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  • Former Libyan officer killed in Benghazi

    Former Libyan officer killed in Benghazi

    Date: 2014-02-17 08:50:29 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:559663

    A former security officer was killed and his friend injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire at them in Ard al-Salak in Benghazi Monday. The gunmen were traveling in a Toyota that had tinted windows, said Ibrahim al-Sharaa, the spokesman for ....

  • AL chief condemns attack on tourist bus in Taba, calls it heinous act

    AL chief condemns attack on tourist bus in Taba, calls it heinous act

    Date: 2014-02-17 08:49:13 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:559657

    The Arab League has strongly condemned the bombing that targeted a tourist bus in Taba and killed three Koreans and and Egyptian. In a statement Monday, AL chief Nabil el-Arabi called it a heinous act that aims to terrorize innocent tourists and ....

  • 230 trucks allowed into GS via Kerm Abu Salem crossing

    230 trucks allowed into GS via Kerm Abu Salem crossing

    Date: 2014-02-17 08:44:42 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:559648

    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, ....

  • UN official urges conflicting parties in Syria to allow humanitarian aid to Yarmouk refugee camp

    UN official urges conflicting parties in Syria to allow humanitarian aid to Yarmouk refugee camp

    Date: 2014-02-17 08:35:39 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:559621

    UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) official spokesperson Christopher Gunness has urged the Syrian authorities and armed opposition groups to allow the entry of humanitarian aid into the Yarmouk refugee camp close to the Syrian capital ....

  • Syria says US created

    Syria says US created "negative climate" in Geneva

    Date: 2014-02-17 08:20:14 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:559578

    Syria's foreign minister has accused the Unites States of trying to create a "negative climate" for dialogue at the second round of peace talks in Geneva, ABC News reported on Sunday. The meetings between Syrian President Bashar Assad's ....

  • Libya FM meets AMU chief

    Libya FM meets AMU chief

    Date: 2014-02-17 08:13:48 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:559561

    Secretary General of the Arab Maghreb Union Al-Habib Bin Yehia praised the outcome of the consultation meeting of the union which was hosted by Libya yesterday on the sidelines of celebrations of the AMU's 25th anniversary. He expressed this ....

  • Nasrallah says Hezbollah will keep its fighters in Syria

    Nasrallah says Hezbollah will keep its fighters in Syria

    Date: 2014-02-17 08:12:22 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:559559

    Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said Sunday that his party would continue fighting in Syria despite the wave of car bombings targeting predominantly Shiite areas in Lebanon controlled by the group. “I will not repeat what I explained ....

  • Arab League Secretary General returns from Kuwait

    Arab League Secretary General returns from Kuwait

    Date: 2014-02-17 07:54:35 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:559509

    Arab League Secretary-General Dr. Nabil el-Arabi returned here after a two-day visit to Kuwait, where he held talks with Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh ....

  • Lebanese prosecutor releases two women riding car filled with explosives

    Lebanese prosecutor releases two women riding car filled with explosives

    Date: 2014-02-17 07:33:30 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:559467

    Military Prosecutor Judge Saqr Saqr ordered on Sunday the release of two of the three women arrested earlier on the Arsal-Labwe while riding in a car filled with explosives. The third woman, Joumana Hmeid, is still in custody. Lebanon’s Army ....

  • Bashar's forces launch arrest campaign at Deir ez-Zor - activists

    Bashar's forces launch arrest campaign at Deir ez-Zor - activists

    Date: 2014-02-16 16:26:27 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:557878

    Syrian activists said that Assad's forces launched a wide-scale arrest campaign in El- Gora district in Deir ez-Zor, and the regime's army bombarded areas surrounding Qalamoun region, British Sky News channel reported Sunday. Syrian opposition ....

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