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MK Uri Ariel says Hamas must be dealt heavy blow
Date: 2014-08-20 07:40:26 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:882276
Construction and Housing Minister Uri Ariel said on Tuesday that Hamas should be heavily shelled until its defeat, the Jerusalem Post reported. "We must pound Hamas until it is defeated," Ariel said in response to the claimed resumption of rocket ....
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Gaza ceasefire agreement unlikely: Hamas negotiator
Date: 2014-08-20 07:17:19 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:882223
Ezzat al-Rishq, Hamas negotiator in Cairo talks, said on Tuesday that it was unlikely to reach a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. "The Israeli delegation was procrastinating and setting conditions against the Palestinian demands and ....
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Saudi Hajj minister calls for more efforts in serving pilgrims
Date: 2014-08-19 17:44:25 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:881782
Saudi Minister of Hajj, Bandar ibn Muhammad Hajjar reiterated on Tuesday the importance of exerting more efforts to facilitate the procedures of pilgrims' check-ins. The minister made the remarks during a visit to the Saudi travel agents bureau ....
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Iraqi security forces recapture biggest ISIL shelter in Tikrit
Date: 2014-08-19 17:31:18 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:881764
Iraqi security forces took control Salahuddin province building and the biggest ISIL shelter in Tikrit, a military spokesman said Tuesday. Spokesman for the Armed Forces Commander in Chief office Qassem Atta said the Army, supported by Air Force, ....
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Jordan receives 452 Syrian refugees in two days
Date: 2014-08-19 17:01:50 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:881258
Jordan's Border guards received about 452 Syrian refugees during the past 48 hours, an official source of the Jordanian armed forces said on Tuesday. In a statement, the source added that most of the refugees were women,children and elderly ....
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Hamas slams continued Israeli strikes on Gaza
Date: 2014-08-19 16:19:38 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:881665
Hamas Movement has slammed the continued Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip. "We do not have any information about rockets fired from Gaza into Israel," Hamas movement spokesman Samy Abo Zahry said in statements Tuesday. He added that the ....
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Israel launches Gaza strikes following rocket firing
Date: 2014-08-19 15:40:10 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:881559
Israel's military said it has carried out air strikes in the Gaza Strip in response to fresh rocket firing, hours before a ceasefire was set to expire, the BBC reported. Three rockets were fired towards the towns of Beersheba and Netivot, ....
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Iraqi PM calls for 'precise targeting' of terrorists
Date: 2014-08-19 15:16:52 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:881567
Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has called on security forces to ensure "precise targeting" on terrorists and avoid hitting the civilians, Iraqi News Agency reported. In a statement issued Tuesday, Abadi praised security forces as "heroes" ....
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Palestinian-Israeli talks in Cairo must produce lasting truce - Lavrov
Date: 2014-08-19 15:08:44 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:881287
Negotiations between the Palestinian and the Israeli sides in Cairo must produce an agreement on lasting and stable truce, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a meeting with member of Palestine Liberation Organization Saib Erekat on ....
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Iraqi forces launch security campaign to retake Tikrit
Date: 2014-08-19 14:55:28 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:881208
Police and army forces on Tuesday launched a wide security campaign to expel militants of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), known as "Daash," from Tikrit, the Iraqi news agency reported. "Security forces backed by Iraqi helicopters ....
