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  • Gaza death toll hits 1,500

    Date: 2014-08-01 15:49:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:853587

    GAZA CITY, Aug 1 (MENA) - The Palestinian Health Ministry said on Friday that the death toll from the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 1,500. Health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qadra said more than 8,600 Palestinians have been ....

  • Foreign Ministry follows up conditions of nationals on Tunisia-Libya border

    Date: 2014-08-01 15:47:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:75 - ID:853585

    CAIRO, Aug 1 (MENA) - Egypt's Foreign Ministry said it is following up the conditions of nationals on the Tunisia-Libya border. The Foreign Ministry, in coordination with other authorities concerned, is following up the conditions of Egyptians ....

  • Egyptian aid to Gaza not delivered due to Israeli shelling

    Date: 2014-08-01 15:44:10 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:853565

    RAFAH, Egypt, Aug 1 (MENA) – The Egyptian authorities failed to deliver an aid shipment to the Gaza Strip via Rafah Friday due to the Israeli shelling of border areas. Four trucks of food offered by the Armed Forces were planned to enter the ....

  • Senior Tunisian security official injured in confrontation with thousands fleeing Libya

    Date: 2014-08-01 15:26:03 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:853513

    TUNIS, Aug 1 (MENA) - A senior Tunisian security official has been injured by a random bullet when thousands of people fleeing Libya attempted to enter Tunisia, the state agency reported Friday. Security forces thwarted a bid by thousands of ....

  • 3rd flight carrying Egyptians in Libya arrives in Cairo

    Date: 2014-08-01 15:19:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:72 - ID:853515

    CAIRO, Aug 1 (MENA) - An EgyptAir flight , the third ferrying Egyptians back home from Libya, arrived in Cairo on Friday. Egyptian workers left Libya because of the ongoing fighting between Libyan militias. An Airbus"340",which was ....

  • 17 Iraqi soldiers killed in clashes with ISIS militants

    Date: 2014-08-01 15:06:56 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:853544

    BAGHDAD, Aug 1 (MENA) - Seventeen Iraqi soldiers were killed and three others wounded Friday in clashes with militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) in southern Baghdad. The two-hour clashes left also 23 ISIS militants dead, ....

  • Hamas leader refuses to comment on kidnapping of Israeli soldier

    Date: 2014-08-01 15:04:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:853462

    DOHA, Aug 1 (MENA) - Hamas political bureau member Ezzat al-Risheq refused on Friday to comment on reports about the kidnapping an Israeli soldier in Rafah. "Only the Palestinian resistance has the right to affirm or deny the capture of the ....

  • Netanyahu trying to market victory against Hamas -- Ynet

    Date: 2014-08-01 14:42:39 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:853518

    GAZA CITY, Aug 1 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is no longer searching for a "victory image" in the war against Hamas, but for an "exit image," a conclusion which will help him market to the Israeli public that we have in fact ....

  • Britain considers reports over British nationality of 'kidnapped' soldier in Gaza

    Date: 2014-08-01 14:27:00 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:853495

    LONDON, Aug 1 (MENA) - Britain's Foreign Office is looking into reports that a soldier feared captured by Hamas in the Gaza Strip is from a family of British-Israeli migrants, Sky News reported Friday. The Foreign office urgently considers such ....

  • Tunisian Ras Jedir crossing closed

    Date: 2014-08-01 14:25:21 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:853494

    TUNIS, Aug 1 (MENA) - The Tunisian Ras Jedir border crossing was closed Friday, the state news agency reported. The decision was made due to the deteriorating security situation on the border with Libya, a security source said. (MENA) MI/MA ....

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