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  • Scores of settlers break into Aqsa under extremist Knesset member Moshe Feiglin

    Scores of settlers break into Aqsa under extremist Knesset member Moshe Feiglin

    Date: 2014-08-17 08:38:35 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:877577

    Scores of settlers led by extremist Knesset member Moshe Feiglin broke into Aqsa mosque Sunday. Feilgin conducted a provocative tour in the mosque, Palestinian sources said. Feilgin vowed to conduct such an action several days ago. ....

  • Israeli gunboats open fire at Gaza fishermen

    Israeli gunboats open fire at Gaza fishermen

    Date: 2014-08-17 08:23:25 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:877535

    Israeli gunboats on Sunday opened fire at fishermen off the coasts of Gaza City in a new breach of the five-day truce ending on Monday midnight. Palestinian sources said the Israeli gunboats opened machine gun fire at the ships without previous ....

  • Iraqi army controls surroundings of Haditha Dam in western Iraq

    Iraqi army controls surroundings of Haditha Dam in western Iraq

    Date: 2014-08-17 07:50:06 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:877471

    The Iraqi Armed Forces continued air and land operations against terrorist gangs affiliated to the Islamic State in the surroundings of Haditha Dam in western Iraq. A reliable Iraqi security source said the Iraqi army stopped the advance of the ....

  • Kurds rally before White House denouncing ISIL aggression in Iraq

    Kurds rally before White House denouncing ISIL aggression in Iraq

    Date: 2014-08-17 07:08:15 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:877386

    Scores of Kurds rallied in front of the White House denouncing the ISIL aggression in northern Iraq. The Kurds thanked US President Barack Obama for launching air strikes to the militant hideouts, said the US-funded radio Sawa Sunday. ....

  • Jordan has no plans to ban MB group: Jordanian PM

    Jordan has no plans to ban MB group: Jordanian PM

    Date: 2014-08-16 17:36:16 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:877064

    Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour asserted that the government has no plans to disband the Muslim Brotherhood group. "We guarantee the right of the Brotherhood to operate legally in the country," he added. Local media reported that ....

  • Abadi underlines importance of Germany's assistance in fighting terror

    Abadi underlines importance of Germany's assistance in fighting terror

    Date: 2014-08-16 09:37:25 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:876344

    Iraqi Premier Designate Haider al-Abadi underlined the importance of Germany's assistance to Iraq in its fight against terrorism. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, for his part, congratulated Abadi on assigning him as Iraq's new ....

  • ISIL militants killed, injured in Mosul air strikes

    ISIL militants killed, injured in Mosul air strikes

    Date: 2014-08-16 08:42:29 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:876223

    A number of militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were killed and injured in air strikes that targeted their HQ in southern Mosul. Fighter jets carried out the strikes on Al-Qayara and Al-Mafkouk towns in Mosul, leaving ....

  • Clashes continue around Tripoli airport

    Clashes continue around Tripoli airport

    Date: 2014-08-16 07:42:39 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:876148

    Fierce clashes and heavy bombing were reported in the early hours of Saturday in the Libyan capital. Tripoli International Airport has been exposed to violent armed clashes between Zantan revolutionaries, who control the airport, and Islamist-led ....

  • EU foreign ministers agree to arm Kurds in Iraq

    EU foreign ministers agree to arm Kurds in Iraq

    Date: 2014-08-16 06:52:04 GMT - Belgium - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:876075

    EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels have agreed to arm Kurdish fighters battling Islamist militants in northern Iraq, Sky News reported on Friday. Prior to the meeting, France, Germany, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands all said they ....

  • Kurdistan to probe defeat in fight against militants

    Kurdistan to probe defeat in fight against militants

    Date: 2014-08-15 18:17:08 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:875775

    Kurdistan president Masoud Barzani said on Friday that a committee will be formed to punish officials who failed to defend Sinjar Mountain in a fight against Islamist militants. In statements quoted by the Iraqi news agency, Barzani asserted that ....

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