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Bahrain slams Iranian remarks against Manama
Date: 2015-02-03 12:37:34 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:1885553
Bahrain's Foreign Ministry has slammed remarks by Iranian officials against Bahrain, state-run news agency BNA reported Tuesday. Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham expressed deep concern over Bahrain's decision to revoke the ....
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Netanyahu: After Gaza inquiry head quit, UN should shelve report
Date: 2015-02-03 10:36:57 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:1884341
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday responded to the decision by Canadian jurist William Schabas to step down from the United Nations’ investigation into the recent Gaza war by saying that the report that he was working on should ....
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Syria's chemical weapons disarmament completed -- Russian official
Date: 2015-02-03 06:30:40 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:1882577
The disarmament of Syria’s chemical weapons has been completed and serious issues on their destruction no longer exist, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said on Monday. “We believe that [Syria’s] chemical disarmament is completed ....
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Israeli decision to freeze Palestinian tax revenues is piracy - Fatah
Date: 2015-02-02 19:02:43 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:1881569
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to withhold the monthly transfer of Palestinian tax revenues, totaling some 400 million shekels, for the second month is piracy and theft, Palestinian movement Fatah said. The total amount of ....
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Hamas denies request to delay PLO visit to Gaza
Date: 2015-02-02 11:26:47 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:1877573
The Palestinian movement of Hamas has denied claims it requested that a Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) delegation delay a visit to the Gaza Strip to discuss reconciliation and activate the beach camp accord. Statements by member of the ....
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Arab League chief asserts efforts to enhance women empowerment
Date: 2015-02-02 09:51:23 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:1876673
Arab League chief Nabil Araby said on Monday the pan-Arab body does its utmost efforts to boost empowerment of women. He was addressing a high-level meeting on progress achieved on gender equality. Araby called on all partners and concerned ....
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Israel arrests 4 Palestinians for crossing Gaza security fence
Date: 2015-02-02 09:50:12 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:1876653
Israeli forces arrested four Palestinians for crossing the border security fence in the eastern Gaza Strip on Monday, local sources said. The four were taken to an unknown destination for questioning. Since the end of the latest aggression on ....
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Two explosions heard in Tripoli
Date: 2015-02-02 09:48:54 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:1875161
Two explosions rocked the Libyan capital in the wee hours of Monday but no official statement has been released so far about the source of the bombings. A number of explosions hit the Libyan capital during January, the latest of which was a blast ....
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Israel allows 560 trucks into Gaza enclave
Date: 2015-02-02 09:16:46 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:1876217
Israeli authorities decided to allow 560 trucks loaded with commodities and aid into the Gaza Strip, said the head of a panel in charge of imports on Monday. The trucks will enter the territory via Karam Abu Salem crossing, said Raed ....
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Iraqi forces kill 9 Dash militants, arrest 4 others in Anbar
Date: 2015-02-02 07:46:27 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:1875413
Iraqi forces, backed by Sunni clans, killed nine Daesh militants and arrested four others during military operations in Anbar province on Monday, security sources said. The forces killed four militants while attacking a police point in the ....