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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 ....

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 ....

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, ....

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, ....

Stabbing Israeli soldier "proof" of failure of negotiations - Hamas

Date: 2013-11-13 15:31:13 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:385162

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said that stabbing an Israeli soldier is an evidence that the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations have failed. In press statements Wednesday, Abu-Zuhri said that killing an Israeli soldier came to response to the ....

AL chief presses for strenuous efforts to achieve aspirations of Arabs

Date: 2013-11-13 15:30:03 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:385160

Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi has stressed the need to exert utmost efforts to achieve aspirations of the Arab peoples for a better life that guarantees all their basic humanitarian rights. The Arab peoples deserve good medical ....

16 people killed, injured in series of blasts in Diyala

Date: 2013-11-13 09:21:00 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:384216

At least 16 people were killed and injured in series of blasts that targeted a Shia gathering in central Ba'aqouba city, situated some 55 kilometers northeast of Baghdad, a security source in Diyala governorate said Wednesday. The source said the ....

Israeli occupation forces arrest 3 children, 1 young man in Hebron

Date: 2013-11-13 08:54:32 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:384137

Israeli occupation forces arrested on Wednesday three children and a young man in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. A 13-year-old child, two brothers aged 12 and 14 years, and a 21-year-old man were detained in the old town and led to an ....

65 killed in Tuesday violence in Syria--activists

Date: 2013-11-13 08:52:22 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:384130

Syrian local coordination committees said that 65 persons were killed in Tuesday's acts of violence in Syria in different area of the country. Syrian troops advanced in al-Hogar town in Rif Dimashq, Sky News reported Wednesday. In the ....

Saudi Arabia officially rejects Security Council seat

Date: 2013-11-13 07:38:50 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:383905

Saudi Arabia officially informed UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that it will not take the seat of the Security Council it has won. The kingdom won the seat on October 17 but a day later it announced that it will not take it in protest against ....