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• Hezbollah: Obama providing cover for Israeli 'crimes'
• Report: Iran confirms arrest of 3 U.S. tourists near Iraqi border
• Obama extends sanctions on Syria despite diplomatic thaw
• Iran begins trial of moderates over election protests
• Assad: Return of Golan to Syria is non-negotiable

Hezbollah: Obama providing cover for Israeli 'crimes' Posted: 01 Aug 2009 11:24 AM PDT Hezbollah said Saturday that Barack Obama was providing cover for Israeli "crimes," AFP reported, following the U.S. president's extension of sanctions against Syria. ...

Report: Iran confirms arrest of 3 U.S. tourists near Iraqi border Posted: 01 Aug 2009 11:04 AM PDT Iran's state owned Arabic-language al-Alam TV station confirmed that three U.S. citizens were arrested after crossing the border from Iraq. ...

Obama extends sanctions on Syria despite diplomatic thaw Posted: 01 Aug 2009 10:48 AM PDT U.S. President Barack Obama has decided to extend sanctions against Syria, despite positive signs of progress in the relationship between the two nations, a White House statement said Friday. ...

Iran begins trial of moderates over election protests Posted: 01 Aug 2009 10:05 AM PDT The trials began on Saturday of 100 prominent moderates arrested shortly after Iran's disputed June presidential election and charged with trying to overthrow the clerical establishment, Iranian media reported. ...

Assad: Return of Golan to Syria is non-negotiable Posted: 01 Aug 2009 06:59 AM PDT Syrian President Bashar Assad said Saturday that the return of the Golan Heights from Israel was non-negotiable, and he expressed confidence that the strategic plateau captured four decades ago would be handed back. ...

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