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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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, ....
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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 ....
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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. ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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. ....
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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 ....