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UN envoy to Libya concerned over situation in Derna
Date: 2016-08-20 08:09:35 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:5457205
UN envoy to Libya Martin Kobler has voiced concern over deteriorating living conditions in Libya's Derna city. In his Twitter account, Kobler expressed concern over the very difficult living conditions in Derna, stressing the importance of ....
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Harrowing Accounts Of Torture, Inhuman Conditions And Mass Deaths In Syria’s Prisons
Date: 2016-08-18 08:21:59 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:5446905
Amnesty International issued a report on the horrifying experiences of detainees subjected to rampant torture and other ill-treatment in Syrian prisons. Amnesty International estimates that more than 17,723 people have died in custody in Syria ....
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22 Houthis killed in northern Yemen
Date: 2016-08-11 08:37:43 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:5409121
At least 12 Houthis and pro-Saleh militants were killed when Arab coalition jets shelled a building where the Houthi elements were hiding in Harad district in Hajjah governorate in northwestern Yemen, a military media center said on Thursday. The ....
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Arab coalition warplanes continue shelling Houthi posts
Date: 2016-08-11 08:31:35 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:5409037
Arab coalition warjets renewed for the third straight day the shelling of posts of militias of Houthis and ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, eyewitnesses said on Thursday. The raids targeted a presidential guards camp, Dulaimi military ....
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Israel demolishes several residential, commercial facilities in Jerusalem
Date: 2016-07-26 10:17:55 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:5323845
Israeli forces demolished a number of houses and commercial facilities in occupied Jerusalem and its vicinity under the pretext that these buildings were not licensed. Palestinian sources said on Tuesday Israeli bulldozers razed out 11 houses in ....
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Nouakchott Declaration welcomes Egyptian pro-peace efforts
Date: 2016-07-26 07:02:10 GMT - Mauritania - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:5322525
Arab heads of state and government welcomed Egyptian pro-peace efforts and President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s call for resuming Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations. At the end of the 27th Arab Summit, the leaders, in a statement titled "the ....
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Rebels 'filmed beheading boy' in Aleppo
Date: 2016-07-20 07:58:03 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:5290801
Videos have emerged online that appear to show Syrian rebels taunting and then beheading a boy they say is a captured Palestinian pro-government fighter, the BBC reported. One video shows five men posing with the frightened child, who could be as ....
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Abul Gheit meets Macedonia's nominee for UN chief
Date: 2016-07-14 06:28:01 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:5255493
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Abul Gheit met on Wednesday with Macedonia's nominee for the position of the next UN secretary general Srgjan Kerim. The work program, planned to be implemented by Kerim when he wins the post, was reviewed ....
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Daesh preparing for end of its caliphate
Date: 2016-07-14 06:27:15 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:5255481
Daesh leaders reportedly are preparing for the fall of its so-called caliphate after the US-led coalition and Russian-backed forces made significant gains in recent months in Iraq and Syria. The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the terror ....
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Palestinian govt lauds Egyptian efforts to support Palestinian people
Date: 2016-07-12 14:46:29 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:5246965
The Palestinian Cabinet is pleased with Egypt's non-stop support for the Palestinian people and its efforts to launch a political process to settle the conflict with Israel in line with international law and international legitimacy resolutions. ....