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  • Fate of Houthis leader undertermined

    Fate of Houthis leader undertermined

    Date: 2015-04-12 09:38:30 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:2362169

    Houthi leader Abdel Malek Houthi is said to be killed during the Saudi-led coalition shelling on the houthi positions in Yemen, Al-Arabiya reported quoting the Iranian Al Alam TV Channel as saying. The Iranian news channel state television ....

  • 480 trucks enter GS via Karam Abu Salem crossing

    480 trucks enter GS via Karam Abu Salem crossing

    Date: 2015-04-12 09:28:29 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:2362237

    As many as 480 trucks loaded with construction materials have been allowed to enter the Gaza Strip from Israel via Karem Abu Salem crossing. Palestinians in the area said the shipments, which contain cement, gravel, iron and fuel, are intended ....

  • Fatah lashes out at 'Hamas talks with Israel'

    Fatah lashes out at 'Hamas talks with Israel'

    Date: 2015-04-11 16:20:57 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:2359209

    Alleged talks between Hamas and Israel have been attacked by Fatah which sees them "a conspiracy to ruin the Palestinian cause." The claimed negotiations are meant to establish "an entity or an emirate" for the Islamic group in the Gaza Strip to ....

  • 35 Daesh members killed in Salah Eldin province

    35 Daesh members killed in Salah Eldin province

    Date: 2015-04-11 12:29:16 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:2357653

    Thirty-five persons belonging to Daesh terrorist group were killed on Saturday during a shelling carried out by the jets of the international coalition near Baiji oil refinery in Salaheddin province, northern Iraq. The Iraqi forces counteracted ....

  • Legitimate Libyan govt to abide by political solution to crisis - FM

    Legitimate Libyan govt to abide by political solution to crisis - FM

    Date: 2015-04-11 08:22:49 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:2355437

    The legitimate Libyan government is committed to a political solution to the violence plaguing the country, affirmed Libyan Foreign Minister Mohammed al Dairi. In exclusive statements to al Arabiya al Hadath, a pan-Arab television channel, Dairi ....

  • Tunisian president receives UN special representative for Mali

    Tunisian president receives UN special representative for Mali

    Date: 2015-04-10 18:50:35 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:2354041

    Tunisian President Béji Caid Essebsi met, Friday in Carthage, with Mongi Hamdi, Special Representative of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General for Mali, TAP news agency reported. The UN official submitted a request to Tunis for the ....

  • Palestinian young man killed, 2 injured as Israeli forces attack funeral

    Palestinian young man killed, 2 injured as Israeli forces attack funeral

    Date: 2015-04-10 18:32:39 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:2353109

    A Palestinian young man was killed and two others were injured after the Israeli forces attacked a funeral in Hebron Friday. Ziad Omar, 27, was killed as Israeli forces fired bullets and tear gas bombs at the funeral of 22-year-old Jafar Awad, a ....

  • Yemen crisis ‘getting worse by the hour’ – UN humanitarian official

    Yemen crisis ‘getting worse by the hour’ – UN humanitarian official

    Date: 2015-04-10 18:10:57 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:2353765

    The humanitarian situation in Yemen is “getting worse by the hour,” the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for the country warned today, saying that the escalating conflict has put millions of people at risk of physical injury or death. “We ....

  • Jumblatt calls for amendments to Taif agreement

    Jumblatt calls for amendments to Taif agreement

    Date: 2015-04-10 18:09:21 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:2353749

    Leader of the Lebanese Progressive Socialist Party Walid Jumblatt called on Friday for amendments to the Taif agreement, signed in 1989. In a Twitter post, Jumblatt said this move will help the experienced persons to assume posts, regardless of ....

  • Aden petroleum refinery closed due to deteriorating security conditions

    Aden petroleum refinery closed due to deteriorating security conditions

    Date: 2015-04-10 17:53:42 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:2353381

    Aden petroleum refinery, whose capacity hits 150,000 barrels daily, was closed due to the deteriorating security conditions, as well as clashes taking place between the Yemenis and Houthis loyal to the former Yemeni president. Well-placed sources ....

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