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  • Yemeni army, fighters trying to storm main air base amid fierce fight -- commander

    Yemeni army, fighters trying to storm main air base amid fierce fight -- commander

    Date: 2015-08-03 08:08:45 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:3090077

    Troops of the Yemeni army and loyalist fighters are trying to storm a main air base and a camp in the southern province of Abyan, said a senior commander on Monday. "Fierce confrontations are occurring to achieve this aim," Ahmad Saif Al-Yafei, ....

  • Arab League: Israeli law allowing

    Arab League: Israeli law allowing "force-feeding" of prisoners

    Date: 2015-08-02 17:51:15 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:3088569

    The Arab League condemned an Israeli law that was passed by the Knesset on Thursday allowing the force-feeding of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike who refuse to eat as an act of political protest. In a press release, the Arab League deemed ....

  • Abbas says occupation main reason behind terror acts against Palestinians

    Abbas says occupation main reason behind terror acts against Palestinians

    Date: 2015-08-02 17:38:01 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:3088501

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday said that all malicious acts committed against the Palestinian people are a direct result of the Israeli occupation and its settlement plans in the Palestinian territories. Abbas made the remarks in ....

  • Abu Dhabi CP, Saudi FM discuss Arab, regional issues

    Abu Dhabi CP, Saudi FM discuss Arab, regional issues

    Date: 2015-08-02 08:41:57 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:3084493

    Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forced conferred here with visiting Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel bin Ahmed Al Jubeir. During the reception, Al Jubeir conveyed greetings of Saudi King ....

  • LCC withdraw from National Coalition for Syrian Revolution

    LCC withdraw from National Coalition for Syrian Revolution

    Date: 2015-08-02 08:38:53 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3084481

    The Local Coordination Committees of Syria (LCC) announced on Sunday its withdrawal from the National Coalition for Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces. In a press release that was aired by Al Arabiya Al Hadath TV Channel, the LCC said its ....

  • Fatah movement condemns burning Palestinian toddler to death by Jewish extremists

    Fatah movement condemns burning Palestinian toddler to death by Jewish extremists

    Date: 2015-08-01 12:31:52 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:3080969

    Fatah movement has condemned the Jewish settlers' arson attack that killed a Palestinian toddler and left his parents, and 4-year-brother wounded. This crime will leave the Palestinians more determined to defeat the Israeli occupation and attain ....

  • 25 Houthis killed in Arab coalition raids on Maarab

    25 Houthis killed in Arab coalition raids on Maarab

    Date: 2015-08-01 07:53:29 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:3078873

    As many as 25 Houthis have been killed and 15 others injured in Arab coalition raids on targets of the group in southwestern Maarab governorate. The raids occurred a short while after the five-day humanitarian truce ended. A tank and five ....

  • Israeli troops open fire at Palestinian fishermen

    Israeli troops open fire at Palestinian fishermen

    Date: 2015-08-01 07:51:32 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:3078865

    Israeli troops opened fire at a number of Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip on Saturday. Israeli gunboats targeted fishing boats off al Sudaniya area in northwestern Gaza, local sources said, adding that no casualties were ....

  • Yemeni govt plans to reopen Wadiha border crossing within days

    Yemeni govt plans to reopen Wadiha border crossing within days

    Date: 2015-08-01 07:42:02 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:3078821

    The legitimate Yemeni government plans to reopen within days al Wadiha border crossing between Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Yemeni Deputy head of chief of staff Nasser el Zaheri and acting finance minister Hossam al Shorbagy visited al Wadiha border ....

  • US deeply concerned on new Israeli settlements

    US deeply concerned on new Israeli settlements

    Date: 2015-07-30 07:23:16 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3067977

    The US State Department said it was deeply concerned about an Israeli government decision to build 300 new homes in a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank and hundreds of homes in East Jerusalem, according to Radio Sawa. "The United States ....

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