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  • 230 trucks allowed into GS via Kerm Abu Salem

    230 trucks allowed into GS via Kerm Abu Salem

    Date: 2014-02-23 08:02:33 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:571189

    Israeli authorities reopened Sunday the Karm Abu Salem commercial crossing in south-east Gaza after the weekend. "Occupation forces will allow the entry of 230 trucks laden with goods to the commercial and agricultural sectors," Raed Fattouh, ....

  • Morocco summons French ambassador over torture lawsuit

    Morocco summons French ambassador over torture lawsuit

    Date: 2014-02-23 07:47:21 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:571153

    Morocco has summoned the French ambassador in Rabat to protest against a French lawsuit filed against the head of Morocco's domestic intelligence for alleged complicity in torture, Sky news reported quoting the foreign ministry. The lawsuit filed ....

  • Two Lebanese soldiers killed after army post blast

    Two Lebanese soldiers killed after army post blast

    Date: 2014-02-22 18:47:46 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:570773

    Two Lebanese soldiers were killed and 15 others injured after a massive car bomb blast hit an army post in eastern Lebanon’s Hermel Saturday, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. Hermel, a stronghold for the Shiite Lebanese movement Hezbollah in the ....

  • Explosion hits Lebanese army barrier in Hermel

    Explosion hits Lebanese army barrier in Hermel

    Date: 2014-02-22 18:31:49 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:570747

    An explosion has targeted a Lebanese army barrier in Hermel city in Beqaa northeastern Lebanon, media reports said on Saturday. The reports added that the explosion took place near Asi river bridge north east of Lebanon. ....

  • 3 bomb blasts rattle Iraq, 23 killed, injured

    3 bomb blasts rattle Iraq, 23 killed, injured

    Date: 2014-02-22 11:06:38 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:569409

    At least 23 people, including two policemen, were killed and injured when three cars exploded in Tikrit, capital of Salaheddin province on Saturday, an Iraqi police source said on Saturday. Three car bombs exploded simultaneously in Tikrit, ....

  • Tunisian PM hopes transitional phase in Egypt would end soon

    Tunisian PM hopes transitional phase in Egypt would end soon

    Date: 2014-02-22 10:47:15 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:569736

    Tunisia's new Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa hoped that the transitional phase in Egypt would end soon. He also underlined the need of boosting Egyptian-Tunisian cooperation in the fields of investments and trade exchange along with confronting ....

  • Algerian security nabs terrorist network

    Algerian security nabs terrorist network

    Date: 2014-02-22 10:09:22 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:569618

    Security forces in Algeria held on Saturday a criminal network, led by a Palestinian, which supports terrorist and armed groups, reported the Algerian Al-Khabar newspaper. The group is facing charges of funding terrorist groups, defraud and ....

  • South Sudan peace talks stalled over Malakal fighting

    South Sudan peace talks stalled over Malakal fighting

    Date: 2014-02-22 08:44:33 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:569429

    Peace talks between South Sudan's government and rebels have stalled because of fierce fighting over the key oil hub of Malakal. The delegations representing the South Sudanese government and the rebels only met once this week in the Ethiopian ....

  • former Fatah member ٍshot in Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp

    former Fatah member ٍshot in Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp

    Date: 2014-02-22 08:42:51 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:569425

    A former member of Palestinian Fatah movement was seriously injured, after an attempt on his life by unidentified armed men in Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon. The former Fatah member, Abdullah Sareia, received several ....

  • OPCW receives new destruction plan for Syrian chemical weapons

    OPCW receives new destruction plan for Syrian chemical weapons

    Date: 2014-02-22 07:57:08 GMT - Netherlands - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:569341

    The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) announced receipt Friday a new plan for the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons, the Voice of Russia reported. "The OPCW has received a new chemical weapons destruction plan from ....

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