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  • 280 trucks enter Gaza Strip via Kerm Abu Salem

    280 trucks enter Gaza Strip via Kerm Abu Salem

    Date: 2014-06-01 07:31:44 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:754277

    Israeli occupation decided on Sunday to let in 280 trucks to Gaza Strip via Karam Abu Salem trade crossing, south east of the strip. Raed Fattouh, chairman of the coordination committee for the entry of goods into the Gaza Strip, said in a press ....

  • Sirte Airport ready to operate after two months suspension -- Airport director

    Sirte Airport ready to operate after two months suspension -- Airport director

    Date: 2014-06-01 07:21:42 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:754275

    Director of Sirte International Airport Ismail al-Zaidani said the airport is ready to operate seven internal flights weekly after two and half months suspension. In a press release on Sunday, Zaidani said the airport is currently being ....

  • Pro-Hafter army shells Ansar al-Sharia gotbed in Benghazi

    Pro-Hafter army shells Ansar al-Sharia gotbed in Benghazi

    Date: 2014-06-01 06:55:25 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:754211

    Troops, affiliated to Libyan renegade general Khalifa Haftar, have launched a rocket attack on a hotbed of Ansar al-Sharia militant group in Benghazi city, Sky News Arabia reported on Sunday. Earlier, Haftar said he is aiming to eliminate ....

  • Libya's interim PM reiterates commitment to top court rulings

    Libya's interim PM reiterates commitment to top court rulings

    Date: 2014-06-01 06:51:21 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:754206

    Libya's interim Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani reiterated commitment to the decisions of the Constitutional Court as regards challenges in the constitutionality of the parliament's election of Ahmed Maetig as the county's premier. Maetig won ....

  • 5 ISIL elements killed in Mosul clashes

    5 ISIL elements killed in Mosul clashes

    Date: 2014-05-31 11:37:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:752985

    Five elements of the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have been killed in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul, a security official said Saturday. The five were killed in clashes with army troops near Hamam al-Alil area in ....

  • Somali soldier killed in car blast

    Somali soldier killed in car blast

    Date: 2014-05-31 08:48:00 GMT - Somalia - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:752889

    A Somali soldier was killed and several others were injured in a car bomb explosion close to a hotel and government security offices in the capital, Mogadishu. The blast, which comes amid a wave of attacks in the capital by Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab ....

  • Palestinian consenus govt to be announced Monday

    Palestinian consenus govt to be announced Monday

    Date: 2014-05-31 08:00:33 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:752792

    The formation of the Palestinian national consensus government will be announced on Monday, according to a source with the Palestine Liberation Organization. Obstacles countered the announcement of the government in the past days were removed ....

  • Car explodes in Lebanese town

    Car explodes in Lebanese town

    Date: 2014-05-31 07:11:57 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:752703

    A car bombing rocked the eastern Lebanese town of Bekaa in Arsal on Saturday. The explosion only resulted in material damage. The blast was caused by a silver Kia vehicle. ....

  • Iran asks Yemen for greater cooperation on fate of kidnapped diplomat

    Iran asks Yemen for greater cooperation on fate of kidnapped diplomat

    Date: 2014-05-31 06:16:19 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:752610

    Iranian foreign minister in a meeting with his Yemeni counterpart asked for Sana’a’s more serious efforts in pursuing the fate of the abducted Iranian diplomat in Yemen, IRNA news agency reported on Friday. Mohammad Javad Zarif in his meeting ....

  • Vatican Pope decries suffering in Syria

    Vatican Pope decries suffering in Syria

    Date: 2014-05-31 06:12:14 GMT - Vatican - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:752598

    Vatican Pope Francis issued another appeal against "the globalisation of indifference," which is growing amid the "daily victims" and "untold suffering" of the Syrian people. In his message, the Holy Father calls on international institutions, ....

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