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  • Israel to build new settlement in Hebron

    Date: 2014-07-04 11:29:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:811119

    RAMALLAH, July 4 (MENA) - Israel decided Friday to establish a new settlement in Hebron in retaliation for the killing of three Israeli teens earlier in the month. Israel Radio said that two other outposts will be built in Gush Etzion in the ....

  • 2 ISIS leaders wounded in Syrian attack on Iraqi city

    Date: 2014-07-04 11:25:17 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:811104

    BAGHDAD, July 4 (MENA) - Abu Ali Al Museli and Abu Mohamed Al Tunisi, two leaders of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) were wounded Friday in a Syrian air raid on Al-Qaem city in western Anbar in Iraq, Al Arabiya News reported ....

  • BBC reveals secret UK plans to train Syrian rebels

    Date: 2014-07-04 11:22:39 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:811131

    LONDON, July 4 (MENA) - The UK drew up plans to train and equip a 100,000-strong Syrian rebel army to defeat President Bashar al-Assad, BBC Newsnight has revealed. The secret initiative, put forward two years ago, was the brainchild of the then ....

  • 2 MB leaders arrested in Behira over violence charges

    Date: 2014-07-04 11:09:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:811098

    DAMANHOUR, Egypt, July 4 (MENA) - Two leaders of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group were arrested Friday in Behira over charges of inciting violence and staging illegal protests. They were referred to the public prosecution for ....

  • ISIL leader likely killed in air raid in Anbar

    Date: 2014-07-04 11:02:00 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:810999

    BAGHDAD, July 4 (MENA) - Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIL), was likely killed in an Iraqi air raid on Al-Qaem city in western Anbar, the anti-terrorism authority here said Friday citing almost confirmed ....

  • Egypt to partake in UN International Law Commission meetings

    Date: 2014-07-04 09:42:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:810987

    CAIRO, July 4 (MENA ) - Egyptian diplomat Hussein Abdel-Khaleq Hassouna will participate in meetings of the United Nations International Law Commission, which kick off Monday in Geneva. The meetings will discuss the protection of atmosphere, the ....

  • Fire on train tracks in Sohag put out, movement back to normal

    Date: 2014-07-04 09:34:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:810965

    SOHAG, Egypt, July 4 (MENA) - Train movement is back to normal along the Upper Egypt railway line after a fire at Gerga Station in Sohag was put out. Unidentified persons set fire to a number of tires on the tracks early Friday causing a 30-minute ....

  • Syrian airstrike against Lebanese border city

    Date: 2014-07-04 09:32:57 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:810873

    DAMASCUS, July 4 (MENA) - The Syrian air force raided the Lebanese city of Arsal near the Syrian borders, Sky News Arabia reported. The Syrian regime has carried out air raids around Arsal a number of times over the last year, in what it says is an ....

  • Fierce clashes in Amran after Houthi attacks on military bases

    Date: 2014-07-04 09:22:47 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:810958

    RIYADH, July 4 (MENA) - Militants loyal to al-Houthi attacked Yemeni military bases and the HQ of the presidential committee that brokers deals overnight Friday, sources told Saudi Arabia's "Okaz" newspaper. Fierce clashes then erupted in which ....

  • Turkish truck drivers back home after 23 days in captivity

    Date: 2014-07-04 09:10:42 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:810924

    ANKARA, July 4 (MENA) - All 32 Turkish truck drivers held hostage by militants of the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq returned home on Friday following their release after three weeks in captivity, Turkish media ....

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