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  • Lebanon not behind border shooting - source

    Lebanon not behind border shooting - source

    Date: 2014-07-30 09:54:36 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:850612

    The Lebanese side is not to be blamed for the shooting that took place across the Lebanese-Israeli borders on Wednesday, a Lebanese source said. Israeli forces, who kidnapped a Lebanese Shepherd earlier in the day, are probably behind the ....

  • More than 20 dead as migrant boat sinks off coast of Libya

    More than 20 dead as migrant boat sinks off coast of Libya

    Date: 2014-07-30 09:39:03 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:850588

    More than 20 people died and dozens others went missing as their boat capsized off Libya Tuesday night. Twenty-two illegal migrants were rescued, said Col. Qassem Ayoub, the Spokesman for the Libyan naval force. Survivors said the boat was ....

  • Syrian soldiers killed by rebel tunnel-bombs

    Syrian soldiers killed by rebel tunnel-bombs

    Date: 2014-07-30 09:32:38 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:850573

    Thirteen Syrian pro-government troops have been killed after Syrian rebels have detonated explosive-packed tunnels under buildings in the northern city of Aleppo and destroying part of the old city, opposition activists have said. Syria's main ....

  • Hamas military wing shells Tel Aviv, Ashdod

    Hamas military wing shells Tel Aviv, Ashdod

    Date: 2014-07-30 09:28:56 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:850566

    Ezzeddin al-Qassam, the military wing of Hamas, claimed responsibility for shelling Tel Aviv and Ashdod in response to the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. In a military statement on Tuesday, the group said that it shelled Tel Aviv with ....

  • Bulgaria, Netherlands close diplomatic missions in Tripoli

    Bulgaria, Netherlands close diplomatic missions in Tripoli

    Date: 2014-07-30 08:53:51 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:850523

    Bulgaria and Netherlands declared on Tuesday they have closed their diplomatic missions in Libya over the deteriorating security situation in Tripoli. Earlier this week, Bulgaria banned its citizens from traveling to Libya, and urged their ....

  • Lebanon army arrests 7 Syrians from Nusra Front in Arsal

    Lebanon army arrests 7 Syrians from Nusra Front in Arsal

    Date: 2014-07-30 08:24:25 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:850483

    The Lebanese army has arrested seven Syrians it said had connection with the Nusra Front. The Syrians were arrested in the northeastern city of Arsal near the border with Syria Tuesday night. Arsal is considered a hotbed of the Nusra Front. ....

  • 15 killed in Israeli bombing of UN school in Gaza

    15 killed in Israeli bombing of UN school in Gaza

    Date: 2014-07-30 08:22:24 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:850478

    At least 15 persons were killed and 90 wounded in an Israeli bombing of a UN school in Gaza Strip, the BBC reported. More than 3,000 persons were hiding inside the school at the time of the bombing that came without prior warning. Israeli army ....

  • Algeria on alert over Libya's deteriorating security

    Algeria on alert over Libya's deteriorating security

    Date: 2014-07-30 07:56:28 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:850444

    Algerian forces were put on the highest state of alert following reports that militants are holding 11 Libyan civilian planes at Tripoli airport and preparing to launch September 11-like attacks using these planes against Tunisia, Algeria and ....

  • Jordanian king exchanges Eid greetings with Arab leaders

    Jordanian king exchanges Eid greetings with Arab leaders

    Date: 2014-07-30 07:49:09 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:850434

    King Abdullah II exchanged Eid greetings with a number of Arab leaders, including Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, according to a statement by the Royal Diwan on Wednesday. Among the Arab leaders King Abdullah greeted with were King ....

  • British PM calls for 'immediate' ceasefire in Gaza

    British PM calls for 'immediate' ceasefire in Gaza

    Date: 2014-07-29 13:18:54 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:849883

    British Prime Minister David Cameron has called for an "unconditional, immediate, humanitarian ceasefire" in Gaza to bring a halt to more than three weeks of violence which has claimed the lives of about 1,100 Palestinians and 55 Israelis, the ....

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