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Prince Khaled bin Sultan relieved from his duty as deputy defense minister
Date: 2013-04-20 14:10:12 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:73077
Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz issued on Saturday a royal decree relieving Prince Khaled bin Sultan from his duty as deputy defense minister. The royal decree included the appointment of Prince Fahd bin Abdullah bin Mohammad as ....
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124 people killed by Syrian regime forces yesterday
Date: 2013-04-20 12:39:44 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:72915
The Local Coordination Committees said at least 124 people were killed on Friday by the Syrian regime forces, mostly in Damascus, Rif Dimashq, Aleppo and Idlb, Al-Arabiya channel reported Saturday. Syria has been engulfed into violence ....
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Moroccon diplomant to succeed Brahimi as Syria envoy
Date: 2013-04-18 12:35:09 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:70215
A Canadian national of Moroccan origin, Mokhtar Lamani, will succeed Lakhdar Brahimi as the Arab League Syria envoy, according to Al Arabiya’s correspondent in New York. Lamani was heading Brahimi’s Damascus office as he ....
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4 Suspected Al Qaeda militants killed by US drone
Date: 2013-04-18 12:31:09 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:70199
A U.S. drone strike killed at least four suspected al-Qaeda militants in a mountainous area south of the capital Sanaa. Al-Jazeera news channel carried the news without spelling further details. ....
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Syrian family killed in Arish
Date: 2013-04-18 12:27:58 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:70195
A Syrian family were found killed at their apartment in Arish, North Sinai, authorities said Wednesday. Police inspected the scene where all family members were found stabbed. Nothing was known about the perpetrator and ....
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Netanyahu: Israel ready to defend against Syrian WMDs
Date: 2013-04-18 12:27:08 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:70192
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned that Syrian chemical arms, anti-aircraft weapons could change balance of power in Mideast if delivered into wrong hands; meets with Cameron as UK presses EU to lift Syria arms embargo. ....
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AL official denies resignation of Nabil el-Arabi
Date: 2013-04-17 10:53:33 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:68330
An Arab League official denies reports saying AL chief Nabil el-Arabi has resigned. "Such reports are baseless and unfounded," a well-placed source at the Al chief's office told MENA. Arabi returned home on Tuesday coming ....
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Two rockets hit Israel's Eilat, two land in Jordan's Aqaba
Date: 2013-04-17 10:47:35 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:68310
Two rockets slammed into Israel's Eilat city on Wednesday morning, The Jerusalem Post reported. One rocket hit the yard of a house, the second hit in an open area. It’s not yet know where the rocket was launched ....
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111 killed by regime's forces in Syria Tuesday--Activists
Date: 2013-04-17 10:45:54 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:68303
Syrian activists said that as many as 111 persons were killed on Tuesday by the regime's forces, most of them in Aleppo, Damascus, its countryside and Al-Raqqah. The news was carried by Al Jazeera satellite ....
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Jordanian source to MENA: No rockets fell on Aqabaa city
Date: 2013-04-17 10:44:32 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:68300
A well-placed Jordanian source told MENA that no rockets fell on the Jordanian city of Aqaba on Wednesday morning. Earlier, reports indicated that two rockets hit Aqaba city, next to Israel's Eilat city that were hit by two rockets. ....