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By Region: Middle East

Alumnus plays a pivotal role in eradicating rinderpest disease

(Phys.Org) June, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) declared that rinderpest was officially eradicated following decades of work in numerous countries. Rinderpest, once a major scourge of cattle and similar wild and domesticated species, such as yaks and buffalo, cut a wide swath across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Over the millennia, Read More »

July 20, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, and Research
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Israel Preparing for Action in Syria, Says Former Mossad Chief

(Arutz Sheva) Former Mossad chief Danny Yatom said on Thursday that Israel is preparing for the possibility of military action in Syria, in case its chemical weapons were to end up in the hands of Hizbullah or other terrorist organizations in the region. Yatom spoke to the British Sky News, which reported that Israel is Read More »

July 13, 2012
| Filed under Middle East and Biological Weapons
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Syria’s Chemical Secret: Israel Raises Alarm

Orange UK News – Hundreds of tonnes of Syria’s stockpile of deadly nerve gas could fall into the hands of terrorist groups if the regime of Bashar al Assad falls apart amid widening concerns that Israel could go to war to try to stop this ‘Doomsday threat’. According to Middle Eastern and other intelligence sources, Read More »

July 11, 2012
| Filed under Europe, Middle East, and Biological Weapons
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Syria Faces Heightened Canadian Penalties

(Global Security Newswire) Canada on Friday announced new penalties against the Syrian government that include a ban on the sale of materials that could support manufacturing of biological and chemical warfare materials. The Assad regime is widely believed to hold a sizable stockpile of mustard and nerve agents, along with missiles and other means of Read More »

July 10, 2012
| Filed under Middle East, North America, and Biological Weapons
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Foot-and-mouth disease stalks Egypt

(New Scientist) A new strain of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Egypt could aggravate discontent among the rural poor and prolong the country’s political turmoil. As Egypt struggles to make vaccine, agriculture experts fear a vicious circle has begun: political disarray helps spread animal disease, which deepens poverty and discontent – and breeds more political disarray. Read More »