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  • Qurei condems Israeli settlers aggresson on Aqsa mosque

    Qurei condems Israeli settlers aggresson on Aqsa mosque

    Date: 2015-01-28 16:32:03 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:1845517

    Member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee and head of al Quds affairs at the Palestinian Authority Ahmed Qurei condemned on Wednesday the storming of Al Aqsa mosque compound by tens of Israelis under the protection ....

  • Bomb attack averted in Libya's Tripoli

    Bomb attack averted in Libya's Tripoli

    Date: 2015-01-28 16:31:24 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:1845505

    Unidentified men threw a bomb on the American School of Tripoli, but it did not explode. Gunmen threw a bomb near the school; fortunately, it did not go off, a local official said. On Tuesday, gunmen stormed a luxury hotel used by diplomats ....

  • UNIFIL soldier killed in Lebanon - Spokesman

    UNIFIL soldier killed in Lebanon - Spokesman

    Date: 2015-01-28 16:29:04 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:1845489

    A soldier of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was killed Wednesday in shelling in southern Lebanon, the UN mission's spokesman said. In statements to MENA, Andrea Tenenti refused to blame any party for the attack or mention ....

  • Israel asks UNIFIL personnel to remain in positions

    Israel asks UNIFIL personnel to remain in positions

    Date: 2015-01-28 16:28:22 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:1845481

    The Israeli army asked on Wednesday the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) personnel to remain in their positions. The Lebanese News Agency, meanwhile, said that an Israeli soldier was captured during Hezbollah's attack on an ....

  • 17 Daesh fighters killed in air raid in Iraq's Anbar

    17 Daesh fighters killed in air raid in Iraq's Anbar

    Date: 2015-01-28 16:26:49 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:1845469

    Seventeen Daesh militants were killed in an air raid on a convoy in Al Baghdadi district in Anbar province, security sources said on Wednesday. The Daesh three-vehicle convoy was destroyed by an air strike launched by the Iraqi warplanes in ....

  • AL chief calls for joint Arab cooperation against terror

    AL chief calls for joint Arab cooperation against terror

    Date: 2015-01-28 16:26:17 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:1845461

    Arab League (AL) Chief Nabil el Araby called on Wednesday for Arab cooridnation to face the phenomenon of terrorism. During the two-day preparatory meeting grouping senior officials from the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, ....

  • Angelina Jolie about Iraq trip, Syrian refugees:

    Angelina Jolie about Iraq trip, Syrian refugees: "I Was Speechless"

    Date: 2015-01-28 13:14:49 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:1843725

    Angelina Jolie has called on the international community to help refugees in Syria and Iraq. The Hollywood super star visited a refugee camp near Dohuk, Iraq on Sunday, and wrote about her experiences in an op-ed for The New York Times, in which ....

  • Russian FM to meet with Syrian negotiators in Moscow

    Russian FM to meet with Syrian negotiators in Moscow

    Date: 2015-01-28 09:53:58 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:1841513

    Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will have a meeting with representatives of the Syrian opposition and the government, who are in Moscow for consultations on settlement of the conflict in Syria, TASS news agency. The program or purposes of ....

  • UN experts urges establishing observatory for human rights activists

    UN experts urges establishing observatory for human rights activists

    Date: 2015-01-27 18:48:12 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:1838561

    UN experts called on Tuesday for establishing an Arab observatory for the advocators of the human rights in the region. The appeal was made in the recommendations of a workshop on human rights in Tunisia. The workshop was co-organized by the ....

  • Director of Yemeni president office freed

    Director of Yemeni president office freed

    Date: 2015-01-27 18:18:51 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:1837481

    Houthi group in Yemen released on Tuesday Dr Ahmed Awad ben Mubarak, the director of Yemeni president's office, who was abducted 11 days ago. Sources said a delegation of Shabwa tribe from which ben Mubarak hailed, received the official on ....

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