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Syrian army liberates villages, towns between Daraa, Quneitra

Date: 2018-07-21 11:01:28 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7498541

Several hills, villages and towns in the area between Daraa and Quneitra countryside were liberated after eliminating all terrorists there, the Syrian state news agency SANA reported on Saturday. Syrian Army units operating in the southern region ....

Israeli occupation targets Palestinian resistance sites eastern Gaza

Date: 2018-07-21 08:40:11 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7498258

Israeli occupation forces targeted a monitoring site for the Palestinian resistance in eastern Gaza Strip, Hebrew media sources reported on Saturday. No casualties among Palestinians have been reported. The Israeli occupation army attacked a ....

2 Palestinians killed in Israeli bombing of Gaza

Date: 2018-07-20 18:57:15 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7497931

Two Palestinians were killed Friday when the Israeli artillery bombed Khan Yunis in southern Gaza Strip. Also, the Israeli artillery struck multiple locations of the Palestinian resistance factions near the Gaza-Israel border. ....

President Abbas: Jerusalem is the eternal capital of Palestine

Date: 2018-07-20 09:44:41 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7497164

President Mahmoud Abbas affirmed on Thursday in response to the newly enacted Jewish nation-state law passed by the Israeli Knesset -- that the city of Jerusalem shall be the everlasting capital of the State of Palestine, and that no peace or ....

Syrian army liberates two villages in Daraa countryside

Date: 2018-07-19 19:21:45 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:7496639

Units of the Syrian army liberated on Thursday the villages of Kherbit al Tair and al Sheikh Saad in the countryside of Daraa. A military source told SANA that army units liberated the two villages after heavy clashes with terrorist ....

Jordan PM wins parliament confidence vote

Date: 2018-07-19 19:11:20 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7496621

The Jordanian Government, under Omar al-Razzaz, won Thursday evening a confidence vote at the parliament. Seventy-nine members of the Jordanian House of Representatives voted for the government, while 42 others were against it and two ....

PLO: With its Jewish Nation-State law, Israel is legalizing apartheid

Date: 2018-07-19 13:09:39 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7496031

The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) strongly denounced on Thursday the Israeli parliament's, the Knesset, adoption of the “Jewish Nation-State” law, WAFA news agency reported. PLO Executive Committee Member Hanan Ashrawi said in a ....

Syrian gov't evacuates all civilians in Al Foua and Kefraya towns in Idlib

Date: 2018-07-19 09:21:49 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7495476

The Syrian government has evacuated all civilians in Al Foua and Kefraya towns in Idlib province on Thursday morning after it struck a deal with the armed opposition factions to allow residents in these two towns to leave by pledging to release ....

Egyptian families to leave Syria after embassy's efforts

Date: 2018-07-18 21:53:42 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:7495130

Two Egyptian families have managed to leave Eastern Ghouta and Al-Hajar al-Aswad in Syria, thanks to contacts conducted by the Egyptian embassy in the war-torn country. Procedures have been finished by the diplomatic mission for one family, who ....

Arabs should settle problem of refugees -- official

Date: 2018-07-18 12:10:31 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7494380

A senior Arab League official on Wednesday underlined the importance of drawing up a viable Arab agreement for settling the problems of refugees in Arab countries. AL Assistant Secretary General for Legal Affairs Ambassador Fadel Gawad also ....