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  • Clashes erupt in Arsal, over 200 families flee fire

    Clashes erupt in Arsal, over 200 families flee fire

    Date: 2014-08-29 18:21:05 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:897290

    Lebanese army battalion engaged on Friday in deadly clashes with a group of militants in the northeastern border region of Arsal, Lebanon. More than 200 families moved from Arsal during the past two days, an official told MENA. The army ....

  • Haftar aircraft targeted after attacking terrorists

    Haftar aircraft targeted after attacking terrorists

    Date: 2014-08-29 18:19:49 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:897287

    Commander of the Libyan Tobruk air base Ibrahim Abdrabu , loyal to General Khalifa Haftar, was killed Friday after his military warplane was targeted. Before being targeted, Abdrabu launched air strikes on suspected al Qaeda splinter militants ....

  • AL chief meets GCHRAGD head

    AL chief meets GCHRAGD head

    Date: 2014-08-28 09:28:53 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:895174

    Arab League (AL) Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi met on Thursday with Chairman of the Geneva Center for Human Right Advancement and Global Dialogue (GCHRAGD ) Hanif al-Qassim on the sidelines of his participation in a meeting here. They ....

  • Israeli opposition lashes out at Netanyahu speech on Gaza war

    Israeli opposition lashes out at Netanyahu speech on Gaza war

    Date: 2014-08-28 07:12:58 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:894916

    The head of the Israeli opposition strongly criticized the speech by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the military operation in Gaza, saying it is a sad victory, Radio Israel reported. On his Facebook page, Isaac Herzog said Netanyahu lost ....

  • Maliki urges Iraqi political blocs to back Abadi

    Maliki urges Iraqi political blocs to back Abadi

    Date: 2014-08-27 16:24:14 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:894398

    Iraq's outgoing Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki called on the political blocs to decrease their demands and adhere to the constitution regarding the formation of the government of Haider al-Abadi. In his weekly statement on Wednesday, Maliki ....

  • Thousands of Palestinians participate in march celebrating halt of Israeli aggression on Gaza

    Thousands of Palestinians participate in march celebrating halt of Israeli aggression on Gaza

    Date: 2014-08-27 16:12:16 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:894381

    Thousands of Palestinians participated in a public march that Hamas called for in Gaza celebrating halting the Israeli aggression on the enclave and the resistance victory in the last confrontation with Israel during the aggression. Chairman of ....

  • German FM hails decision on ceasedire in Gaza

    German FM hails decision on ceasedire in Gaza

    Date: 2014-08-27 14:45:14 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:894225

    German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier praised on Wednesday the decision for a ceasefire in Gaza, saying that the exerted efforts to reach a permanent ceasefire in Gaza have been successful. He considered a decision a fateful one ....

  • Ongoing talks to form cabinet: Iraqi MP

    Ongoing talks to form cabinet: Iraqi MP

    Date: 2014-08-27 14:42:43 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:894218

    Iraqi MP Abbas al-Bayati said Prime Minister Haider Abadi had received lists from the political alliances to choose the best possible candidates for his Council of Ministers. He confirmed that ongoing talks to form a government are encouraging. ....

  • 55 Daesh elements killed in Iraq

    55 Daesh elements killed in Iraq

    Date: 2014-08-27 13:33:58 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:894104

    Fifty-five operatives of Daesh were killed and eight others injured in aerial bombardment in northern Babel and Anbar provinces. In a statement, the Iraqi Defense Ministry announced that its warplanes killed 35 elements of Daesh and destroyed ....

  • US rules out coordinating with Assad on airstrikes against Daesh in Syria: Report

    US rules out coordinating with Assad on airstrikes against Daesh in Syria: Report

    Date: 2014-08-27 12:56:08 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:894026

    The US Administration has ruled out the possibility of coordinating any US airstrikes in Syria with President Bashar al-Assad’s government, forcing US officials to either design a campaign that would evade Syrian air defenses or coordinate it with ....

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