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They are young, urban and well educated, and for the past week they have been sleeping in an Istanbul park: meet the women on the frontline of Turkey's mass anti-government protests.
The UN Higher Council for Refugees (UNHCR) said Sunday that the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon has surpassed 511,000, marking an increase of 11,000 in a week.
The Syrian troops on Saturday dislodged the armed rebels from their last stronghold in the countryside of the al-Qussair city in the Homs province.
Turkish police used tear gas to disperse about 5,000 anti-government protesters in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Saturday night as the nationwide protests entered the 12th day.
Iranian presidential candidates are divided over the country's foreign policy in their third and final televised live debate on Friday.
The UN on Friday launched an appeal for $4.4 billion to help the estimated 6.8 million people in need of dire humanitarian assistance in Syria.
Iran's 11th presidential election is scheduled for June 14.
Iran will not interrupt nuclear activities and uranium enrichment under pressures, Iran's permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency Ali-Asghar Soltanieh said.
The White House on Wednesday denounced the Syrian government's recapture of the strategic central city of al-Qussair.
Twenty-four people were detained overnight in the Aegean Izmir province for supporting via Twitter the ongoing protests across Turkey.
Syrian troops have regained full control of the strategic central city of al-Qussair.
The United States unveiled aggressive new sanctions against Iran, targeting its currency for the first time along with the country's auto sector, a key source of jobs and revenue.
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