According to www.gov.uk, “The Foreign and Commonwealth Office advise against all but essential travel to areas of Uzbekistan bordering Afghanistan. Take care in areas bordering Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Uzbekistan’s borders are potential flashpoints and uncontrolled border areas may be land-mined. Borders are subject to closure without notice” Read Article
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As reported by timesofoman.com, “An Indian expatriate woman who was a resident in the Sultanate for the last 30 years died in a road accident on Sunday night in Al Khuwair. The victim has been identified as Mary Margarate Rose, 60, from the south Indian state of Kerala.” Read Article
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The video was taken on January 2013, shows a group of terrorists in Syria while shooting at a civilian airplane near Damascus international airport, The airplane belongs to an Iranian commercial fleet.
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Jn1.tv reported that near the Taba crossing on the Sianai Peninsula, two tourists have been kidnapped by Bedouin tribesmen at gunpoint. The tourists are and Arab-Israeli and a woman from Europe. Apparently the kidnappers are demanding that prisoners from Egyptian jails be released. An Arab-Israeli and a European woman have been kidnapped in Egypt’s Sinai […]
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As covered by menafn.com, “A Sri Lankan expatriate committed suicide inside a company in Sulaibiya where he worked. According to security sources, when the Operations Room of Ministry of Interior received information about the incident, securitymen and paramedics rushed to the location and found the expatriate hanging from the ceiling by a rope around his […]
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Syrian jets and helicopters have bombarded Lebanon with rockets in a “significant escalation” of the civil war in the region while opposition groups claim to have struck President Bashar al-Assad’s palace in Damascus as well as the international airport. The aerial bombardment by Assad’s regime is said to be due to the increasing incursions from […]
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Two Czech Republic tourists were kidnapped in Pakistan about 340 miles from Quetta, Balochistan province Home Secretary Akbar Hussain Durrani said. Durrani said the women were passengers on a bus boarded by armed men lying in wait in a sport utility vehicle Wednesday, The Nation reported Thursday. Read Article
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Fayoum Egypt masrawy.com reported that security forces discovered the body of A British tourist that had been dumped in the Wadi El Rayan lake under mysterious circumstances in Fayoum. It turns out that the deceased” Mohammed. Q. P” Pakistani national with British citizenship, was sent to hospital morgue central Ibshway. An autopsy has been ordered. […]
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Two British tourists kidnapped in Egypt were freed within hours. The two had reportedly been driving from Cairo to the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh when they were kidnapped in the southern Sinai Desert. An Egyptian military intelligence official said the Britons were safe and in a security building in Ras Sidr in […]
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Kidnap-for-ransom phenomena increase. Concern that turmoil in Syria will spill over into Libya. naharnet.com reported that the United Arab Emirates reiterated warnings to its citizens not to travel to Lebanon over security fears, media reports said on Thursday. According to al-Akhbar newspaper, UAE called on citizens who wish to head to Lebanon to fill an […]
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