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Hamas leader says resistance not to accept int'l resolution to disarm it
Date: 2014-08-23 07:05:21 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:886824
Prominent Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar said on Friday that the Palestinian resistance will not accept any international resolutions to disarm it. In a statement circulated by Hamas today, al-Zahar also said the resistance rejects any ....
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40 Palestinians injured in Israeli attack on house in Gaza
Date: 2014-08-23 07:04:23 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:886822
Forty Palestinian people were injured in an Israeli air raid on a house in the Gaza Strip. "More than 40 Palestinian people sustained various wounds during attack on a house in El Sabra neighborhood in Gaza," health ministry spokesman Ashraf ....
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Clashes continue near Tripoli airport
Date: 2014-08-23 06:53:43 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:886807
Clashes continued on Friday in the vicinity of Tripoli international airport and the neighboring areas. Sound of heavy weapons are heard due to the exchanged shelling between Zintan militia which control the airport and the forces of Libyan ....
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Sudan, Egypt crossing to help boosting mutual ties - Official
Date: 2014-08-23 06:36:25 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:886773
The Sudanese foreign ministry termed on Friday the opening of a border crossing between Sudan and Egypt as historic that will help in fostering bilateral relations. In a press release, Sudanese foreign ministry spokesman Yousef Al-Kurdufani said ....
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Qassam brigades shower Israeli cities with rockets
Date: 2014-08-22 12:01:38 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:886081
The Ezzeddin Qassam Brigades Friday claimed responsibility for firing rockets at Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities and settlements. In a statement today, the military wing of Hamas said it fired 18 rockets at Tel Aviv, Beersheba, Sedrot, and a ....
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Palestinian consensus on importance of Egypt role in indirect talks
Date: 2014-08-22 11:54:52 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:886056
There is a Palestinian consensus on the importance of the Egyptian role and efforts exerted to reach a ceasefire in Gaza, Assistant Secretary General of the Arab League for Palestine Affairs Mohamed Sobeih said. No Palestinian faction has called ....
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UN: Documented death toll in Syria hits 191,369 through April 2014
Date: 2014-08-22 11:37:42 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:886019
At least 191,369 people have been killed in Syria's conflict through April, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday. The UN report, based on data from four groups and the government that were cross-checked, reflects a reality of ....
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Chuck Hagel touts long-term strategy against ISIS
Date: 2014-08-22 06:35:27 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:885605
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said U.S. military intervention in Iraq will continue for some time because the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria will not be defeated quickly, the Washington Examiner reported Thursday. “We are very clear-eyed about ....
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AL condemns deportation of Palestinian MP by Israel
Date: 2014-08-21 14:23:27 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:885007
Assistant Arab League (AL) Secretary General for Palestinian Affairs Ambassador Mohamed Sobeih has strongly condemned an Israeli government decision to expel Palestinian member of parliament Khalida Jarrar from her home in Ramallah. The Israeli ....
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Hamas says three top commanders killed in Israeli air strike
Date: 2014-08-21 14:15:58 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:884995
Hamas' military wing said on Thursday that three of its senior military leaders have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip. In a statement, Ezzeldin Al-Qassam said the three; Mohammed Abu Shamaleh, Mohammed Barhoum and Raed ....