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  • Gaza gov't shows understanding of reasons behind closure of Rafah crossing

    Gaza gov't shows understanding of reasons behind closure of Rafah crossing

    Date: 2013-07-07 13:28:04 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:191267

    GAZA CITY (MENA) - The Gaza government said Sunday that it understands the current security conditions in Egypt which are behind the closure of Rafah crossing from both sides. The government spokesman Ihab al-Ghosein expressed hope that Egypt ....

  • Sudanese Islamic groups call for staging protest on Monday outside Egyptian embassy in Khartoum

    Sudanese Islamic groups call for staging protest on Monday outside Egyptian embassy in Khartoum

    Date: 2013-07-07 11:29:13 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:191050

    KHARTOUM (MENA) - Several Sudanese Islamic groups called for staging a sit-in on Monday outside the Egyptian embassy in Khartoum in protest at the current conditions in Egypt. The Sudanese "Al-Intibaha" newspaper out Sunday said that several ....

  • Powerful blast in Benghazi

    Powerful blast in Benghazi

    Date: 2013-07-06 14:24:56 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:190042

    TRIPOLI, LIBYA (MENA) - A powerful blast took place in Mohagreen and Hadae'q district in eastern Libya. The blast, whose reason has not been unknown yet, did not leave any casualties, according to the Libyan media on Saturday. The explosion ....

  • Syrian coordination committees say 73 killed by regime fire

    Syrian coordination committees say 73 killed by regime fire

    Date: 2013-07-06 09:28:24 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:189568

    DAMASCUS (MENA) - As many as 73 civilians have been shot dead by regime troops in Damascus, Rif Dimashq and Aleppo, the coordination committees reported Saturday. Of the dead, 17 were killed in Aleppo, the committees said. The deaths includes ....

  • Saudi Mufti calls on Egyptians to solve their problems wisely

    Saudi Mufti calls on Egyptians to solve their problems wisely

    Date: 2013-07-03 13:01:52 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:185258

    RIYADH (MENA) - Saudi Arabia's Mufti Sheikh Abdel Aziz Abdullah al-Shaikh called on Egypt's wise people and thinkers to cooperate to defuse the crisis in the country in a rational and reasonable way so as to avert the threat of bloodshed and protect ....

  • Sudanese defense minister asserts rejection of harboring rebels

    Sudanese defense minister asserts rejection of harboring rebels

    Date: 2013-07-03 12:53:07 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:185241

    KHARTOUM (MENA) - Sudanese Defense Minister Abdel-Rehim Hussein rejected the harboring of Sudanese rebels by some neighboring countries. During a military graduation held at Marreekh Stadium on Wednesday, the minister said that the country is ....

  • Abbas meets again with Kerry

    Abbas meets again with Kerry

    Date: 2013-06-29 12:54:09 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:178138

    AMMAN (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with US Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday. During the meeting, the second of its kind in 24 hours, the two sides discussed the talks held over the past weeks over efforts to revive ....

  • Assad troops renew raids on Damascus

    Assad troops renew raids on Damascus

    Date: 2013-06-29 11:53:40 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:178049

    DAMASCUS (MENA) - The troops of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Saturday renewed raids on districts of Damascus in a bid to retrieve control over the capital. Activists posted pictures, shown by Aljazeera news channel, of missile shells ....

  • Father of Muhammad Dura: French court ruling in my son's case victory to him, Palestinian martyrs

    Father of Muhammad Dura: French court ruling in my son's case victory to him, Palestinian martyrs

    Date: 2013-06-27 12:59:00 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:175231

    Gamal al-Dura, father of Palestinian martyr Muhammad al-Dura, was pleased with a decision by Paris Court of Appeals to fine a French Jewish man, who claimed that a French channel doctored a report accusing Israel of killing his son. Dura died ....

  • Fatah's Nabil Shaath arrives in Cairo en route to Ramallah

    Fatah's Nabil Shaath arrives in Cairo en route to Ramallah

    Date: 2013-06-27 12:54:02 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:175219

    Palestine's Fatah Central Committee member Nabil Shaath arrived at Cairo airport coming from Morocco on Thursday morning. He left a few hours later on board a Jordanian flight heading for Amman from where he will travel to Ramallah. ....

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