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3 mortar shells launched from Syria land along Israeli border
Date: 2014-08-27 10:52:36 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:893611
Three mortar shells fired Wednesday from Syrian lands landed on the Israeli side of Al Qantira crossing along the borders with Syria. There were no reports on casualties. Israel Radio said farmers and tourists were evacuated from the area. ....
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Abbas's adviser: Egypt's role in halting fighting highly appreciated
Date: 2014-08-27 09:56:16 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:893593
Abdullah Al-Frangi, Palestinian president's adviser for international relations, has highly appreciated Egypt's role under President Abdel Fattah El Sisi in reaching the ceasefire deal in Gaza Strip. In statements to MENA, Afrangi asserted that ....
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Hamas spokesman lauds Egypt role in support of Palestinian cause
Date: 2014-08-27 09:54:53 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:893588
Egypt has always played a major and historical role in supporting the Palestinian cause, the spokesman for Hamas has said. Sami Abu-Zahri told MENA Wednesday he very much appreciates Egypt's role in reaching a ceasefire agreement in ....
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Libya's central bank denies robbery reports
Date: 2014-08-27 08:30:58 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:893242
The Central Bank of Libya denied on Wednesday reports that gunmen stormed the building and robbed it. These are rumors that meant to weaken confidence in the banking sector in Libya, the bank said in a statement. The bank is an independent ....
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Kuwait denies arrest of ISIL militants on its lands
Date: 2014-08-27 08:19:52 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:893351
The Kuwaiti Interior Ministry denied on Wednesday reports that some militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have entered its lands via borders and were arrested. In a statement, the ministry denied there was a shootout ....
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Threats that ISIS would kill kidnapped soldiers not serious -- Minister
Date: 2014-08-27 08:05:46 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:893320
Lebanese Interior Minister Nihad al-Mashnouq has doubted that Islamic State militants would actually kill soldiers they had kidnapped. Those are not serious threats, Mashnouq told Lebanon's "Lewaa" newspaper, out Wednesday. He said he received ....
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Libya FM: Arab League interference prevented brutalities in Libya
Date: 2014-08-27 08:04:02 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:893316
Libyan Foreign Minister Mohammad Abdel Aziz said the Arab League interference in the proper time has banned the occurrence of brutalities and massacres that might have claimed the lives of more than a million person. In statements to the Saudi ....
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Israel fails to uproot Palestinian resistance -- Barghouti
Date: 2014-08-27 07:37:57 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:893264
Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative Moustafa al-Barghouti has expressed happiness for the end of the Israeli aggression in Gaza. Israeli plans to uproot the Palestinian resistance have failed, Barghouti said in an interview ....
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Hezbollah greets Palestinians on resistance success over enemy
Date: 2014-08-27 07:29:19 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:893246
Hezbollah has greeted the Palestinian people and resistance factions on their victory over the enemy that was obliged to achieve the demands presented by leaders of the Palestinian people. In a statement released late Tuesday, Hezbollah said this ....
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Palestinians seeking to join ICC to try Israel for crimes in Gaza
Date: 2014-08-27 07:27:55 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:893244
Palestinians are acting to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a step toward trying Israel for its crimes against civilians in Gaza. More than 2,000 Gazans have been killed in the Israeli aggression and 11,000 others have been ....