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  • Hardline Jews break into Aqsa Mosque

    Hardline Jews break into Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2014-12-17 09:27:57 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:1555117

    Extremist Jewish groups, backed by Israeli forces, stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday from Bab Maghraba gate. The groups provocatively marched through the yards of the mosque where scores of worshipers and Muslim students of Education Councils ....

  • Libyan soldier kidnapped in Sirte

    Libyan soldier kidnapped in Sirte

    Date: 2014-12-17 08:48:19 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:1554469

    A soldier of the Libyan Shock troops was kidnapped in Sirte, a military source said. Soldier Massoud Guma Amari was taken to an unknown destination. He was on a family visit when he was abducted, the source added. Libya has been gripped by ....

  • 25 killed, scores wounded in Syrian bombing of Idlib

    25 killed, scores wounded in Syrian bombing of Idlib

    Date: 2014-12-17 08:39:57 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:1554497

    At least 25 people were killed and scores wounded in Assad forces' bombing of different areas of Idlib, Homs and Deraa on Tuesday, activists said. The Syrian forces used rockets and bomb barrels in the bombing, the said. Meanwhile, on-and-off ....

  • Two persons arrested with explosive belts, arms in Yarmouk district

    Two persons arrested with explosive belts, arms in Yarmouk district

    Date: 2014-12-17 08:27:29 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:1554393

    The Iraqi security forces arrested late Tuesday two persons with two explosive belts and arms in a housing apartment in Yarmouk district, west of Baghdad. A security source told Al-Sumariya News TV Channel said a force of the Iraqi army raided ....

  • Abbas coordinates efforts on UN vote over phone with Egypt, Jordan FMs

    Abbas coordinates efforts on UN vote over phone with Egypt, Jordan FMs

    Date: 2014-12-17 07:38:12 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:1553893

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received a phone call on Tuesday from Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri to discuss exerted efforts on a UN vote on a draft resolution to end Israeli occupation. Also, the President received a phone call ....

  • Policeman killed, 4 civilians injured in mortar shells attack on Iraq's Baquba

    Policeman killed, 4 civilians injured in mortar shells attack on Iraq's Baquba

    Date: 2014-12-16 17:32:55 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:1550805

    An Iraqi policeman was killed and four civilians were injured on Tuesday when three mortar shells hit a residential neighborhood northeast of Baquba, a security source said. A civilian was seriously injured in the attack, while material damage ....

  • 32 people killed in Yemen bomb blast

    32 people killed in Yemen bomb blast

    Date: 2014-12-16 17:30:12 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:1551901

    At least 32 people including 22 children died on Tuesday in two bomb blasts in the central Yemeni province of Bayda, according to local media reports. The children were inside a school bus that was passing a checkpoint manned by Shia Houthi ....

  • Carter Center to monitor Tunisian presidential runoff

    Carter Center to monitor Tunisian presidential runoff

    Date: 2014-12-16 17:13:05 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:1552117

    The US Carter Center will take part in monitoring the Tunisian presidential runoff, due to be held on December 21. Former Yemeni prime minister Abdul Karim Ali Al-Iryani and UK lawyer Audrey Glover will preside the center's monitoring mission in ....

  • Iranian first vice-president, Syrian PM meet in Tehran

    Iranian first vice-president, Syrian PM meet in Tehran

    Date: 2014-12-16 15:47:54 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:1551365

    Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri on Tuesday officially welcomed Syrian Prime Minister Wael Nader el Halaqi , who started a three-day visit to Tehran to discuss major bilateral, regional and international issues with senior Iranian ....

  • US Amb to Lebanon lauds the country's generous reception of Syrian refugees

    US Amb to Lebanon lauds the country's generous reception of Syrian refugees

    Date: 2014-12-16 14:10:38 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:1550397

    US Ambassador to Lebanon David Hale lauded the country Tuesday for its generous reception of Syrian refugees in light of a governmental response plan, Lebanese Daily Star newspaper reported. The primary topic of the discussion was the latest ....

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