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  • Israeli troops arrest Palestinian at Hebron checkpoint

    Israeli troops arrest Palestinian at Hebron checkpoint

    Date: 2014-09-24 08:20:32 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:1001741

    Israeli troops Wednesday arrested a Palestinian in Hebron and searched a number of houses in the town of Sa'eer. Mohamed Younis Rabaa, 45, was arrested at a checkpoint near Hebron, Palestinian security sources said. The Israeli troops also ....

  • Benghazi security official assassinated

    Benghazi security official assassinated

    Date: 2014-09-24 07:32:29 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:1001229

    Unidentified gunmen assassinated on Wednesday a colonel in the preventive security agency in Benghazi, a security source said. The gunmen driving a car showered Colonel Wael al-Hamali with bullets near a Benghazi police station, killing him at ....

  • Van attacked in northern Lebanon

    Van attacked in northern Lebanon

    Date: 2014-09-24 07:25:00 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:1001289

    A van carrying military and civilian passengers came under a fire attack in the northern Lebanese town of Beira at dawn of Wednesday. No casualties were reported. ....

  • Palestinian worshippers observe i'tikaf at Aqsa amid calls by radical Jewish group to storm mosque

    Palestinian worshippers observe i'tikaf at Aqsa amid calls by radical Jewish group to storm mosque

    Date: 2014-09-24 07:14:22 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:1001217

    A number of worshippers observed i'tikaf at halls of Al-Aqsa Mosque Tuesday night as radical Jewish groups called for storming the holy site on Wednesday. The radical Jewish groups want to mark the new Jewish Year Rosh Hashanah. ....

  • Libyan speaker confers with UN envoy to Libya on crisis

    Libyan speaker confers with UN envoy to Libya on crisis

    Date: 2014-09-24 07:10:19 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:1001185

    The Libya delegation to the United Nations led by Speaker Aqila Saleh and Libyan Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Ibrahim Dabbashi held talks with US Ambassador to Libya Deborah Jones. Jones said, On his Twitter account, termed ....

  • More airstrikes launched against Daesh in Syria

    More airstrikes launched against Daesh in Syria

    Date: 2014-09-24 06:54:12 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:1000869

    The US-led international alliance launched on Wednesday a number of air raids against Daesh militants in a number of Syrian cities. The alliance, with the participation of a number of Arab countries, started as of Tuesday dawn targeting Daesh ....

  • Missile hits location of abducted Lebanese soldiers: Nusra Front

    Missile hits location of abducted Lebanese soldiers: Nusra Front

    Date: 2014-09-23 17:50:39 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:999193

    The al-Qaeda linked Al-Nusra Front said a guided missile hit on Tuesday the location where abducted Lebanese soldiers are held. In a tweet, the group said none of the soldiers it holds was harmed in the attack. ....

  • Yemeni president

    Yemeni president "foreign plot" behind Shiites' advances

    Date: 2014-09-23 16:59:54 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:998625

    Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi says the sweep by Shiite rebels over the capital is part of a "foreign plot," implicitly blaming Iran, which he has accused of backing the group, ABC news reported. Hadi's Tuesday remarks came days after ....

  • UAE confirms its air force launched first strike against Daesh targets

    UAE confirms its air force launched first strike against Daesh targets

    Date: 2014-09-23 16:42:26 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:998861

    The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the country's air force launched its first strikes against Daesh targets last evening, the state's official news agency reported. ''The operation was conducted in coordination with other forces ....

  • Arab environment ministers meet ahead of climate change summit to coordinate stances

    Arab environment ministers meet ahead of climate change summit to coordinate stances

    Date: 2014-09-23 16:16:35 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:998745

    Arab environment ministers met here Tuesday on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change summit to coordinate stances regarding topics on the agenda of the summit. The Arab stance is still the same, said Egypt's Khaled Fahmi, noting that Arab ....

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