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Obama says he has many options on Syria
Date: 2013-08-29 09:20:50 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:263353
US President Barack Obama said has not yet decided on U.S. action in Syria, but stressed that his administration has "concluded" that Syrian President Bashar al Assad used chemical weapons in an attack against civilians last week near ....
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Iraqi security source: More than 200 killed, injured in today's blasts in Baghdad
Date: 2013-08-28 11:58:37 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:261962
An Iraqi security source said that more than 200 persons were killed and injured in a spate of blasts that hit Baghdad on Wednesday. The source said that 47 persons were killed and 159 injured in a series of explosions in Baghdad. The ....
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Bomb found near mosque in Tripoli
Date: 2013-08-28 11:09:40 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:261835
A hand-made bomb was found close to Al-Taqwa Mosque in Tripoli city in northern Lebanon on Wednesday. The same mosque was hit by a bomb attack on Friday while worshipers were leaving following the noon prayer. Units of the Lebanese army ....
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31 people killed, injured in twin blasts in Sadr city
Date: 2013-08-28 10:54:34 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:261705
Three people were killed and 28 others injured in an explosion of two car bombs in Sadr city in eastern Baghdad. A security source said the two explosive–packed vehicles were parked on the roadside when they went off early Wednesday. ....
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190 aid-laden trucks allowed into Gaza
Date: 2013-08-28 10:31:32 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:261735
Israeli authorities opened on Wednesday Karm Abu-Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing, southeast of the Gaza Strip, to let in 190 trucks loaded with aid to the Gazans, who have been under a suffocating siege since June of 2007. The trucks are ....
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Israeli forces arrest 8 Palestinians in Al-Quds
Date: 2013-08-28 10:29:57 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:261726
Israeli forces arrested eight Palestinians, including five teens aged between 14 to 16 years, in Al-Quds (occupied East Jerusalem) on Tuesday, local sources said Wednesday. Israeli authorities claimed that the teens threw stones at a bus ....
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Sudan understands extraordinary conditions in Egypt, presidential aide says
Date: 2013-08-28 10:25:42 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:261717
Sudanese Presidential Assistant Nafie Ali Nafie has affirmed that Sudan understands the nature of extraordinary conditions taking place in Egypt. Sudan is standing by the Egyptian people to ride out their current dilemma, Nafie told Al-Ahram ....
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Yemeni presidential adviser calls on Egypt's MB to take lessons from recent events, to engage in political settlement
Date: 2013-08-28 10:17:30 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:261699
The adviser to Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi for Studies and Scientific Research Affairs, Fares Saqqaf, urged Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood to take lessons from what happened to the group's members after the recent events in the country, ....
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Former Syrian VP supports military strike against Syria
Date: 2013-08-28 09:51:02 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:261601
Former Syrian Vice-President Abdul Halim Khaddam said Tuesday that he supports launching a military strike against Bashar Assad's regime to save Syrians. Speaking to privately-owned Al-Hayat satellite channel, Khaddam said he had called, from ....
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Arabi calls for launching humanitarian initiative on Syria
Date: 2013-08-27 15:39:03 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:260813
Arab League (AL) Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi stressed the importance of launching a humanitarian initiative on Syria. This remark came in a message sent by el-Arabi to the United Nations secretary general and the Security Council ....