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  • Brahimi meets UN envoy to Lebanon before heading for Damascus

    Brahimi meets UN envoy to Lebanon before heading for Damascus

    Date: 2013-10-28 12:54:40 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:358638

    UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi stopped over at Beirut airport on Monday en route to Syria. He held talks at the airport with UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly amid intensive security. After that Brahimi headed for ....

  • AL permanent delegates hold closed session

    AL permanent delegates hold closed session

    Date: 2013-10-28 12:33:09 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:358594

    Arab League permanent delegates held Monday a closed session under Libya's chairmanship. The meeting is held in preparation for a meeting between the AL permanent delegates and ambassadors of the EU Council's committee for political and security ....

  • Civilian killed, another injured in bomb blast in Tikrit city

    Civilian killed, another injured in bomb blast in Tikrit city

    Date: 2013-10-28 12:25:22 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:358575

    One civilian was killed and another injured when an explosive charge ripped through their vehicle in Tikrit city, Salahuddine governorate, situated some 170 kilometers north of Baghdad, a security source said Monday. The charge went off when a ....

  • King Abdullah : reaching solution to Palestinian problem key to regional stability

    King Abdullah : reaching solution to Palestinian problem key to regional stability

    Date: 2013-10-28 11:46:43 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:358474

    Reaching a durable solution for the Palestinian-Israeli problem is key to regional stability, King Abdullah II of Jordan said Monday during talks with visiting Montenegro's President Filip Vujanović. They discussed means of boosting relations ....

  • Israeli warplanes shell western Gaza

    Israeli warplanes shell western Gaza

    Date: 2013-10-28 11:33:13 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:358437

    Israeli warplanes shelled Monday Al-Nasr neighborhood in western Gaza City, but no casualties were reported. Israel's F16 planes launched an air strike near a school in the area, spreading panic among students. ....

  • Four rockets fired from Gaza Strip toward Ashkelon

    Four rockets fired from Gaza Strip toward Ashkelon

    Date: 2013-10-28 08:16:04 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:357980

    Four rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip toward a municipal council in Ashkelon, northwest of Negev, Israel Radio reported Monday. The Iron Dome intercepted one of the rockets, while the other rockets exploded in open areas. No casualties or ....

  • Abbas, US envoy discuss America's efforts in peace process

    Abbas, US envoy discuss America's efforts in peace process

    Date: 2013-10-28 07:44:51 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:357917

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met on Sunday with US special envoy to the peace process Martin Indyk. The meeting tackled efforts of Washington in the ongoing negotiations between Palestinians and Israel. ....

  • Lebanon army says one soldier killed in sniper shooting in Tripoli

    Lebanon army says one soldier killed in sniper shooting in Tripoli

    Date: 2013-10-28 07:25:41 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:357890

    The Lebanese army said on Sunday that one soldier was killed in a sniper shooting following clashes between Alawite armed groups and Sunnis in northern city of Tripoli. The army expressed deep sorrow for the death of Sergeant Youssef Kamal. ....

  • Policeman killed in armed attack in Mosul

    Policeman killed in armed attack in Mosul

    Date: 2013-10-28 07:19:50 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:357884

    A policeman was killed on Sunday in an armed attack in Mosul, 405 km east of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. Militants stormed the house of a member of the police facility in Al Quds neighborhood and fired at him with silenced weapons, a security ....

  • Detention of 34 Palestinian prisoners extened

    Detention of 34 Palestinian prisoners extened

    Date: 2013-10-27 17:49:45 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:357536

    Israeli courts decided Sunday to extend the detention of 34 Palestinian prisoners at the pretext of completing judicial investigations and measures. An Israeli court sentenced a prisoner to 61 days and another one to 31 days in jail and fined ....

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