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Tony Blair arrives in Cairo for Gaza talks
Date: 2014-07-12 10:01:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:823382
The Quartet's Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair arrived here Saturday from Moscow. Blair is expected to hold talks with Egyptian officials on the situation in the Gaza Strip under the ongoing Israeli military escalation. On Friday, Blair had ....
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Israel army carried out more than 700 air raids since escalation started - OCHA
Date: 2014-07-12 10:00:34 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:823347
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported an escalation in Israeli aerial and navy bombardments throughout the Gaza Strip, alongside an intensification of Palestinian rocket firing into Israel. Since ....
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Arab ambassadors in Tokyo urge Japan to act to stop Israeli attacks on Gaza
Date: 2014-07-12 09:20:23 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:823303
The Council of Arab Ambassadors in Tokyo has urged the Japanese government to exercise pressure on Israel to immediately stop its attacks on innocent Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, Egypt's ambassador in Tokyo Hisham el-Zamiti said. The ....
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Arab FMs to convene Monday on Gaza escalation
Date: 2014-07-12 09:18:47 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:823300
The Arab League Council will hold an emergency meeting on Monday at the foreign ministers' level to discuss the deteriorating situation in Gaza under the ongoing Israeli aggression. Kuwait, the current chair of the Arab summit, has called for ....
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FM calls Saudi, Jordanian counterparts
Date: 2014-07-12 08:45:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:823256
Foreign Minister Sameh Shokri telephoned his Saudi counterpart Saud al-Faisal and Nasser Judeh of Jordan Saturday to discuss the latest developments in Gaza and Iraq. Shokri was on his way back home from Iraq via Jordan. He had spent the night in ....
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121 killed, 924 injured in Israeli raids on Gaza
Date: 2014-07-12 08:28:36 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:823184
The death toll from Israeli attacks on Gaza has risen to 121, while the injured hit 924, according to the Health Ministry here. Three Palestinians were killed in the shelling of a park eastern Gaza, ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qadra ....
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Egyptian, Dutch FMs probe Gaza escalation
Date: 2014-07-12 08:20:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:823226
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri received a phone call from his Dutch counterpart Frans Timmermans to probe the latest Palestinian developments in light of the Israeli military escalation against Gaza. The two foreign ministers discussed means to ....
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Egypt agrees to hold urgent meeting on Gaza
Date: 2014-07-12 08:19:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:823224
Egypt has announced its approval to hold an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers to probe the dangerous Israeli military escalation against Gaza. Kuwait, the current chair of the Arab summit, has called for holding the meeting to discuss ....
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Egypt opens Rafah crossing on its side to receive injured Palestinians
Date: 2014-07-12 07:55:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:823187
Egypt has decided to open the Rafah crossing on its side to receive Palestinians injured in the Israeli offensive. The Egyptian authorities agreed Saturday to open the terminal exceptionally to also allow food and medical aid offered from Egypt ....
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US military warns ISIL taking aim at Baghdad airport, Iraq’s lifeline
Date: 2014-07-12 07:53:47 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:823186
The US military has been bracing for an Al Qaida campaign to close down Iraq’s largest airport. US military sources said they expect Al Qaida’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to target Baghdad International Airport, The World Tribune ....
