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AL consultative meeting on Libya concluded

Date: 2014-07-16 15:23:16 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:830696

Arab League (AL) permanent delegates concluded Wednesday a consultative meeting on the latest developments in Libya. The meeting came upon a request by Arab League chief Nabil el-Arabi and his envoy to Libya Nasser Al-Qudwah. The meeting ....

Assad sworn in for 3rd presidential term

Date: 2014-07-16 11:25:20 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:830116

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has been sworn in for a third seven-year term in office, Al-Arabiya Al-Hadath TV reported. Assad won 88.7 percent of the ballots cast in the first multi-candidate elections in decades. The voting didn't take place ....

Gaza’s water system collapsing due to Israeli strikes, says Red Cross

Date: 2014-07-16 11:17:19 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:830098

The repeated bombardments are destroying the vulnerable water system in Gaza, and the deaths of a number of local water authority technicians stresses the danger they face as they perform essential maintenance work, according to the International ....

Qatari emir visits Turkey for talks with Gül, Erdoğan

Date: 2014-07-16 10:02:50 GMT - Turkey - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:829884

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani visited Turkey on Tuesday to meet with President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Today's Zaman reported. Regional issues including the civil war in Syria, ongoing ....

Iraq speaker election blow to terrorists: Iranian diplomat

Date: 2014-07-16 09:42:00 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:829840

An Iranian diplomat says the election of a new Iraqi parliament speaker has dealt a severe blow to terrorists in the Arab country, Press TV reported. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on ....

Israeli warplanes bombard house of Hamas's Mahmoud al-Zahar

Date: 2014-07-16 08:51:29 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:829727

Israeli warplanes bombarded the house of Hamas senior official Mahmoud al-Zahar in central Gaza late on Tuesday night. The warplanes fired three rockets at the building which was left in ruins, eyewitnesses said. Earlier Israeli airstrikes ....

Bahraini King receives a letter from Iranian President

Date: 2014-07-16 08:48:58 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:829719

Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has received a letter from Iranian president Hassan Rouhani on the political developments in the Gaza Strip, according to Bahrain News Agency. The letter focused on attacks carried out by Israelis against ....

Iran FM urges immediate end to Israel’s Gaza blockade

Date: 2014-07-16 08:47:00 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:829716

Iran has strongly condemned the killing of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip, urging an immediate end to the Israeli airstrikes and the years-long blockade on the coastal enclave, Press TV reported Wednesday. "It is incumbent upon the ....

Hamas will pay for decision to continue escalation- Netanyahu

Date: 2014-07-16 07:54:24 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:829613

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke before a Security Cabinet meeting on Tuesday saying that, "Hamas will pay the price for the decision to continue the escalation," Ynetnews reported. "We will continue striking Hamas until we bring ....

Hamas, Islamic Jihad claim responsibility for rocket attacks on Tel Aviv

Date: 2014-07-16 07:12:01 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:829547

The armed wings of the Palestinian militant group Hamas and the Islamic Jihad have claimed responsibility for the rocket attacks on Israel's Tel Aviv city. Rocket salvoes were fired at an Israeli settlement, southern the Gaza Strip, Haifa city ....