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  • 8 killed, injured in southern Baghdad

    8 killed, injured in southern Baghdad

    Date: 2015-08-29 12:44:20 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:3246721

    About eight persons were killed and wounded when an explosive charge went off in southern Baghdad, according to an Iraqi security source on Saturday. The explosive charge was fixed near a public market, the Iraqi News Agency quoted the source as ....

  • 4 Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli forces in Nablus

    4 Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli forces in Nablus

    Date: 2015-08-29 08:46:08 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:3244925

    At least four Palestinians were injured with rubber-coated steel bullets during confrontations that erupted between Israeli forces and Palestinian locals in the village of Tel in the southwest of Nablus. Confrontations broke out after Israeli ....

  • Lebanese interior minister says will withdraw security forces if army does not take part in securing protests

    Lebanese interior minister says will withdraw security forces if army does not take part in securing protests

    Date: 2015-08-29 08:33:22 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:3244801

    Lebanese Interior Minister Nehad al Mashnouq said that he will withdraw security forces tasked with securing protests of the civil society, due today, if the Lebanese army does not take part in securing them. In press statements to An-Nahar ....

  • UN warns South Sudan rivals to honour ceasefire

    UN warns South Sudan rivals to honour ceasefire

    Date: 2015-08-29 08:23:21 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:3244717

    The UN Security Council (UNSC) has warned the warring sides in South Sudan they face an arms embargo and other sanctions if they do not implement a peace deal due to come into force on Saturday, The BBC news reported. In a unanimous statement, ....

  • Mauritania arrests terrorist over supporting Daesh

    Mauritania arrests terrorist over supporting Daesh

    Date: 2015-08-29 08:18:40 GMT - Mauritania - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:3244681

    Mauritania arrested in the wee hours of Saturday a terrorist over supporting the Daesh group. Identified as Mohammad Salem al-Majlesy, he was previously sentenced to three years in jail over charges in connection with terrorism, but was released ....

  • Ceasefire talks between Syrian opposition Iran fail

    Ceasefire talks between Syrian opposition Iran fail

    Date: 2015-08-29 08:17:33 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3244669

    The Syrian opposition has officially declared the failure of negotiations with Iran to reach a ceasefire in Zabadani city in Rif Dimashq and the towns of Foaa and Kafaria in Rif Idlib. Air force jets have targeted Zabadani city following the ....

  • Arab jets raid Jabl al Nahdain

    Arab jets raid Jabl al Nahdain

    Date: 2015-08-29 08:12:57 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:3244649

    Arab coalition jets have intensified raids on Jabl al Nahdain military site near the presidential palace in southern Sanaa. The jets shelled the site for the fourth time before dawn Saturday after a Ballistic missile was fired in the direction of ....

  • AL chief slams Houthi brutal crimes against Yemen people

    AL chief slams Houthi brutal crimes against Yemen people

    Date: 2015-08-27 15:44:28 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:3237825

    Arab League (AL) Secretary General Nabil el Araby condemned on Thursday the hideous crimes committed by the Houthi militants and forces loyal to Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh against the Yemeni people. Also, he deplored the Houthi ....

  • Palestinian faction leader lashes out at Hamas

    Palestinian faction leader lashes out at Hamas

    Date: 2015-08-26 18:17:13 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:3232393

    Palestine Liberation Front chief Wasel Abu Youssef asserted on Wednesday that Israel works to Judaize Al-Quds (occupied East Jerusalem) and Al-Aqsa Mosque. In a radio interview, Abu Yussef held Israel responsible for the current stalemate in the ....

  • Israel continues to enforce military cordon on Aqsa Mosque

    Israel continues to enforce military cordon on Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2015-08-26 12:16:10 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:3229397

    Israeli forces continued to tighten their presence at Al Aqsa Mosque, banning women for the third day from entering the holy shrine and arresting two others, Palestinian sources said. Scores of women are still protesting at one of the mosque's ....

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