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Israel bans family visits for Gaza prisoners

Date: 2013-04-29 09:53:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:85551

Palestine-Israel Israel bans family visits for Gaza prisoners     GAZA CITY, April 29 (MENA) - Israeli authorities have cancelled visits by Gaza families to their prisoners in Israeli jails that were scheduled for Monday, WAFA news ....

22 killed, wounded in car bombig in Diwaniya province

Date: 2013-04-29 09:51:12 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:85546

Iraq-Blast22 killed, wounded in car bombing in Diwaniya province   BAGHDAD, April 29 (MENA) - Two people were killed and 20 other were wounded in a booby-trapped car blast in central Diwaniya province on Monday, an Iraqi security source ....

21 killed, injured in two car bombs in Iraq

Date: 2013-04-29 09:50:35 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:85501

Iraq-Blasts 21 killed, injured in two car bombs in Iraq       BAGHDAD, April 29 (MENA) - At least 21 people were killed and wounded when two car bombs tore on Monday in Amara, 300km southeast of Baghdad.    The blasts ....

Rocket fired from Gaza lands at western Negev

Date: 2013-04-29 09:13:50 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:85504

Israel-Palestine-Attack Rocket fired from Gaza lands at western Negev      GAZA CITY, April 29 (MENA) - A rocket fired from Gaza Strip landed at a vacant agricultural land in western Negev on Monday but no casualties or damage ....

Syria clashes

Date: 2013-04-29 09:12:23 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:85487

Syria-Clashes Fierce Clashes in Damascus    Damascus, April 29 (MENA) - Fierce clashes erupted Sunday night between regime troops and armed opposition groups in Barza al-Balad district in Damascus.    Many were killed and ....

88 killed by regime fire in Syria

Date: 2013-04-29 09:00:44 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:85502

Syria-Violence-Toll88 killed by regime fire in Syria   DAMASCUS, April 29 (MENA) - The number of people killed by regime forces in several areas in Syria on Sunday rose to 88, the Syrian Network for Human Rights said Monday.   ....

Gunmen surrounding Libyan foreign ministry release Al-Arabiya reporter

Date: 2013-04-29 00:46:49 GMT - Libya - Middle East - SN:116 - ID:85395

Libya-Gunmen-AlArabiyaGunmen surrounding Libyan foreign ministry release Al-Arabiya reporter   TRIPOLI, April 28 (MENA) - Gunmen surrounding Libya's foreign ministry on Sunday released a reporter for Al-Arabiya televion and his ....

Gaddafi family in Oman to stay out of politics: Libya

Date: 2013-04-29 00:43:50 GMT - Libya - Middle East - SN:115 - ID:85396

Libya-Oman-Gaddafi Gaddafi family in Oman to stay out of politics: Libya      TRIPOLI, April 28 (MENA) - Oman has reassured Libya that members of killed dictator Muammar Gaddafi's family who are staying in the sultanate will not ....

Iranian threat exaggerated – Olmert

Date: 2013-04-29 00:07:07 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:113 - ID:85345

Israel-Iran-statment Iranian threat exaggerated – Olmert    GAZA CITY, April 28 (MENA) - Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert warned on Sunday against inflating the Iranian threat.    “I think that we have ....

Quds Brigades to MENA: Resistance factions in Gaza ready for any Israeli escalation

Date: 2013-04-28 18:47:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:84704

Palestine-Israel-Brigades Quds Brigades to MENA: Resistance factions in Gaza ready for any Israeli escalation     GAZA CITY, April 28 (MENA) - Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad in Palestine, said on Sunday ....