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  • Israel launched wide-scale detention campaign against PFLP leaders

    Israel launched wide-scale detention campaign against PFLP leaders

    Date: 2014-08-26 06:32:27 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:891444

    Israeli occupation forces at dawn Tuesday launched a wide-scale detention campaign against a number of leaders and cadres of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PLFP) in the West Bank. The campaign targeted the leaders in Ramallah, ....

  • Turkish aid arrives in Egypt en route to Gaza

    Turkish aid arrives in Egypt en route to Gaza

    Date: 2014-08-26 05:16:37 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:891353

    A batch of Turkish humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip has arrived in Egypt to be allowed into the enclave via Rafah border crossing. The head of the Egyptian Red Crescent in Arish City said the aid consisted of six tons of baby diapers. Gaber ....

  • Lebanese FM calls for regional mechanism against terror

    Lebanese FM calls for regional mechanism against terror

    Date: 2014-08-25 14:51:33 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:890849

    Lebanon's Foreign Minister Gibran Basil called Monday for drafting a regional mechanism to fight terror during the Arab ministerial meeting to take place in Cairo on September 6-7. Basil told MENA that Egypt could play an important role in this ....

  • Tunisian FM: Libya's neighbors agree on immediate halt of military operations in Libya

    Tunisian FM: Libya's neighbors agree on immediate halt of military operations in Libya

    Date: 2014-08-25 14:51:00 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:890847

    The foreign ministers of Libya's neighbors agreed during their meeting on Monday on the importance of immediately ending all military operations in Libya and holding negotiations to reach a peaceful solution to the unrest there, said Tunisia's ....

  • Woman killed, scores injured in Israeli attacks in Gaza

    Woman killed, scores injured in Israeli attacks in Gaza

    Date: 2014-08-25 12:40:03 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:889784

    A Palestinian woman was killed and scores injured in series of Israeli attacks Monday in different areas in Gaza. Also two mosques and a number of houses were destroyed during the attack, Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qodra said. The ....

  • 3 ISIL militants killed in Iraq's Anbar: Report

    3 ISIL militants killed in Iraq's Anbar: Report

    Date: 2014-08-25 12:38:22 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:890509

    At least three militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were killed in clashes with Iraqi troops in western Anbar province, Iraq's state news agency reported. Two vehicles used by ISIL militants were destroyed, the agency ....

  • Palestinian factions say shelled Erez crossing north Gaza

    Palestinian factions say shelled Erez crossing north Gaza

    Date: 2014-08-25 12:13:05 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:890439

    Palestinian factions claimed responsibility for shelling the Erez crossing in northern Gaza. The announcement was made by Ezzeddin al-Qassam, the military wing of Hamas movement, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's military wing Saraya ....

  • Iranian FM meets Sistani in Iraqi city

    Iranian FM meets Sistani in Iraqi city

    Date: 2014-08-25 11:58:08 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:890399

    Iraq's top Shia cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani met on Monday with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his accompanying delegation in Najaf city coming form the capital Baghdad. They tackled the latest developments in Iraq and the ....

  • Iraqi parliament session kicks off under Gabori

    Iraqi parliament session kicks off under Gabori

    Date: 2014-08-25 11:41:57 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:890353

    The Iraqi Parliament held on Monday its regular session where its schedule included voting on permanent committees for the new legislative session. The session was held under parliament's Speaker Selim al-Gabori with the attendance of 190 ....

  • Arab league expresses deep concern over Yemeni standoff

    Arab league expresses deep concern over Yemeni standoff

    Date: 2014-08-25 11:12:31 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:890298

    Arab League chief Nabil El-Arabi expressed his concern over the dangerous developments in Yemen. He slammed the violence in the capital Sanaa and the use of force by some factions. "That would harm the stability and security of Yemen," the ....

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