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  • Rockets from Gaza hit Israel; no injuries

    Rockets from Gaza hit Israel; no injuries

    Date: 2014-08-09 07:11:42 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:865123

    Rockets were fired on Saturday morning from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, without any reported injuries or damage. Four rockets fired from the Gaza Strip hit an open area in Israel, according to Radio Israel. Israel launched a ....

  • Biden pledges support 'north to south' in fight against ISIL in Iraq

    Biden pledges support 'north to south' in fight against ISIL in Iraq

    Date: 2014-08-09 06:55:38 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:865105

    US Vice President Joe Biden called Iraq’s president and pledged that the US is committed to supporting the government “from north to south” in its fight against the al-Qaeda breakaway group ISIL, the White House said. The commitment to Iraqi ....

  • US Military conducts more airstrikes on ISIL targets

    US Military conducts more airstrikes on ISIL targets

    Date: 2014-08-09 06:18:27 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:865071

    The U.S. military continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant targets near Irbil in northern Iraq today, conducting two additional airstrikes to help defend the city where US personnel are assisting the Iraqi government, Pentagon Press ....

  • 5 killed, 31 injured in Israeli air strikes on Gaza

    5 killed, 31 injured in Israeli air strikes on Gaza

    Date: 2014-08-09 06:07:26 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:865051

    Five Palestinians were killed while 31 others injured in Israeli airstrikes launched on the Gaza Strip on Friday, the Health Ministry said. The death toll of the Israeli aggression towered up to 1,898 people while 9837 others were injured, ....

  • Iraq's displaced top one million

    Iraq's displaced top one million

    Date: 2014-08-09 06:02:54 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:865048

    The armed conflict between the Islamic State (IS) rebels and the Kurdish Peshmerga military has pushed the confirmed number of internally displaced (IDP) Iraqis nationwide to over one million as of August 7, the International Organization for ....

  • MB members arrested in Fayoum

    MB members arrested in Fayoum

    Date: 2014-08-09 05:57:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:865046

    Fayyoum anti-riot forces and security bodies arrested on Friday four Muslim Brotherhood members during their participation in protests. Four protests were staged in the province where the demonstrators chanted anti-regime slogans. ....

  • 20 tunnels destroyed, 2 machine guns seized in Sinai

    20 tunnels destroyed, 2 machine guns seized in Sinai

    Date: 2014-08-09 05:41:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:865037

    Twenty smuggling tunnels were destroyed Friday in Sinai, Military Spokesman Mohamed Samir said. The total number of tunnels destroyed since the army began its operations in Sinai hit 1,659 tunnels, Samir said. Two machine guns and eight ....

  • 8 MB members arrested in Minya, Port Said

    8 MB members arrested in Minya, Port Said

    Date: 2014-08-08 17:27:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:864820

    Eight members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood were arrested Friday during protests in Minya and Port Said. Three were arrested in Minya when dozens of members of the terrorist group hurled homemade bombs at the security forces, chanting ....

  • 4 injured Palestinians arrive in Egypt for treatment

    4 injured Palestinians arrive in Egypt for treatment

    Date: 2014-08-08 17:26:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:864819

    Four Palestinians injured from the Israeli shelling of the Gaza Strip arrived Friday in Egypt via Rafah border crossing to receive treatment at Egyptian hospitals, Dr. Tareq Khater, undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in North Sinai said. ....

  • US. aircraft conduct targeted airstrike in northern Iraq: Pentagon

    US. aircraft conduct targeted airstrike in northern Iraq: Pentagon

    Date: 2014-08-08 17:14:37 GMT - USA - International - SN:36 - ID:864814

    The US military conducted a targeted airstrike today against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in northern Iraq, the Pentagon press secretary said. At about 6:45 a.m. EDT, two F/A-18 aircraft dropped 500-pound laser-guided bombs ....

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