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Palestinian PM urges US to back two-state solution
Date: 2015-08-12 16:45:14 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:3148609
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah urged the US administration on Wednesday to support the two-state solution and force Israel to stop its settlement activities in the Palestinian territories. During a meeting with a delegation from the US ....
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Palestine's mufti condemns plan to build synagogue in vicinity of Aqsa mosque
Date: 2015-08-12 12:47:34 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:3146597
Sheikh Mohamed Hussein, the Grand Mufti of Palestine and al Quds, has condemned a plan by Israel to build a synagogue, only 200 meters away from Al Aqsa Mosque. In a press release on Wednesday, Sheikh Hussein warned of the danger of encircling ....
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Conflicting news about Thinni resignation
Date: 2015-08-12 08:21:25 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3144293
News of Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al Thinni's resignation has been circulating since Tuesday night. Thinni announced his resignation in a surprise move live on television Tuesday. "If my exit is the solution, then I announce it here," ....
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Hamas tunnel digger giving up much intel, says Shin Bet
Date: 2015-08-12 08:08:17 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:3144177
Hamas fighter and tunnel digger has given his interrogators in Israel a bevy of intelligence about the group’s recent tunnel construction, planned attacks, battlefield and strategy, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. The Shin Bet - Israel ....
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53 killed, wounded in Syria clashes
Date: 2015-08-11 14:06:53 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:3141257
At least 53 people were killed and wounded on Tuesday in clashes between government forces and militants in Syria, the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights reported. The victims include military personnel, civilians and children. The clashes ....
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Saudi FM says keen to boost ties with Iran if Tehran changes policy
Date: 2015-08-10 18:56:22 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:3136701
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed Al Jubeir stressed on Monday that the Kingdom is keen on developing its ties with Iran on condition that Tehran changes its policy of interfering in the Gulf and Arab affairs. "Iran should change its hostile ....
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Abyan province to be recaptured within hours: Hadi
Date: 2015-08-10 18:54:05 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:3136697
Yemeni President Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi said that the southern Abyan province will be fully controlled by pro-government forces within hours. The province will be fully recaptured from Houthi militias and pro-former president troops during the ....
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Lebanon's speaker urges to stop financing terrorism in Syria
Date: 2015-08-10 18:53:06 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:3136693
Speaker of Lebanese Parliament Nabih Berri has called for issuing a UN resolution to stop the financing terrorism in Syria. In a keynote speech during a reception of his Paraguayan counterpart, Hugo Velazquez, on Monday, Berri called on the UN to ....
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Israeli forces detain 2 Palestinian fishermen off Gaza shores
Date: 2015-08-10 10:22:34 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:3132745
Israeli occupation forces detained two Palestinian fishermen off Gaza shores. The Israeli gunboats fired at a Palestinian fishing boat and held the fishermen on board, said head of Palestinian fishermen Nezar Ayyash. No injuries were reported ....
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Israeli occupants attack guards, kids in Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2015-08-10 08:25:06 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:3131909
A number of Aqsa guards and children from the summer camps suffered suffocation and bruises after the Israeli occupation forces attacked them with batons and gas bombs near Bab al Asbat, one of al Aqsa Mosque gates. The Israeli troops attacked ....