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Iranian defense minister appointment connected to bombing of US marine barracks in Lebanon -- Paper

Date: 2013-08-11 22:29:31 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:237375

US/Iran/Lebanon Iranian defense minister appointment connected to bombing of US marine barracks in Lebanon -- Paper WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (MENA) - Iranian President Hassan Rowhani has appointed as his defense minister an Iranian general who ....

Israeli PM leaves hospital day after hernia operation

Date: 2013-08-11 22:15:11 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:237362

Israel/Netanyahu Israeli PM leaves hospital day after hernia operation GAZA CITY, Aug 11 (MENA) – Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu left hospital Sunday less than 24 hours after undergoing an emergency hernia operation, but was not ....

Lapid blasts new settlement housing tenders as 'double mistake'

Date: 2013-08-11 19:52:27 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:237216

Israel/Settlement Israel's Lapid blasts new settlement housing tenders as 'double mistake' GAZA, Aug 11 (MENA) – Finance Minister Yair Lapid lashed out Sunday at the decision to build more than one thousand new homes in the West Bank and ....

Fatah condemns Hamas' detention campaign against its cadres in Gaza

Date: 2013-08-11 14:30:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:236749

Palestine/Factions/Politics Fatah condemns Hamas' detention campaign against its cadres in Gaza RAMALLAH, Aug 11 (MENA) - Fatah movement condemned on Sunday the wide-scale detention campaign, launched by Hamas' security bodies against its ....

Rafah crossing reopens tomorrow after Eid holiday

Date: 2013-08-11 14:22:01 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:236819

Egypt/Crossing Rafah crossing reopens tomorrow after Eid holiday RAFAH, Egypt, Aug 11 (MENA) - Rafah border crossing will be reopened for travelers on both directions as of Monday after the end of the Eidul-Fitr vacation. The ....

Palestinian injured by Israeli forces east Gaza

Date: 2013-08-11 14:06:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:236794

Palestine/Israel Palestinian injured by Israeli forces east Gaza GAZA, Aug 11 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man received a bullet to his foot when he was shot at by Israeli forces positioned on the Gaza Strip borders, in the area located ....

Jabal Lebanon mufti calls for cutting ties with Iran

Date: 2013-08-11 13:20:19 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:236667

Lebanon/Iran/Politics Jabal Lebanon mufti calls for cutting ties with Iran BEIRUT, Aug 11 (MENA) – Mufti of Jabal Lebanon Mohammed bin Ali al-Jozo called for severing ties with Iran and expelling its ambassador from the country. The ....

Israel approves 1,000 more settlement housing units

Date: 2013-08-11 13:04:52 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:236666

Israel/Settlement Israel approves 1,000 more settlement housing units GAZA CITY, Aug 11 (MENA) – Israeli Housing Minister Uri Ariel stated on Sunday that more than 1,000 housing units will be marketed through the Israel Land Authority ....

180 trucks with goods enter Gaza

Date: 2013-08-11 12:09:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:236649

Palestine/Crossing 180 trucks with goods enter Gaza GAZA, Aug 11 (MENA) - Israel allowed Sunday the entry of 189 trucks loaded with a variety of goods into the Gaza Strip through Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) commercial border crossing ....

12 security elements killed, injured in Iraq

Date: 2013-08-11 11:55:29 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:236577

Iraq/Explosion 12 security elements killed, injured in Iraq BAGHDAD, Aug 11 (MENA) – Three Iraqi security men were killed and nine others injured when a roadside bomb exploded in Babil, 100 km south of Baghdad, on Sunday. The bomb went off ....