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Bulgaria, Netherlands close diplomatic missions in Tripoli
Date: 2014-07-30 08:53:51 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:850523
Bulgaria and Netherlands declared on Tuesday they have closed their diplomatic missions in Libya over the deteriorating security situation in Tripoli. Earlier this week, Bulgaria banned its citizens from traveling to Libya, and urged their ....
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Lebanon army arrests 7 Syrians from Nusra Front in Arsal
Date: 2014-07-30 08:24:25 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:850483
The Lebanese army has arrested seven Syrians it said had connection with the Nusra Front. The Syrians were arrested in the northeastern city of Arsal near the border with Syria Tuesday night. Arsal is considered a hotbed of the Nusra Front. ....
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15 killed in Israeli bombing of UN school in Gaza
Date: 2014-07-30 08:22:24 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:850478
At least 15 persons were killed and 90 wounded in an Israeli bombing of a UN school in Gaza Strip, the BBC reported. More than 3,000 persons were hiding inside the school at the time of the bombing that came without prior warning. Israeli army ....
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Algeria on alert over Libya's deteriorating security
Date: 2014-07-30 07:56:28 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:850444
Algerian forces were put on the highest state of alert following reports that militants are holding 11 Libyan civilian planes at Tripoli airport and preparing to launch September 11-like attacks using these planes against Tunisia, Algeria and ....
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Jordanian king exchanges Eid greetings with Arab leaders
Date: 2014-07-30 07:49:09 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:850434
King Abdullah II exchanged Eid greetings with a number of Arab leaders, including Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, according to a statement by the Royal Diwan on Wednesday. Among the Arab leaders King Abdullah greeted with were King ....
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British PM calls for 'immediate' ceasefire in Gaza
Date: 2014-07-29 13:18:54 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:849883
British Prime Minister David Cameron has called for an "unconditional, immediate, humanitarian ceasefire" in Gaza to bring a halt to more than three weeks of violence which has claimed the lives of about 1,100 Palestinians and 55 Israelis, the ....
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Official: Palestinian delegation will head for Cairo carrying Palestinian demands
Date: 2014-07-29 12:22:27 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:849811
A Palestinian delegation will be formed under the leadership of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and will head for Cairo carrying an agenda including the Palestinian demands, said a PLO official on Tuesday. In press statements, Ahmed ....
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Iran’s FM urges Muslims to unite against Israel
Date: 2014-07-29 09:47:07 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:849593
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on the Islamic nations to close ranks to defend people of Gaza against Israel’s offensive. Zarif also expressed the hope that the Islamic countries, particularly Palestinians, would rise to ....
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Abbas discusses with Sisi Gaza war
Date: 2014-07-28 19:29:22 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:849263
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had a phone conversation with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza. Abbas stressed that Egypt's proposed ceasefire agreement was the best choice for getting out the ....
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Qassam Brigades claim responsibility for death of 10 Israeli soldiers in E. Gaza
Date: 2014-07-28 19:28:36 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:849262
The Ezz El-Din Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, said they killed at least ten Israeli soldiers in a military operation in Shuja'iyya neighborhood of eastern Gaza. In a statement on Monday, the brigades said their militants infiltrated ....