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  • Jordan's King, Obama discuss over phone situation in Gaza

    Jordan's King, Obama discuss over phone situation in Gaza

    Date: 2014-08-09 07:32:56 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:865151

    King of Jordan Abdullah II discussed over phone with US President Barack Obama the latest developments in the region mainly the situation in the Gaza Strip. During a telephone conversation, the King warned of the repercussions of the Israeli ....

  • Israeli jets shell houses, farms in Gaza

    Israeli jets shell houses, farms in Gaza

    Date: 2014-08-09 07:29:04 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:865146

    GAZA CITY, Aug 9 (MENA) – Israeli military jets launched a series of night and dawn raids on different sites in the Gaza Strip, mainly houses and farms. Three mosques were destroyed in the attacks but no casualties have been reported yet. On ....

  • 60 killed in Syria Friday - LCC

    60 killed in Syria Friday - LCC

    Date: 2014-08-09 07:26:56 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:865142

    About 60 people were killed in Syria Friday, according to the Local Coordination Committees of Syria (LCC). The LCC further said that fights between the Syrian army and the opposition are going on in several parts of the country. Clashes in ....

  • Awqaf Ministry says has nothing to do with

    Awqaf Ministry says has nothing to do with "Mizo"

    Date: 2014-08-09 07:13:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:865126

    The Awqaf Ministry has stressed that Sheikh Mohamed Abdullah Nasr, aka Mizo, has nothing to do with the Awqaf Ministry. Mizo, the founder of "Azharists for a Civilian State" movement had called for cancelling the Awqaf Ministry and the post of ....

  • Rockets from Gaza hit Israel; no injuries

    Rockets from Gaza hit Israel; no injuries

    Date: 2014-08-09 07:11:42 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:865123

    Rockets were fired on Saturday morning from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, without any reported injuries or damage. Four rockets fired from the Gaza Strip hit an open area in Israel, according to Radio Israel. Israel launched a ....

  • Biden pledges support 'north to south' in fight against ISIL in Iraq

    Biden pledges support 'north to south' in fight against ISIL in Iraq

    Date: 2014-08-09 06:55:38 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:865105

    US Vice President Joe Biden called Iraq’s president and pledged that the US is committed to supporting the government “from north to south” in its fight against the al-Qaeda breakaway group ISIL, the White House said. The commitment to Iraqi ....

  • US Military conducts more airstrikes on ISIL targets

    US Military conducts more airstrikes on ISIL targets

    Date: 2014-08-09 06:18:27 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:865071

    The U.S. military continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant targets near Irbil in northern Iraq today, conducting two additional airstrikes to help defend the city where US personnel are assisting the Iraqi government, Pentagon Press ....

  • 5 killed, 31 injured in Israeli air strikes on Gaza

    5 killed, 31 injured in Israeli air strikes on Gaza

    Date: 2014-08-09 06:07:26 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:865051

    Five Palestinians were killed while 31 others injured in Israeli airstrikes launched on the Gaza Strip on Friday, the Health Ministry said. The death toll of the Israeli aggression towered up to 1,898 people while 9837 others were injured, ....

  • Iraq's displaced top one million

    Iraq's displaced top one million

    Date: 2014-08-09 06:02:54 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:865048

    The armed conflict between the Islamic State (IS) rebels and the Kurdish Peshmerga military has pushed the confirmed number of internally displaced (IDP) Iraqis nationwide to over one million as of August 7, the International Organization for ....

  • MB members arrested in Fayoum

    MB members arrested in Fayoum

    Date: 2014-08-09 05:57:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:865046

    Fayyoum anti-riot forces and security bodies arrested on Friday four Muslim Brotherhood members during their participation in protests. Four protests were staged in the province where the demonstrators chanted anti-regime slogans. ....

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