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Israeli troops open fire at Palestinian farmers eastern Gaza
Date: 2016-01-04 07:45:16 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:4045729
Israeli troops opened fire at a number of Palestinian farmers in eastern Gaza early Monday. No word of injuries was reported. Troops deployed at control towers on the borderline near Nahal Oz terminal targeted a number of Palestinian farmers, ....
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Arab jets hit Houthi, Saleh targets
Date: 2016-01-04 07:19:55 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:4045617
Arab coalition jets raided a number of Houthi and Saleh targets in Sanaa overnight Monday. The jets hit the al Deilimi airbase near Sanaa airport, eyewitnesses said. A Republican Guard camp in al Sabaha area and weapons caches on Mount Faj ....
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Arab Civil Parties Organization urges cutting diplomatic ties with Iran
Date: 2016-01-04 06:42:07 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:4045469
The Arab Civil Parties Organization has called on all Arab states to cut diplomatic ties with Iran in support of Saudi Arabia. Iran wanted to test the patience and strength of Saudi Arabia, but Riyadh's response to its violations came strong and ....
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US warns Saudi execution of Shia cleric Nimr could fuel tensions
Date: 2016-01-03 10:10:08 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:4040417
The United States has expressed concern that Saudi Arabia's execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr could further exacerbate sectarian rivalry in the Middle East, the BBC reported. The US State Department urged leaders throughout ....
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Fierce clashes between opposition, Syrian regime forces in Deraa countryside, Damascus
Date: 2016-01-03 07:50:31 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:4039681
Syrian local coordination committee said that fierce clashes took place between the opposition and Syrian regime forces in Deraa countryside and Damascus. The residential districts were targeted by ground-to-ground rocket causing a huge ....
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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 ....