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==26 July 2006 (Wednesday)==
*[[2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict]]:
** [[UN Peacekeeper|UN peacekeepers]] in south [[Lebanon]] contacted [[Israel]]i troops 10 times before an Israeli bomb killed four of them, an initial [[UN]] report says.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5217176.stm (BBC NEWS)]
** Four [[United Nations]] observers have been killed in an Israeli air strike on an observation post in south [[Lebanon]].[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5215366.stm (BBC NEWS)]
**[[United Nations|UN]] Secretary General [[Kofi Annan]] has called for an "immediate cessation of hostilities" in the [[Middle East]].[http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13534675,00.html (Sky)], [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5215692.stm (BBC NEWS)]
**the [[battle of Bint Jbail]] intensifies.[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3281480,00.html (Ynetnews)]
***12 [[Israel]]i soldiers were killed today as [[Israeli Defence Forces|IDF]] forces attempt to gain control of a key hilltop in southern [[Lebanon]]. [http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060726/D8J3L2QG5.html (AP)]

==26 July 2006 (Tuesday)==
*[[2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict]]:
** Four [[United Nations]] observers are killed in an Israeli air strike on an observation post in south [[Lebanon]]. An initial [[UN]] report says they contacted the Israeli troops 10 times before an incoming bomb killed four of them. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5215366.stm (BBC NEWS)], [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5217176.stm (BBC NEWS)]
**[[United Nations|UN]] [[United Nations Secretary-General|Secretary-General]] [[Kofi Annan]] calls for an "immediate cessation of hostilities" in the [[Middle East]]. [http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13534675,00.html (Sky)], [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5215692.stm (BBC NEWS)]
**The [[Battle of Bint Jbail]] intensifies. [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3281480,00.html (Ynetnews)]
**Nine [[Israel]]i soldiers are killed as [[Israeli Defence Forces|IDF]] forces attempt to gain control of a key hilltop in southern [[Lebanon]]. [http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060726/D8J3L2QG5.html (AP)], [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5218926.stm (BBC NEWS)]

==25 July 2006 (Tuesday)==
* [[2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict]]:
**Israeli army radio reports that [[Israeli Army]] chief of staff [[Dan Halutz]] has ordered the air force to destroy 10 [[multi-story]] buildings in the [[Dahaya]] district (of [[Beirut]]) in response to every rocket fired on [[Haifa]]. As of Sunday the ratio of reported deaths was more than 17:1. [http://www.news24.com/News24/World/Middle_East/0,,2-10-2075_1972537,00.html (News24)]
** Four UN peace keepers die after, being, according to the [[United Nations]], shelled 14 times by Israeli artillery, and a rescue team was also shelled as it tried to clear the rubble. "I am shocked and deeply distressed by the apparently deliberate targeting by [[Israeli Defense Forces|IDF]] of a UN Observer post in southern Lebanon," [[UN Secretary General]] [[Kofi Annan]] said in a statement from Rome. Israeli ambassadors expressed regret but called the assertion that the attacks were deliberate "baseless". The IDF will investigate the incident. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5215366.stm (BBC News)] [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060724/israel_fighting_060725/20060725?hub=TopStories (CTV NEWS)] Also, the IDF announces that it has killed Abu Jafaar, a leading [[Hezbullah]] commander in charge of the central Lebanese border. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/742561.html (Haaretz)][http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/25/mideast.main/index.html (CNN)]
** [[United States]]-based [[Human Rights Watch]] says [[Israel]] has used [[cluster bombs]] in civilian areas during its assault on [[Lebanon]].[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5213026.stm (BBC NEWS)], [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/7BE824EC-6574-457D-A77D-2DD1B2EDFCCA.htm (Al-Jazeera)]
** A missile fired by [[Israel]], has hit a house in [[Lebanon]]; seven [[civilian]]s confirmed dead. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060725/ap_on_re_mi_ea/lebanon_israel;_ylt=ApWdy2838WG7YYS.jOjQDk0DW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBhZDJjOXUyBHNlYwNtdm5ld3M- (AP)]
** [[Israel]] says it will keep control over an area in [[southern Lebanon]] until an international force can be deployed.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5214046.stm (BBC)], [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/000C3EF9-8D4D-4AE5-8B8C-FA574AFC319D.htm (Al-Jazeera)][http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/26/world/middleeast/26mideast.html?hp&ex=1153972800&en=117463ec2abf2621&ei=5094&partner=homepage (NY Times)]
** 90 rockets have been fired at northern Israel, killing an Israeli-Arab teenager and wounding about 20 others. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/742563.html (Haaretz)]
* [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]] ([[Operation Summer Rains]]):
** The Israeli army has been accused of using [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] civilians as [[human shields]] in an operation in northern [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]]. According to the Israeli [[human rights]] group, [[B'tselem]], six civilians including two minors were subjected to the illegal tactic during an incursion into the town of [[Beit Hanoun]] last week.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5212870.stm (BBC NEWS)]

==24 July 2006 (Monday)==
* [[2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict]]:
** [[Hezbollah]] leader [[Hassan Nasrallah]] announces in an interview with [[Al-Jazeera]] that he discussed the abduction of the two Israeli soldiers with Lebanese political leaders before the attack occurred. [http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD121106 (Memri)]
**[[Iran]]'s [[President of Iran|President]], [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]], warns [[Israel]] over its actions in Lebanon. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5208052.stm (BBC)]
* [[Iraq War]]:
** [[Saddam Hussein]], 69, the deposed former [[Iraq]]i President, has been force-fed in a [[Baghdad]] hospital through a tube after 16 days of [[hunger strike]]. [http://today.reuters.com/business/newsarticle.aspx?type=tnBusinessNews&storyID=nMAC322880&imageid=2006-07-23T102325Z_01_BAG20_RTRIDSP_2_IRAQ.jpg&cap=Wounded%20Iraqi%20children,%20victims%20of%20a%20car%20bomb%20attack%20rest%20in%20their%20beds%20in%20a%20hospital%20in%20Baghdad's%20Sadr%20City%20July%2023,%202006.%20REUTERS/Kareem%20Raheem%20%20(IRAQ) (Reuters)], [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5207874.stm (BBC)]
** Two powerful bombs in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood kill at least 66. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/23/AR2006072300778.html (Washington Post)]

==23 July 2006 (Sunday)==
* [[2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict]]:
** The [[UN]]'s [[Jan Egeland]] has condemned the devastation caused by Israeli air strikes in [[Beirut]], saying it is a violation of [[International humanitarian law|humanitarian law]].[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5207478.stm (BBC NEWS)]
** Two [[Israel]]i civilians are killed by [[Hezbollah]] rocket attacks on [[Haifa]]. More than 2200 rockets have been fired at Israeli cities since the beginning of the conflict, killing 17 Israelis, all of them civilians. 20 Israeli soldiers were killed in other incidents. About 300 Lebanese, most of them civilians, have been killed by Israeli forces. [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3279888,00.html (Ynet)], [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/741704.html (Haaretz)], [http://english.people.com.cn/200607/24/eng20060724_285952.html (People's Daily Online)]
**Israel and the United States governments say they would accept NATO forces deployed along the Lebanese/Israeli border.[http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Lebanon/10054206.html (Gulfnews)], [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-07-23T135957Z_01_N21419375_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST-USA.xml (Reuters)]
* [[Ariel Sharon]]'s condition worsens. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5208430.stm (BBC)]

==22 July 2006 (Saturday)==
* [[2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict]]:
** The [[European Union]] sends experts to [[Cyprus]] to help coordinate provision of emergency humanitarian aid to Lebanon. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L22851317.htm (Reuters)]
**[[Israel]] has carried out air strikes and small-scale incursions into [[Lebanon]], as troops and tanks gather on the border.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5206110.stm (BBC NEWS)]
**Thousands of people across the [[UK]] demonstrate against Israeli attacks on [[Lebanon]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5203450.stm (BBC News)]
**[[Israel]] has massed soldiers and tanks on the border with [[Lebanon]] and called up thousands of [[Reserve force|reserve troops]], in a possible prelude to a ground offensive. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5205150.stm (BBC News)]
**The ''[[New York Times]]'' reports that the [[United States]] is speeding up a delivery of [[precision-guided bombs]] to [[Israel]]. Israel apparently requested the weapons to use against targets in [[Lebanon]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/22/world/middleeast/22military.html?hp&ex=1153627200&en=ccb5206208860925&ei=5094&partner=homepage (''New York Times'')][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5207066.stm (BBC NEWS)]

==21 July 2006 (Friday)==
* [[2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict]]:
**Israel moves thousands of troops to the Lebanese border including reserves to deal with fierce fighting. [http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060721-114631-5605r (UPI)]
**[[Israel]] is continuing its [[Lebanon]] military offensive, with war planes bombing more than 40 targets, mainly in southern parts of [[Beirut]], on Friday. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5202142.stm (BBC NEWS)]
**[[United States Secretary of State]] [[Condoleezza Rice]] will outline a plan for a diplomatic solution to the crisis and will tour the area next week. [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/07/21/rice_to_present_us_peace_plan/ (Boston Globe)]
**The UN-led call for a ceasefire is blocked by the [[United States]], [[UK]] and [[Israel]]. [http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1153433434727&call_pageid=970599119419 (The Star)], [http://www.news24.com/News24/World/Middle_East/0,,2-10-2075_1971270,00.html (News24)], [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N21322893.htm (Reuters)], [http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2218162 (ABCnews)], [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1188875.ece (The Independent)].

==20 July 2006 (Thursday)==
* [[2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict]]:
**Hostilities between [[Israel]] and [[Hezbollah]] militants in [[Lebanon]] must stop immediately, [[UN]] Secretary General [[Kofi Annan]] has said.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5199088.stm (BBC NEWS)]
**Two Israeli Apache helicopters collide, leaving five injured. A pilot has reportedly died. [http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=115905 (National Nine News)]
* [[Iran]] states that it is determined to produce nuclear fuel on its territory. It will respond officially to a Western incentive package on August 22, 2006.


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Politics of Syria

Arab League Member State of the Arab League

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Main article: Human rights in Syria

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Further information: Ba'athism

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