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UNHCR concerned at reports that asylum seekers, including Syrians, denied entry to some EU countries
Date: 2013-11-15 14:22:11 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:388570
The UN refugee agency said Friday it was "greatly concerned" over reports that some European Union (EU) countries were placing barriers to entry or forcibly returning asylum-seekers, including people who have fled Syria. "UNHCR is calling, ....
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Sudanese ruling party slams coordination between opposition, SRF
Date: 2013-11-15 14:02:38 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:388522
The Sudanese presidential assistant and Vice Chairman of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP), Nafie Ali Nafie, criticized some opposition parties that adopt an agenda of the rebel Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), describing the move as a ....
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Syrian delegation to visit Moscow for Geneva II preparations
Date: 2013-11-15 13:48:49 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:388489
A Syrian delegation will visit Moscow this coming Monday for talks on preparations for the Geneva II conference on Syria, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday. A reliable source said that the Syrian delegation will meet Foreign Minister ....
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Lebanon's former ISF chief lashes out at foreign minister
Date: 2013-11-15 13:46:51 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:388485
The former general director of Lebanon's Internal Security Forces (ISF), Ashraf Rifi, on Friday accused his country's Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour of inaction, saying that Mansour acts as if he is the foreign minister of the Syrian regime. The ....
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Tension prevails in several Yemeni cities amid heightened security
Date: 2013-11-15 10:45:29 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:388092
A state of tension has prevailed in several cities across Yemen, including the capital Sanaa, amid tightened security measures nationwide. The presidential committee, along with the military committee, failed to bring an end to the conflict ....
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Hamas not tamper with Egypt's security - official
Date: 2013-11-14 18:20:30 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:387384
Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar said Thursday the movement is committed to maintaining Egypt's security. Al-Zahar, meanwhile, said that the Hamas's enemy is only the Israeli occupation. Al-Zahar made the remarks during a military parade held by ....
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Israeli army says it launched air strike to hit underground rocket launchers in Gaza following mortar fire
Date: 2013-11-14 18:02:51 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:387366
The Israeli army said it launched an air strike to hit two underground rocket launchers in the Gaza Strip on Thursday in response to earlier mortar fire from the coastal territory into southern Israel. According to Jpost, the Israeli air strike ....
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Resistance only way to deter Israeli occupation - Hamas
Date: 2013-11-14 16:39:56 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:387202
The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas said that resistance with all its forms is the strategic option which could deter the Israeli occupation and restore rights. In a press release Thursday on the occasion marking the first anniversary of the ....
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Assad forces advancing towards Rif Dimashq
Date: 2013-11-14 08:42:53 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:386063
The Assad forces are advancing towards Rif Dimashq and are starting to regain some of the towns that were held by rebels, a Syrian activist said on Thursday. The Syrian television aired footage of the pro-Assad forces, backed by Hezbollah forces, ....
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Dozens of Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli forces east Ramallah
Date: 2013-11-13 19:08:39 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:385558
Dozens of Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli forces after they stormed Silwad town east Ramallah on Wednesday. Most of them suffered from suffocation after the Israeli troops used tear gas and fired rubber bullets to disperse them, ....