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  • Court imprisons 8 members of Fatah al Islam for 3 years on Nahr al-Bared case

    Court imprisons 8 members of Fatah al Islam for 3 years on Nahr al-Bared case

    Date: 2013-12-07 07:47:17 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:426833

    The Lebanese Judicial Council issued Friday a ruling in the case of a number of Fatah al-Islam militants for unlawful entry into Lebanese territories, sentencing eight of them to imprisonment for a three year term along with a fine of one million ....

  • 30 Palestinians injured, 6 arrested in clashes in Quds

    30 Palestinians injured, 6 arrested in clashes in Quds

    Date: 2013-12-07 07:29:22 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:426808

    Fierce clashes erupted Friday between local Palestinian residents of al Quds old city and Israeli occupation forces, leaving about thirty Palestinians and one Turkish tourist injured while 6 others were arrested. The old city witnessed one of ....

  • UN condemns killing of Somali member of Federal Parliament

    UN condemns killing of Somali member of Federal Parliament

    Date: 2013-12-07 07:24:02 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:426799

    The United Nations condemned Friday the assassination of member of the Somalia’s Federal Parliament Mohamed Warsame Feisal. "The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, strongly condemned the killing today of ....

  • Arab League lowers flag in mourning of Mandela death

    Arab League lowers flag in mourning of Mandela death

    Date: 2013-12-06 17:30:47 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:426411

    The Arab League said Friday it is lowering its flag in mourning of the death of late South African leader Nelson Mandela. AL Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi mourned on Friday the death of Mandela, the former South African president and ....

  • Kerry: Israel, Palestinians closest to peace 'in years'

    Kerry: Israel, Palestinians closest to peace 'in years'

    Date: 2013-12-06 15:10:58 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:426131

    Israel and the Palestinians are closer to a peace deal than they have been in years, Ynetnews quoted US Secretary of State John Kerry as saying on Friday. "I believe we are closer than we have been in years to bringing about the peace and the ....

  • Larijani: Political settlement necessary for Syria

    Larijani: Political settlement necessary for Syria

    Date: 2013-12-06 13:35:56 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:425923

    Iran’s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has emphasized the need for a political settlement of the turmoil in Syria, Press TV reported on Friday. "The ongoing crisis in Syria can be resolved only through negotiations, and political solution is the only ....

  • Abbas orders mourning day over Mandela's death

    Abbas orders mourning day over Mandela's death

    Date: 2013-12-06 10:55:44 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:425544

    Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas declared a day of mourning Friday following the death of South African anti-apartheid revolutionary Nelson Mandela, according to Palestinian media. Offering condolences to Mandela's family, to the ....

  • Yemeni president gets phone call from Saudi interior minister

    Yemeni president gets phone call from Saudi interior minister

    Date: 2013-12-06 09:14:29 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:425386

    Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi received a phone call from Saudi Interior Minister Prince Mohammed Bin Naif Bin Abdulaziz who condoled with Hadi the death of 52 people in the recent terrorist attack in Yemen. The Saudi minister denounced ....

  • Cautious calm prevails in Sanaa after bloody day

    Cautious calm prevails in Sanaa after bloody day

    Date: 2013-12-06 09:06:15 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:425363

    Cautious calm prevailed in most of streets in the Yemeni capital Sanaa and most of the cities after a day that witnessed the country's worst militant assault in 18 months. On Thursday, a suicide bomber and gunmen wearing army uniforms attacked ....

  • Iran slams attack on Yemen Defense Ministry

    Iran slams attack on Yemen Defense Ministry

    Date: 2013-12-06 08:45:18 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:425313

    Iranian Foreign Ministry has condemned the deadly terrorist attack on the headquarters of Yemen’s Defense Ministry in the center of the capital, Sana’a, Press TV reported Thursday. Such indiscriminate terrorist attacks, which are aimed at ....

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