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  • AL chief holds Israel responsible for collapsed ceasefire talks

    AL chief holds Israel responsible for collapsed ceasefire talks

    Date: 2014-08-20 16:23:18 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:883468

    Arab League (AL) chief Nabil el-Arabi has held Israel responsible for the collapse of indirect ceasefire talks with Palestinians in Cairo. In press statements on Wednesday, Arabi accused Israel of blocking any kind of agreement leading to calm in ....

  • Palestinian president arrives to Qatar

    Palestinian president arrives to Qatar

    Date: 2014-08-20 16:21:03 GMT - Qatar - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:883462

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived on Wednesday to Qatar on an official visit there. He is expected to hold talks with Qatari officials on ways to lift the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip, which has been under attack since July 8. He ....

  • Jordanian King calls for intensifying efforts to end Israeli siege on Gaza

    Jordanian King calls for intensifying efforts to end Israeli siege on Gaza

    Date: 2014-08-20 16:15:42 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:883446

    Jordanian King Abdullah II stressed the importance of intensifying regional and international efforts to put an end to the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip, Petra News Agency reported on Wednesday. At a meeting with Palestinian President ....

  • 17 Daaesh members killed and injured in Iraq

    17 Daaesh members killed and injured in Iraq

    Date: 2014-08-20 11:57:55 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:882938

    Seventeen members of the Daaesh group were killed in Iraq and others injured in a suicide bombing carried out by the group in the western Iraqi area of Ramadi on Wednesday. The Iraqi news agency quoted a security official as saying that two ....

  • Yemen to negotiate with Houthis

    Yemen to negotiate with Houthis

    Date: 2014-08-20 10:39:57 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:882694

    The Yemeni government will form a delegation to negotiate with Houthis who have been protesting recently on streets against the latest government decisions, a partisan source said. The source, who declined to be identified, told Okaz newspaper ....

  • Abu Marzouk: Palestinian delegation in permanent session till our demands are met

    Abu Marzouk: Palestinian delegation in permanent session till our demands are met

    Date: 2014-08-20 10:34:41 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:882664

    Moussa Abu Marzouk, deputy chief of Hamas politburo said the Palestinian delegation, despite the deceipt of the Israeli side, is considered in a permanent session till the achievement of the Palestinian people's demands which are mainly halting the ....

  • Death toll from Israeli offensive in Gaza up to 2,028

    Death toll from Israeli offensive in Gaza up to 2,028

    Date: 2014-08-20 10:31:26 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:882654

    The death toll from the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 2,028, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Some 10,302 Palestinians have so far been injured in the Israeli offensive, spokesman in Gaza Ashraf al-Qodra said ....

  • 7 Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on house in central Gaza

    7 Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on house in central Gaza

    Date: 2014-08-20 09:59:43 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:882548

    Seven Palestinians, including three children, were killed and nine more injured in an Israeli strike on a house in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza Wednesday. A spokesman for the Health Ministry in Gaza Ashraf al-Qodra said the casualties are ....

  • 3 rockets fell behind cardiac hospital in Tripoli

    3 rockets fell behind cardiac hospital in Tripoli

    Date: 2014-08-20 09:45:45 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:882523

    At least three rockets hit the Libyan capital early Monday. The rockets fell behind a cardiac hospital in al-Zaweya area. They directly hit a house there. The number of casualties, if any, remains unknown, a security source said. But ....

  • UN chief slams breach of Gaza ceasefire

    UN chief slams breach of Gaza ceasefire

    Date: 2014-08-20 09:44:46 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:882520

    UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday condemned in the strongest terms the breach of the humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. In a statement issued here by his spokesperson, Ban expressed his grave disappointment at the return to hostilities, ....

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