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  • Lebanese PM: France to activate $3 billion army grant

    Lebanese PM: France to activate $3 billion army grant

    Date: 2014-12-10 17:32:41 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:1512425

    France will provide its final signature to activate the Saudi-funded $3 billion military aid package for the Lebanese Army in three days, Prime Minister Tammam Salam told reporters during a flight to Paris Wednesday, according to the Daily ....

  • Jordan king calls for fighting terrorism via comprehensive approach

    Jordan king calls for fighting terrorism via comprehensive approach

    Date: 2014-12-10 17:31:50 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:1512413

    Jordanian King II has underlined the importance of combating terrorism through a comprehensive approach and a strategic perspective, including military, security and ideological fields. During a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens ....

  • UN calls for prompt, transparent probe into death of Palestinian minister

    UN calls for prompt, transparent probe into death of Palestinian minister

    Date: 2014-12-10 17:23:06 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:1512361

    UN Mideast envoy Robert Serry called on Israel to promptly investigate the death of a Palestinian Authority minister who died shortly after being involved in clashes with Israeli security forces in the West Bank on Wednesday, Jerusalem Post ....

  • Hamas mourns Palestinian minister killed by Israeli soldiers

    Hamas mourns Palestinian minister killed by Israeli soldiers

    Date: 2014-12-10 17:18:16 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:1512313

    The Islamic resistance movement of Hamas mourned the death of member of Fatah Revolutionary Council Ziyad Abu Ein who was killed by Israeli occupation troops Wednesday. In statements, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri called for halting security ....

  • Israel army claims Palestinian minister died of heart attack

    Israel army claims Palestinian minister died of heart attack

    Date: 2014-12-10 17:17:28 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:1512309

    Israeli army sources said the military initially believed that the death of a Palestinian Authority minister was the result of a heart attack, the Jerusalem Post reported. Ziad Abu Ein, 55, a PA minister without portfolio, was taking part in a ....

  • Palestinian information ministry condemns killing of minister

    Palestinian information ministry condemns killing of minister

    Date: 2014-12-10 15:44:57 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:1511745

    The Palestinian Information Ministry described the killing of Palestinian Minister and Head of the Committee against the Wall and Settlements Ziad Abu Ein as "brutal". In a statement Wednesday, the ministry said that Abu-Ein's assassination ....

  • AL chief condemns killing of Palestinian minister by Israeli forces

    AL chief condemns killing of Palestinian minister by Israeli forces

    Date: 2014-12-10 14:30:01 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:1511065

    Arab League Secretary-General Nabil el-Arabi condemned on Wednesday the killing of a Palestinian minister after being assaulted by the Israeli forces. Ziad Abu Ein, who was the head of the Anti-Wall and Settlement Commission, died in Ramallah ....

  • AL chief hails outcome of GCC summit

    AL chief hails outcome of GCC summit

    Date: 2014-12-10 14:24:07 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:1510973

    Arab League chief Nabil el-Arabi on Wednesday expressed satisfaction over the important outcome of the Gulf Cooperation Council that wrapped up its activities in Doha on Tuesday. In a released statement, Arabi underlined, after returning to Cairo ....

  • 15 Syrian servicemen killed in clashes with Islamists

    15 Syrian servicemen killed in clashes with Islamists

    Date: 2014-12-10 13:30:08 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:1510345

    Twelve Syrian servicemen were killed Wednesday in clashes with Islamist militants in Damascus Countryside. The clashes left five other Islamist fighters dead. The Islamist militants managed to control several areas in the Darayya suburb of ....

  • 25 killed, wounded in blast in Iraqi Samaraa city

    25 killed, wounded in blast in Iraqi Samaraa city

    Date: 2014-12-10 11:52:53 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:1509133

    Twenty-five people, including security men, were killed and wounded on Wednesday when a mortar shell was fired on a district in north Samaraa district. The source said that the mortar shooting was followed by an explosion of a booby-trapped ....

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