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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, ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....