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Sudan opposition leader Al-Mahdy released
Date: 2014-06-15 16:35:23 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:779627
Sudanese opposition leader Al-Sadeq Al-Mahdy was released by authorities on Sunday, according to sources. The release came upon a a decision by the justice minister, the sources told MENA correspondent in Khartoum. Al-Mahdy was arrested on May ....
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Brahimi says world neglect of Syria behind Iraq unrest
Date: 2014-06-15 16:31:24 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:779620
Former UN and Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi said Sunday the unrest sweeping Iraq stemmed from the international community's negligence of the conflict in neighbouring Syria, The Daily Star reported. Jihadist-led militants launched a ....
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AL reiterates support for Lebanese army
Date: 2014-06-15 15:18:42 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:779481
The Arab League Council has reiterated the importance of implementing the Arab Summit in Kuwait resolutions on offering military support for the Lebanese army. The council abides by its earlier promise to provide the Lebanese army with military ....
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Arab FMs to meet in Jeddah over Iraq : AL chief
Date: 2014-06-15 11:26:30 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:778975
Arab League Secretary-General Nabil el-Arabi said a consultative meeting of Arab foreign ministers will be held in the coming two days in Jeddah on the sidelines of meetings of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) slated for June 18. The ....
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Anbar Provincial council asserts state controls 80% of province
Date: 2014-06-15 09:49:06 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:778485
The Anbar Provincial Council member Fateh Al-Essawi asserted on Sunday that the security situation in the province is under control, denying reports on the withdrawal of the Iraqi army from some positions in Anbar. In statements on Saturday, ....
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Tony Blair: 'We didn't cause Iraq crisis'
Date: 2014-06-15 09:17:44 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:778665
The 2003 invasion of Iraq is not to blame for the violent insurgency now gripping the country, former UK prime minister Tony Blair has said as quoted by the BBC. He said there would still be a "major problem" in the country even without the ....
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2 soldiers injured in fake checkpoint in Benghazi
Date: 2014-06-15 07:41:25 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:778420
Two soldiers were injured after unidentified armed men opened fire at them at a fake checkpoint in Al Sabri district of Benghazi, a medical source told MENA on Sunday. Meanwhile, the source said a medical center has received an unidentified body, ....
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Israel arrest 80 Palestinians, most of them Hamas members
Date: 2014-06-15 06:47:04 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:778340
Israeli troops arrested 80 Palestinians overnight Saturday, including Hamas members, in Hebron, Ramallah and Tubas, Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Sunday. Among those arrested were members of the Palestinian Parliament. The source noted that a ....
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Gaza kid dies of wounds sustained during Israeli air strike
Date: 2014-06-14 17:32:43 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:777969
Seven-year old Ali Abdel-Latif has died of wounds sustained during an Israeli air strike in northwest Gaza City, a Palestinian health ministry spokesman in Gaza Strip said Saturday. The child and his uncle were targeted by an Israeli ....
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Haftar: extremist elements should be uprooted
Date: 2014-06-14 12:47:18 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:777546
Libya's former General Khalifa Haftar underlined the importance of uprooting the extremist elements which claim to be Muslims and the so called Muslim Brotherhood group which used Islam as a cover up. Speaking to the Saudi newspaper Okaz, Haftar ....
