group as a terrorist organization, a step taken by Bahrain last week.
The Arab League and the United States have urged Hezbollah to pull its fighters from Syria, where France last week said up to 4,000 guerrillas from the group were fighting alongside forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.
"The ministerial council (of the GCC) condemned Hezbollah's brazen intervention in Syria ... and decided to consider taking action against any Hezbollah interests in GCC countries," he said, without specifying what those interests were.
Buainain was speaking at a news conference after a meeting of foreign ministers of the mostly Sunni GCC, which also includes Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
Bahrain last Monday banned domestic political groups from making contact with Hezbollah, a movement it believes has been involved in unrest among its Shi'ite Muslim majority.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/02/us-gulf-hezbollah-idUSBRE9510CF20130602
Ghanem al-Buainain said the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) regarded Hezbollah's involvement in Syria as "sectarian intervention", but had not discussed listing the group as a terrorist organization, a step taken by Bahrain last week.
The Arab League and the United States have urged Hezbollah to pull its fighters from Syria, where France last week said up to 4,000 guerrillas from the group were fighting alongside forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.
"The ministerial council (of the GCC) condemned Hezbollah's brazen intervention in Syria ... and decided to consider taking action against any Hezbollah interests in GCC countries," he said, without specifying what those interests were.
Buainain was speaking at a news conference after a meeting of foreign ministers of the mostly Sunni GCC, which also includes Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
Bahrain last Monday banned domestic political groups from making contact with Hezbollah, a movement it believes has been involved in unrest among its Shi'ite Muslim majority.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/02/us-gulf-hezbollah-idUSBRE9510CF20130602
This day in Jewish history / The beginning of the end of Iraq's Jewish community - This Day in Jewish History
June 2, 1941, was the second and final day of the anti-Jewish pogrom in Baghdad that became known as the Farhud. The Farhud (literally, “violent dispossession”) not only took the lives of hundreds of Jews, and wounded many more; it also spelled the beginning of the end of Iraq’s ancient Jewish community, nearly all of whose 135,000 members had left the country within a decade.This day in Jewish history / The beginning of the end of Iraq's Jewish community - This Day in Jewish History - Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper
Lebanon to take airspace violations to UN
Lebanon's foreign minister is set to to file a complaint with the UN over Israeli violations of his country's airspace.
The Israeli air force has intensified low-flying sorties over Lebanese airspace including Beirut, Lebanese security officials said on Sunday.
Lebanon's National News Agency reported that warplanes flew over southern Lebanon, Beirut, the eastern Bekaa Valley and the city of Baalbek.
Last month the UN called on Israel to stop increased military air patrols over Lebanon after two Israeli air attacks on Syria.
Israeli warplanes regularly enter Lebanese airspace, but a Lebanese security official told the AP news agency that the Sunday overflights were among the most intense recently.
There was no immediate comment from Israel.
Lebanon to take airspace violations to UN - Middle East - Al Jazeera English
The Israeli air force has intensified low-flying sorties over Lebanese airspace including Beirut, Lebanese security officials said on Sunday.
Lebanon's National News Agency reported that warplanes flew over southern Lebanon, Beirut, the eastern Bekaa Valley and the city of Baalbek.
Last month the UN called on Israel to stop increased military air patrols over Lebanon after two Israeli air attacks on Syria.
Israeli warplanes regularly enter Lebanese airspace, but a Lebanese security official told the AP news agency that the Sunday overflights were among the most intense recently.
There was no immediate comment from Israel.
Lebanon to take airspace violations to UN - Middle East - Al Jazeera English
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