BEIRUT – Syria’s ambassador to Iraq defected yesterday in protest over President Bashar al-Assad’s military crackdown on a 16-month uprising, Syrian opposition sources said.
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SANAA – A suicide bomber killed at least 10 people outside a police academy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa yesterday, dramatically exposing the government’s vulnerability to al Qaeda-linked insurgents despite a U.S.-backed offensive against them.
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TRIPOLI – The National Forces Alliance of Libyan wartime premier Mahmoud Jibril extended its lead over Islamists in landmark free elections with a landslide victory in the eastern city of Benghazi, new partial vote tallies showed yesterday.
