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AL to partake in Libya's neighbors meeting in Cairo

Date: 2014-08-24 14:25:44 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:889177

Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi will participate in the fourth ministerial meeting of Libya's neighboring countries, which kicks off on Monday in Cairo under Egypt's chairmanship. The meeting will address the deteriorating security ....

Threats by Israeli PM to target civilians in Gaza are war crimes --Hamas

Date: 2014-08-24 14:17:47 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:889166

Palestinian Movement Hamas on Sunday said that threats by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to target any site from which missiles are fired in the Gaza Strip are a war crime against civilians in the coastal enclave. Hamas spokesman Samy ....

Palestinian president back home

Date: 2014-08-24 12:10:16 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:888892

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas left here on Sunday back home following a three-day visit to Egypt. During his visit, Abbas briefed Egyptian President Abdel El Fattah El Sisi on the latest developments in the Gaza Strip, which has been under ....

Libyan parliament did not call for any foreign military strikes in Libya -- Speaker

Date: 2014-08-24 08:20:43 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:888397

Libyan parliament speaker Akila Saleh Issa asserted on Sunday that the parliament did not urge the international community to intervene via launching military strikes in Libya. In statements to Sky News Arabia, he said Libya had not reached the ....

Israel fires back at South Lebanon

Date: 2014-08-24 07:18:22 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:888250

Israeli artillery fired shells at South Lebanon in retaliation for the two rockets that were fired at Israeli lands earlier. No casualties or damage were reported as a result of the shelling that took place Saturday night, a reliable source told ....

Dozens of Palestinians killed, injured in new Israeli air raids on Gaza

Date: 2014-08-24 07:16:21 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:888296

Two Palestinians were killed while 10 others were injured when an Israeli air force targeted Palestinians in northwest of Gaza Strip, eyewitnesses said on Sunday. Meanwhile, six Palestinians were injured in an Israeli air raid over Rafah city in ....

Algerian border guard killed

Date: 2014-08-24 06:44:20 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:888245

Hundreds of Algerian army and security forces were deployed along borders between Algeria and Mali after a border guard was shot dead on Saturday. The forces combed desert areas and all houses located near the borders to arrest the attackers, ....

Qassam fires rocket at Israel's Ben Gurion airport

Date: 2014-08-23 16:09:41 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:887802

The Ezzeddin al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Palestinian resistance faction Hamas, claimed Saturday responsibility for firing a home-made rocket at Israel's Ben Gurion airport. In a statement, Qassam said its fighters had fired an M75 ....

Moussa calls for decisive stand against Israel

Date: 2014-08-23 16:04:58 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:887796

Former Arab League (AL) Secretary-General Amr Moussa has said the Arab governments and the league should move decisively against the Israeli aggression on Gaza. He voiced his concern over the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, ....

ISIL leader killed in Diyala

Date: 2014-08-23 09:45:48 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:887105

The military leader of the militant group of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was killed in Diyala province on Saturday. Police forces killed the terrorist leader, identified as Mosaab al-Sengary along an aide, the Iraqi news ....