EU considers sending military force to CAR

 Diplomats to consider deploying up to 1,000 troops to reinforce French contingent as humanitarian concerns mount.
EU considers sending military force to CAR - Africa - Al Jazeera English

Deadly car bombing hits central Syria

 At least 18 people killed in Hama as fighting between rebels and al-Qaeda-linked fighters rages on in northern towns.
Deadly car bombing hits central Syria - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

Russia blocks UN Security Council condemnation of Syria air raids

 British-drafted statement expresses outrage over daily airstrikes by Assad's forces on northern city of Aleppo.
Russia blocks UN Security Council condemnation of Syria air raids - Middle East Israel News | Haaretz

Israel reveals more than $7 billion in arms sales, but few names

The government on Wednesday released a very partial list of the recipients of Israeli arms sales over the past two years, saying that Israeli weapons had been sold to Spain, the United States, Kenya, South Korea and the United Kingdom in 2011 and 2012.
The list did not include the many other states that have independently claimed to have purchased defense equipment from Israel.
The information was published in response to a court order to reveal arms sales information following a freedom of information petition from an Israeli lawyer. Israel does not normally name the states to which it sells arms and the state had previously refused to publish the information based on “security concerns.”

Israel reveals more than $7 billion in arms sales, but few names - Diplomacy and Defense Israel News | Haaretz

המהגרים מאפריקה ומחול הצביעות של ישראל

 שראל מבקשת לאחוז במקל משני קצותיו: מצד אחד היא מקבלת את כלל אי-ההחזרה, ומצד שני משתמשת בו כתירוץ לא לבדוק את רוב בקשות המקלט

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המהגרים מאפריקה ומחול הצביעות של ישראל - חינוך וחברה - הארץ

Interactive: Russia's armed groups

Interactive: Russia's armed groups - Interactive - Al Jazeera English

Removal of Syria's chemical weapons begins

 Syria has started moving chemical weapons materials out of the country in a crucial phase of an internationally backed disarmament programme that has been delayed by war and technical problems.
The joint mission overseeing the disarmament, the UN and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), said on Tuesday that the materials had been moved from two sites to the port of Latakia and then loaded onto a Danish commercial vessel.
Removal of Syria's chemical weapons begins - Middle East - Al Jazeera English