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  • Qatari draft in UNGA to support giving Arab League seat to Syrian opposition

    Qatari draft in UNGA to support giving Arab League seat to Syrian opposition

    Date: 2013-04-10 11:59:01 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:57755

    Qatar will submit a draft resolution to the United Nation General Assembly for granting the Syrian opposition a seat in the Arab League, MENA has learnt.    The resolution supports a previous step taken by the pan-Arab body in its 24h ....

  • Netanyahu says determined to move forward with peace process

    Netanyahu says determined to move forward with peace process

    Date: 2013-04-10 11:57:16 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:57747

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said he was resolved to attain a final-status agreement with the Palestinians, indicating that he wanted initial steps to focus on the economic sphere.    “I am determined not ....

  • Israel closes Gaza's Karam Abu-Salem crossing for 3rd day in row

    Israel closes Gaza's Karam Abu-Salem crossing for 3rd day in row

    Date: 2013-04-10 11:48:37 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:57726

    Israel has prevented about 1,000 cargo-laden trucks from entering the Gaza Strip as it maintained the closure of Karam Abu-Salem crossing, southeast of the Gaza Strip, for the third straight day.   The trucks are carrying agricultural and ....

  • Explosive-laden car goes off in central Damascus

    Explosive-laden car goes off in central Damascus

    Date: 2013-04-08 14:00:45 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:54635

     A booby-trapped car went off in Al-Saba'a Bahrat Square in Central Damascus on Monday.    Al-Arabiya satellite channel reported, giving no further details.    The Syrian Network for Human Rights said that 122 people were ....

  • Zawahiri urges Syria rebels to seek Islamic state

    Zawahiri urges Syria rebels to seek Islamic state

    Date: 2013-04-08 12:23:34 GMT - Afghanistan - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:54385

    Al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has urged rebels to fight to establish an Islamic state in Syria, in an online audio message Sunday in which he also warned France against its military intervention in Mali.    "Let your fight be in ....

  • Iraq to chair WTO meetings in Bahrain

    Iraq to chair WTO meetings in Bahrain

    Date: 2013-04-08 11:38:31 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:54259

    Iraq will send a high-ranking delegation to take part in meetings of the World Tourism Organization (WTO), due to be held in Bahrain on April 28 through 30 under Baghdad's chairmanship, the Iraqi Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said ....

  • Fierce clashes continue in Damascus, Rif Dimashq

    Fierce clashes continue in Damascus, Rif Dimashq

    Date: 2013-04-07 14:29:52 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:52909

    Violent clashes between the Syrian army and the armed opposition continued on Sunday in several districts of Damascus and Rif Dimashq.    Local residents told MENA correspondent that the confrontations took place on the Damascus ring road ....

  • Syrian activits: Assad forces shell Jubar district using chemical weapons

    Syrian activits: Assad forces shell Jubar district using chemical weapons

    Date: 2013-04-07 14:24:44 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:52887

    Syrian activists said that the pro-Assad forces shelled areas in Jubar district of Damascus using chemical weapons, Aljazeera satellite channel reported Sunday.    The United Nations has set up a committee to probe into the use of ....

  • Saudi CP, Bahraini PM discuss boosting joint cooperation

    Saudi CP, Bahraini PM discuss boosting joint cooperation

    Date: 2013-04-06 14:03:10 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:51377

    Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Premier and Defense Minister Prince Salman bin Abdel Aziz met on Saturday with visiting Bahraini Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa.       The two sides probed ....

  • 3 killed, injured in IED blast in Iraq

    3 killed, injured in IED blast in Iraq

    Date: 2013-04-06 13:46:18 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:51329

    An armed man was killed when he was trying to put an improvised explosive device (IED) in north Tikrit in Iraq.    Also, one citizen was killed and another one injured as they were near the scene of the explosion, an Iraqi security source ....

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