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  • Obama says he has many options on Syria

    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 ....

  • Iraqi security source: More than 200 killed, injured in today's blasts in Baghdad

    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 ....

  • Bomb found near mosque in Tripoli

    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 ....

  • 31 people killed, injured in twin blasts in Sadr city

    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. ....

  • 190 aid-laden trucks allowed into Gaza

    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 ....

  • Israeli forces arrest 8 Palestinians in Al-Quds

    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 ....

  • Sudan understands extraordinary conditions in Egypt, presidential aide says

    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 ....

  • Yemeni presidential adviser calls on Egypt's MB to take lessons from recent events, to engage in political settlement

    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, ....

  • Former Syrian VP supports military strike against Syria

    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 ....

  • Arabi calls for launching humanitarian initiative on Syria

    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 ....

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