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Israel condition to bury martyrs' bodies at night rejected: minister
Date: 2016-01-03 07:47:35 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:4039661
Israel's condition to bury at night the bodies of Palestinian martyrs killed and held by Israeli authorities was rejected by the Palestinian justice minister on Saturday. The bodies should be buried in daylight in honor of the martyrs and their ....
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Hamas considers factions' proposal on Rafah crossing - spokesman
Date: 2016-01-03 07:45:49 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:4039657
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri on Saturday said his movement considers a proposal by Palestinian factions to solve the Rafah border crossing problem. In a statement, Abu Zuhri said proposals were received from factions, civil society parties and ....
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UN envoy to Libya leaves Tripoli without convincing Abusahmin to sign Skhirat agreement
Date: 2016-01-02 09:24:38 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:4035169
United Nations envoy for Libya and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Martin Kobler has left Tripoli after visiting Tripoli and Tobruk. During his two-day visit to Tripoli and Tobruk, wrapped up yesterday, Kobler met with Libyan ....
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Israeli jets raid Gaza
Date: 2016-01-02 07:27:20 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:4034673
Israeli jets raided a number of targets in the Gaza Strip early Saturday with no casualties reported. Israeli F-16 jets hit two sites of Al Qassam Brigades, the military arm of Hamas, in the northern and western Gaza Strip, local sources ....
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Arab coalition war jets bomb Houthi positions in Sanaa
Date: 2015-12-30 06:47:18 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:4018573
Warplanes of the Arab coalition on Tuesday bombed positions of the Shiite Houthi group and former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa. The war jets targeted Al-Dailami air base and a number of nearby places in the Yemeni city, Al Masdar ....
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Saudi king, Turkish president discuss regional, int'l issues of mutual interest
Date: 2015-12-29 17:28:08 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:4017305
Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz Al Saud met Tuesday in Riyadh with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Both leaders held an official session of talks where they discussed bilateral ties and aspects of cooperation in the different domains in ....
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Fatah blames Hamas for worsening conditions in Gaza
Date: 2015-12-29 12:51:02 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:4015189
Palestinian movement Fatah blamed Hamas on the deteriorating humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip, urging it to hand over all border crossings to the national consensus government. In a press release, of which MENA obtained a copy, Fatah ....
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Europe interested in proposal on holding int'l peace conf. -- Ashrawi
Date: 2015-12-29 12:47:35 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:4015165
There is an European interest in the idea of holding an international conference on the Palestinian cause in case of failure of direct negotiations with the Israeli occupation, said member of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive ....
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UK congratulates Iraq over Ramadi liberation
Date: 2015-12-29 06:35:56 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:4012325
UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond congratulated on Monday the Iraqi government over the liberation of Ramadi city from the terrorist group of Daesh. In a statement, he said "this is the latest in a series of significant losses for Daesh. These ....
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Iraq's Ramadi finally liberated from Daesh
Date: 2015-12-28 11:41:43 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:4007729
The Joint Iraqi Operations Command announced on Monday that the army is now in full control of Ramadi weeks after fierce fighting with Daesh militants. The Iraqi flag is now rising over the government complex in Ramadi, a former government ....