Syria Holding US Journalist in Custody

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As far I'am concern these reporters should stay a hell away from these war torn countries because they are dangerous.  

  SANA (TEHRAN) - Khamenei: Syria Has the Right to Defending Itself against Terrorism The Supreme Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution, al-Sayyid Ali Khamenei, said the US, Israel and those following them are behind the crisis in Syria that is aimed at undermining the resistance. During his meeting on Friday with Prime Minister, Wael al-Halqi, Khamenei stressed Syria's right to defending itself and confronting the terrorist operations carried out by armed terrorist groups, while reiterating Iran's support for Syria in confronting the terrorism it's facing. Iran's Supreme Leader said '...some countries have incited part of the Syrian people towards violence, this is unacceptable as there is no country in the world that would stand idle in the face of violent acts perpetrated by foreign-backed and -funded armed groups. Khamenei highlighted that some of those who talk about the crisis in Syria do not realize the reality, nor do they have a correct vision of the situation in Syria. SANA (TEHRAN) - India and Azerbaijan Reiterate Rejection of Foreign Interference in Syria India's Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, reiterated his country's rejection of foreign interference in the internal affairs of Syria, saying the solution to the crisis in Syria should be through a comprehensive political process that achieves the aspirations of the Syrian people. During his meeting with Prime Minister Dr. Wael al-Halqi, on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting in Tehran, Singh stressed that the main goal now is halting the violence, strongly pushing forward the reform process and widening the political participation of all the spectra of the Syrian people. Singh hailed the deep cultural and historical ties binding India and Syria. Al-Halqi, for his part, said Damascus values the Indian role in support of Syria at the international forums, particularly at the Security Council and the UN General Assembly, hailing the cooperation relations between Syria and India. Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Stresses Rejection of Military Interference in Syria, Calls for Maintaining Sovereignty and Territorial Unity During meeting in Tehran with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Walid al-Moallem, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, Elmar Mammadyarov, underlined his country's rejection of military interference in Syria and the need for maintaining its sovereignty and territorial unity and ending violence by all sides. Mammadyarov, whose country occupies a non-permanent seat in the UN Security Council, stressed that the political solution to the crisis in Syria should be carried out through a national dialogue. Minister al-Moallem clarified to Mammadyarov the violations committed by the armed terrorist groups and their responsibility of the continuity of violence in Syria. At the end of the meeting, the importance of the ongoing coordination between the two countries' delegations to the UN in New York was stressed.

  SANA (ALEPPO) - Terrorists Killed, DShK-equipped Cars Destroyed in Aleppo, Terrorists' Den Raided in Homs A unit of the armed forces on Friday clashed with an armed terrorist group in al-Khandaq Street in Bab Hood neighborhood and killed and injured its members. A large number of terrorists on Thursday were confronted and killed as they were coming from the areas of Andan, Hayan and Bab Qara in the northern countryside of the province. SANA reporter quoted a source in the province as saying that the terrorists were heading to enter the city of Aleppo through al-Zahra area. The source noted that the cars used by the terrorists, which were equipped with DSkH machineguns, were completely destroyed including everyone inside them. A unit of the armed forces on Thursday clashed with an armed terrorist group in al-Leirmoun area in the city of Aleppo and inflicted heavy losses upon its members. SANA (HOMS) - Terrorists' Den Raided in Homs Countryside, Weapons Seized In Homs province, an army unit raided a den for an armed terrorist group in the town of Ibel in the countryside of Homs inflicting heavy losses upon its members. A source in the province told SANA reporter that the army unit seized an amount of various types of weapons, ammunition and advanced communication devices in the terrorists' den. During clearing the aforementioned town, the army members found a number of explosive devices planted by the terrorists and dismantled them. The source added that a unit of the armed forces pursued the fleeing terrorists in Jouret al-Shayah in the city of Homs and killed a number of them.