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Israel allows 570 trucks into Gaza Strip

Date: 2015-04-13 08:16:29 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:2368293

Israeli authorities decided on Monday to allow 570 trucks loaded with commodities into the Gaza Strip through Karm Abu Salem crossing. The trucks are carrying goods for the commercial, agricultural and transportation sectors along with aid ....

Israel allows Gazans to visit jailed relatives in Eshel prison

Date: 2015-04-13 08:03:00 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:2368209

Israeli occupation authorities have allowed scores of Gazans to visit their jailed relatives in Eshel prison in Beersheba in southern Israel. Some 49 families of Gaza prisoners including two kids headed for Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing north of ....

Israeli forces arrest Palestinian man, demolish home

Date: 2015-04-13 07:53:06 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:2368133

Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian man after storming his home in Deir Samit village, west of Hebron, Palestinians sources said on Monday. Also in Hebron, Israeli forces set up military checkpoints in the northern entrance of the city. In ....

Russian embassy in Yemen still opens, says ambassador

Date: 2015-04-13 07:38:28 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:2368029

The Russian embassy in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa is still open, Ambassador Vladimir Dedushkin told a site affiliated to the Yemeni defense ministry. He said the embassy has not closed yet, adding he left the country along with all embassy ....

Brother of former Libyan PM killed in South Korea's Libya embassy attack - security official

Date: 2015-04-12 16:53:47 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:2366117

Jamal Jibril, brother of former Libyan prime minister Mahmoud Jibril, was killed in an armed attack by Daesh against guards of South Korean Embassy in Tripoli, said head of diplomatic security in Libya's Tripoli-based Interior Ministry Mabrouk Abu ....

Syrian regime targets school, kills 9

Date: 2015-04-12 13:48:55 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:2364689

A Syrian regime air strike hit a school in the main northern city of Aleppo on Sunday killing nine people, a monitoring group said. Military aircraft struck a school in east Aleppo city and killed five children, three female teachers, and one ....

Saudi king meets French FM

Date: 2015-04-12 13:34:51 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:2364517

Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz received French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and his accompanying delegation on Sunday. The meeting took up the latest regional developments along with ways of boosting bilateral cooperation. ....

Saudi Arabia hails ties with France

Date: 2015-04-12 13:31:19 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:2364485

Saudi Foreign Affairs Minister Prince Saud al Faisal hailed on Sunday the Saudi-French ties, noting that the visit of French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius will further boost relations. Speaking at a joint press conference with Fabious, Faisal ....

AL chief reiterates support to UN envoy to Libya efforts to solve crisis

Date: 2015-04-12 12:37:03 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:2364005

Arab League Secretary-General Nabil al Arabi reiterated AL support to efforts exerted by the United Nations Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya Bernardino Leon to reach a solution to the Libyan ....

Israel arrests 3 Palestinians in West Bank raids

Date: 2015-04-12 11:12:30 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:2363333

Israeli occupation forces arrested on Sunday three Palestinians in a security crackdown in the West Bank. Two youths were arrested in Nablus city, while the other one was arrested in a house-to-house search in Hebron, according to local ....