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  • Policies on resolving Syrian crisis need revision – AL chief

    Policies on resolving Syrian crisis need revision – AL chief

    Date: 2015-06-08 10:59:15 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:2753261

    The exacerbation of the Syrian crisis and its detrimental humanitarian consequences make it a must for all sides to review the policies taken to handle the issue, Arab League Secretary General Nabil el Araby said. Addressing a Syrian opposition ....

  • Israeli forces arrest 4 Palestinians in West Bank

    Israeli forces arrest 4 Palestinians in West Bank

    Date: 2015-06-08 10:35:54 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:2752981

    Israeli forces raided a number of houses in the West Bank on Monday, arresting four Palestinians, security sources said. In Hebron, the forces arrested two brothers and an elderly man after raiding their house. The other arrest took place in ....

  • 18 Libyan soldiers killed, injured in clashes in Benghazi

    18 Libyan soldiers killed, injured in clashes in Benghazi

    Date: 2015-06-08 10:32:01 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:2752929

    Two Libyan soldiers were killed and 16 others injured during clashes in different parts of Benghazi with Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries. A media official in Hawari hospital in Benghazi told MENA that the hospital received the bodies of ....

  • UN mission to Libya calls on conflicting parties in Libya to shoulder historic responsibility

    UN mission to Libya calls on conflicting parties in Libya to shoulder historic responsibility

    Date: 2015-06-08 09:25:58 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:2752173

    The UN mission to Libya called on the conflicting parties in to shoulder their historic responsibility to maintain the higher national interest of the country. The mission said that the only solution possible in Libya is a political one. A ....

  • Iraqi president urges building strong Iraqi army

    Iraqi president urges building strong Iraqi army

    Date: 2015-06-08 09:21:08 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:2752117

    Iraqi President Fuad Masum called for building a strong Iraqi army to defend all Iraqis without exception and to protect its democratic system. During a meeting with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq Affairs Bert Macgork, the ....

  • Jewish settlers, students storm Aqsa mosque

    Jewish settlers, students storm Aqsa mosque

    Date: 2015-06-08 08:22:04 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:2751545

    Groups of Jewish settlers and Israeli institute and university students stormed Al Aqsa Mosque through Bab Magharba early Monday. The Jewish breakers were protected by special Israeli police units while touring the mosque yards. Meanwhile, an ....

  • Families of Gaza prisoners visit relatives in Eshel jail

    Families of Gaza prisoners visit relatives in Eshel jail

    Date: 2015-06-08 08:20:13 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:2751517

    Israeli authorities allowed Monday scores of families of Gaza prisoners to visit their sons in Eshel jail. As many as 48 family members headed for the prison via Erez crossing to visit 36 detainees. Around 6, 500 Palestinians are in Israeli ....

  • Israel re-opens Erez, Karm Abu Salem crossings

    Israel re-opens Erez, Karm Abu Salem crossings

    Date: 2015-06-08 08:18:49 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:2751513

    Israeli authorities re-opened on Monday Erez and Karm Abu Salem crossings with the Gaza Strip after they were closed yesterday for security reasons. The two terminals were closed after a rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip at the southern ....

  • Salam won’t call Cabinet session this week

    Salam won’t call Cabinet session this week

    Date: 2015-06-08 08:17:23 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:2751497

    Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam stressed that he will not call for a Cabinet session this week in order to give mediators time to resolve a crisis over the thorny issue of security appointments that has thrown the government into ....

  • 2 Palestinians injured in northwestern Bethlehem

    2 Palestinians injured in northwestern Bethlehem

    Date: 2015-06-08 08:11:05 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:2751461

    Two Palestinian youth were injured by Israeli forces in northwestern Bethlehem Sunday night. One was injured in the right shoulder while the other in his right thigh, local sources said. Eyewitnesses said that the Israeli soldiers held four ....

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