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  • Bulgaria, Netherlands close diplomatic missions in Tripoli

    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 ....

  • Lebanon army arrests 7 Syrians from Nusra Front in Arsal

    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. ....

  • 15 killed in Israeli bombing of UN school in Gaza

    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 ....

  • Algeria on alert over Libya's deteriorating security

    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 ....

  • Jordanian king exchanges Eid greetings with Arab leaders

    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 ....

  • British PM calls for 'immediate' ceasefire in Gaza

    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 ....

  • Official: Palestinian delegation will head for Cairo carrying Palestinian demands

    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 ....

  • Iran’s FM urges Muslims to unite against Israel

    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 ....

  • Abbas discusses with Sisi Gaza war

    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 ....

  • Qassam Brigades claim responsibility for death of 10 Israeli soldiers in E. Gaza

    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 ....

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