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12 dead in Islamist attack on Somali prison
Date: 2014-09-01 06:55:38 GMT - Somalia - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:900445
Islamist rebels dressed in government military uniforms approached the gate of a high security prison in Mogadishu on Sunday, set off a car bomb and fired their way into the building, eyewitness Farah Mohammed told CNN. They were Al-Shabaab ....
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Palestine may push for deadline to end occupation
Date: 2014-08-31 15:26:13 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:899941
President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority may use the global stage of the annual General Assembly here in a few weeks to publicly demand a deadline for ending Israel’s occupation, according to his ambassador, while expecting that the ....
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New Syrian cabinet sworn in before Assad
Date: 2014-08-31 14:32:04 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:899852
Members of the new Syrian Cabinet were sworn in before President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday. The Syrian News Agency (SANA) carried the news without giving further details. ....
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AL chief leaves for Jordan
Date: 2014-08-31 14:25:33 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:899844
Arab League Secretary General Nabil El-Arabi has left for Jordan on a several-hour visit. During his stay, El-Arabi will meet Jordanian Foreign Minister Naser Judeh to discuss the Palestinian case in particular and the Middle East developments in ....
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Israel has carried out a new land confiscation in the occupied West Bank
Date: 2014-08-31 07:30:19 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:899067
The Israeli occupation army on Sunday issued a military order to confiscate thousands of donums of farmlands in Hebron and Bethlehem in southern the West Bank with the aim of expanding Ghosh Atsiyoun settlement. Surif Municipality Chief Mohammad ....
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Residents of Wershfana flee city after Fajr Libya shelling
Date: 2014-08-31 07:27:31 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:899058
Residents of Wershfana are fleeing the city due to the continuous shelling of Fajr Libya (Libyan Dawn) coalition as well as clashes between militias affiliated to tribes living in the area especially after the recent attack on Camp 27. In a ....
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Fierce clashes between Daesh, Syrian army near Deir ez-Zor airport
Date: 2014-08-31 07:26:25 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:899056
Fierce clashes took place Sunday between Daesh and the Syrian army in the surroundings of Deir ez-Zor airport. This comes as part of Daesh's attempts to control the airport. ....
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Key Somali town retaken from al-Shabab
Date: 2014-08-31 06:49:42 GMT - Somalia - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:898991
Somali and African Union (AMISOM) forces have re-taken the southwestern town of Bulomarer and several neighboring villages as part of an offensive against al-Shabab in the country's Lower Shabelle region, the VOA reported. Lower Shabelle governor ....
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US carry out raids on Daesh posts near Mosul Dam in Iraq
Date: 2014-08-31 06:40:00 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:898972
The US warplanes carried out late Saturday new raids on the locations of Daesh organization near Mosul Dam in Iraq, Sky News reported. No further details were given by the all-news network. The US Department of Defense has announced that the ....
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Hamas: Netanyahu defending troops withdrawal from Gaza recognition of his defeat
Date: 2014-08-31 06:28:46 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:898957
The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement "Hamas" said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's remarks in which he defended his troops withdrawal from Gaza represented a recognition of his defeat in the war. In statements released late ....