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16 ISIL militants killed in Iraq – official
Date: 2014-05-17 06:25:56 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:725839
Sixteen members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were shot dead while 5 vehicles carrying machine guns were destroyed in a wide scale security campaign in Babil, the security chief of Babil said. Iraqi police conducted the ....
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FSA shells Civil Defense building
Date: 2014-05-16 16:33:47 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:725450
The Free Syrian Army has shelled the civil defense building in the city of Aleppo, Syrian activists told Al-Arabiya news channel. The FSA has made a progress in Hama after fierce battles with Daash elements in the city, the channel said. ....
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Arab information ministers wrap up 45th session
Date: 2014-05-15 17:46:20 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:723967
The 45th session of the council of Arab information ministers wrapped up Thursday at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo. The meeting tackled a raft of issues, mainly ways of implementing the Arab League's recent resolutions in the field of ....
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Hamas: Palestinians to continue struggling against Israeli occupation
Date: 2014-05-15 13:54:14 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:723488
Hamas movement stressed that it would continue struggling against the Israeli occupation by all means, including armed resistance. In a press statement released on Thursday on the occasion of the 66th anniversary of the 1948 Palestinian exodus, ....
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AL : Israel must allow vaccinations for children to enter into Gaza
Date: 2014-05-15 13:40:41 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:723461
The Arab League (AL) called on the international community to intervene and force Israel to let in vaccinations for the children in the blockaded Gaza Strip. The AL in a statement today urged the Arab health ministers, the WHO and UNICEF to work ....
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Lebanon's Berri postpones residential election session till May 22
Date: 2014-05-15 13:26:37 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:723433
Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, Nabih Berri, adjourned the presidential election session till May 22 due to the lack of quorum. Lebanon's Official News Agency (NNA) reported that only 73 lawmakers out of 128 were present at parliament for ....
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Abbas says Palestinian issue on top of world leaders' agenda
Date: 2014-05-15 08:07:53 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:722544
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asserted Wednesday that the Palestinian issue is among the key topics on the world leaders' agenda given its significance as a national liberation cause of a great country. In a speech addressed to Palestinians ....
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Pentagon announces $1 billion deal with Iraq
Date: 2014-05-15 07:53:52 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:722519
The Pentagon has cleared a nearly $1 billion package of aircraft trainers, surveillance aerostats and up-armored Humvees for the Iraqi military, CNN reported. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress Tuesday that the State ....
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Arab League regrets Brahimi resignation
Date: 2014-05-14 17:32:55 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:721924
The Arab League regretted the resignation of Lakhdar Brahimi, the Joint United Nations-Arab League Special Representative on the Syrian crisis. In a statement Wednesday, Arab League chief Nabil el-Arabi said that Brahimi exerted tireless efforts ....
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El-Araby, Fadwa Barghouthi meet on Palestinian prisoners issue
Date: 2014-05-14 14:50:25 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:721671
Arab League (AL) Secretary General Nabil el-Araby met on Wednesday with the wife of Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouthi. Lawyer Fadwa Barghouthi thanked al-Araby for his efforts and support of the International Campaign for the Freedom of ....