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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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. ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....