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  • Israel continues escalation, arrest prisoners freed in Shalit swap deal

    Israel continues escalation, arrest prisoners freed in Shalit swap deal

    Date: 2014-06-18 07:41:11 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:784148

    Israeli forces continued escalation in the West Bank provinces on Wednesday and arrested a large number of Palestinians who were freed in a prisoner swap deal in return for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Israel has been carrying out a massive ....

  • KSA reiterates support to Palestine

    KSA reiterates support to Palestine

    Date: 2014-06-18 07:18:10 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:784081

    Deputy Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud reiterated Tuesday the Kingdom's firm position supportive to the Palestinian issue till the Palestinian people restore all their occupied territories, including Al-Quds, the Saudi Press Agency ....

  • Iraq PM sacks Nineveh ops commander, deputy

    Iraq PM sacks Nineveh ops commander, deputy

    Date: 2014-06-18 07:05:25 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:784058

    Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sacked on Tuesday Nineveh operations Commander Sobeih al-Gharawi and his deputy Abdel Rahman Hanzal, and Chief of Staff of Nineveh operations Hassan Abdel Razek and ordered legal measures to be taken against ....

  • US says it captured suspected leader of Benghazi attack

    US says it captured suspected leader of Benghazi attack

    Date: 2014-06-17 17:43:26 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:783613

    The United States commandos have captured the suspected ringleader of the attack on the United States mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, Pentagon officials were quoted by The New York Times as ....

  • Iraqi vice president meets US high-ranking official on developments in Iraq

    Iraqi vice president meets US high-ranking official on developments in Iraq

    Date: 2014-06-17 17:32:59 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:783585

    Iraqi vice-president Khodair Al-Khozaei met Tuesday with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State George Brett to discuss the latest security and political developments in Iraq. They also tackled ways to face the threat of terrorists and armed groups in ....

  • Palestinian govt rejects statements blaming president for settlers' disappearance

    Palestinian govt rejects statements blaming president for settlers' disappearance

    Date: 2014-06-17 17:29:34 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:783583

    Meeting under Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah Tuesday, the Palestinian government categorically rejected Israeli statements blaming President Mahmoud Abbas for the disappearance of three Israeli settlers. The Palestinian Authority had warned that ....

  • AP strongly against terrorism

    AP strongly against terrorism

    Date: 2014-06-17 15:53:00 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:783385

    Chairman of the Arab Parliament Ahmed al-Jarwan has said the AP stands strongly against all forums of terrorism. It is a strange phenomenon to the Arab culture and the Muslim and Christian faiths, Jarwan said Tuesday. Internal conflicts and ....

  • Iraqi Cabinet blames Saudi Arabia for dangerous crimes in Iraq

    Iraqi Cabinet blames Saudi Arabia for dangerous crimes in Iraq

    Date: 2014-06-17 14:33:04 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:783208

    The Iraqi Cabinet on Tuesday blamed Saudi Arabia for the dangerous crimes committed in Iraq after "Daaesh" group controlled the city of Mosul and part of Kirkuk, Sallahuddin and Dialy provinces. The Saudi stance describing Daaesh elements as ....

  • Jordanian king does not spare any effort to achieve peace in ME - official

    Jordanian king does not spare any effort to achieve peace in ME - official

    Date: 2014-06-17 14:20:32 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:783173

    Director General of the Palestinian Affairs Department of the Jordanian Foreign Ministry Mahmoud Aqrabawi said Tuesday his country under King Abdullah II makes great political and diplomatic efforts to achieve just and comprehensive peace for the ....

  • 6 persons killed in Baghdad blast

    6 persons killed in Baghdad blast

    Date: 2014-06-17 13:29:02 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:782839

    Six people have been killed in a bomb blast in central Baghdad, a security source said Tuesday. A roadside bomb went off in Sheikh Omar area near Rasafa town in central Baghdad as a van carrying passengers was passing by, the source ....

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