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  • US drone strike kills 30 Al-Qaeda suspects in Yemen

    US drone strike kills 30 Al-Qaeda suspects in Yemen

    Date: 2014-04-20 16:45:46 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:678937

    A drone strike in south Yemen killed at least 30 suspected Al-Qaeda militants on Sunday, Euro News reported. An earlier toll said five militants had died in Sunday's attack which also wounded many others when it targeted a gathering of ....

  • AL chief welcomes bids to clear Arab tension

    AL chief welcomes bids to clear Arab tension

    Date: 2014-04-20 13:30:08 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:678543

    Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Araby expressed relief over the positive steps taken during the Arab Gulf foreign ministers' meeting in Riyadh aimed to clear Arab tensions. In a statement issued following a phone call with Kuwaiti Deputy ....

  • Gunmen break into univ. in eastern Baghdad

    Gunmen break into univ. in eastern Baghdad

    Date: 2014-04-20 12:23:06 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:678383

    Unidentified gunmen broke into Imam al-Kadhum University in eastern Baghdad, killing and injuring a number of people, an Iraqi police source said. A person wearing an explosive belt blew himself up on Sunday in front of the university, the source ....

  • Lebanese president refuses to extend his term in office

    Lebanese president refuses to extend his term in office

    Date: 2014-04-20 08:54:28 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:677898

    Lebanese President Michel Suleiman refused to extend his term in office that will end on May 24. "When my term ends, I will leave for my home at once," the prsident said in statements after meeting with Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Beshara Boutros ....

  • Israeli forces storm Aqsa mosque, allow 28 Jewish extremists

    Israeli forces storm Aqsa mosque, allow 28 Jewish extremists

    Date: 2014-04-20 07:37:21 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:677757

    Israeli forces broke into Al-Aqsa Mosque yards on Sunday, allowing 28 Jewish hardliners to step into the compound at the pretext of marking their Jewish holidays. Jews are marking Passover, a seven-day holiday which in ancient times was marked by ....

  • 13 killed, injured in Mosul

    13 killed, injured in Mosul

    Date: 2014-04-19 14:51:50 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:676981

    As many as 13 persons, including elements in the Iraqi army, were killed and injured when a booby-trapped vehicle, which targeted a military patrol, went off in south eastern Mosul, said an Iraqi security source on Saturday. The car was parked on ....

  • 7 Sahwa members killed, injured in Ramadi

    7 Sahwa members killed, injured in Ramadi

    Date: 2014-04-19 14:24:13 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:676948

    Three Sahwa members including a leader were killed and four others injured in an armed attack in southern Ramadi. Clashes renewed between Iraqi army forces and Daesh organization members in Ramadi and Fallujah in Anbar governorate, said an Iraqi ....

  • 3 explosive devices go off in southern Baghdad

    3 explosive devices go off in southern Baghdad

    Date: 2014-04-19 09:59:51 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:676363

    Three explosive devices went off Saturday near a commercial mall in southern Baghdad, an Iraqi security source said. A person was strongly injured, the source said.A security force sealed off the area of the incident, the source added. ....

  • Drone strike kills 13 suspected militants in Yemen

    Drone strike kills 13 suspected militants in Yemen

    Date: 2014-04-19 09:31:53 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:676270

    Authorities in central Yemen say a drone strike has killed at least 13 suspected al-Qaida militants, the VOA reported Saturday. Officials say the strike targeted the vehicles of the suspected insurgents Saturday in the Sawma area of the al-Bayda ....

  • Gaza-heading delegation to implement agreements: Azzam al-Ahmad

    Gaza-heading delegation to implement agreements: Azzam al-Ahmad

    Date: 2014-04-19 09:08:25 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:676196

    The mission of the delegation formed by the Palestinian leadership to head for Gaza is to implement Cairo Agreement and Doha Declaration. These remarks were said by member of the Fatah Central Committee in charge of reconciliation affairs Azzam ....

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