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  • Syrian Observatory: Airstrikes leave 29 civilians dead in Raqqa

    Syrian Observatory: Airstrikes leave 29 civilians dead in Raqqa

    Date: 2017-07-27 09:16:26 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:6917819

    Twenty nine civilians were killed in airstrikes carried out by the US-led international coalition on Daesh-controlled areas in Raqqa city over the past 24 hours, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The Syrian Observatory stated ....

  • Cooperation with Russia becomes central to Trump strategy in Syria

    Cooperation with Russia becomes central to Trump strategy in Syria

    Date: 2017-07-25 15:42:48 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:6915366

    Cooperation with Russia is becoming a central part of the Trump administration’s counter-Islamic State strategy in Syria, with U.S. military planners counting on Moscow to try to prevent Syrian government forces and their allies on the ground from ....

  • US judge halts deportation of 1,400 Iraqis

    US judge halts deportation of 1,400 Iraqis

    Date: 2017-07-25 07:47:43 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:6914283

    A US judge has halted the deportation of 1,400 Iraqis, Sky News reported Tuesday. US District judge Mark Goldsmith granted an injunction to give the immigrants more time to individually challenge their removal in the courts. He said many of ....

  • Israel installs security cameras near holy site

    Israel installs security cameras near holy site

    Date: 2017-07-25 07:17:04 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:6914243

    Israel has placed CCTV cameras near an entrance to a holy site in Jerusalem as tensions over security measures there continue. Metal detectors were installed after the killing of two Israeli policemen have sparked protests by Palestinians. It ....

  • Israeli wounded in stabbing by Palestinian in Tel Aviv suburb

    Israeli wounded in stabbing by Palestinian in Tel Aviv suburb

    Date: 2017-07-24 11:36:08 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6912900

    An Israeli has been wounded in a stabbing by a Palestinian in the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva on Monday morning, Haaretz reported quoting the Israeli police. The Magen David Adom emergency service that the man, who appears to be in his ....

  • Assad forces on outskirts of Euphrates River

    Assad forces on outskirts of Euphrates River

    Date: 2017-07-23 08:31:11 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:6911021

    Assad forces scored another advance in the southeastern countryside of Al Raqqa after capturing a number of villages that were under the control of militants, Syrian activists said Sunday. The new advance made the army forces 18 kilometers away ....

  • Abbas freezes contacts with Israel over Al Aqsa violations

    Abbas freezes contacts with Israel over Al Aqsa violations

    Date: 2017-07-22 11:18:49 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:6909934

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday all contacts with Israel will be suspended till the occupation forces stop their attacks on Al Aqsa Mosque. In a speech, Abbas urged all Palestinian factions to overcome their differences and to ....

  • AL chief denounces Israeli excessive use of force against Palestinians in Al Quds

    AL chief denounces Israeli excessive use of force against Palestinians in Al Quds

    Date: 2017-07-22 11:16:46 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:6909930

    Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Abul Gheit condemned on Friday Israel's excessive use of force and live bullets against unarmed Palestinians in the occupied al Quds city and in areas near Al Aqsa Mosque, AL Spokesman Mahmoud Afifi said in ....

  • Abbas contacts world governments to halt Israeli measures in Jerusalem

    Abbas contacts world governments to halt Israeli measures in Jerusalem

    Date: 2017-07-20 07:54:23 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:6906834

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas contacted several world governments to urge their intervention to put a stop to new Israeli measures in occupied East Jerusalem and particularly at the Muslim holy place, Al-Aqsa Mosque, where Israel had set up ....

  • Iraq buys ‘large batch’ of T-90 tanks – Kremlin aide

    Iraq buys ‘large batch’ of T-90 tanks – Kremlin aide

    Date: 2017-07-20 07:15:09 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:6906790

    A Kremlin aide has confirmed that the Iraqi armed forces will soon take delivery of Russian-made T-90 battle tanks, Russia Today reported Thursday. The Russian hardware will be deployed alongside the US M1A1 Abrams tanks. "A significant ....

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