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  • Israel reopens Kerem Shalom crossing to Gaza

    Israel reopens Kerem Shalom crossing to Gaza

    Date: 2013-12-29 10:59:00 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:467562

    Israeli authorities opened Gaza’s Kerem Shalom border terminal Sunday morning after a four-day closure following Tuesday’s killing of an Israeli working on the border fence. In a statement, Raed Fattouh who coordinates the passage of imports into ....

  • 4 security guards of military intelligence office in Inshas wounded in bomb blast

    4 security guards of military intelligence office in Inshas wounded in bomb blast

    Date: 2013-12-29 10:55:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:467552

    Four security guards of the military intelligence office in Inshas in Sharqiya governorate were wounded in a bomb blast on Sunday, a military source said. The explosive device was planted at the office's backyard, partially damaging the ....

  • Four tunnels between Rafah, Gaza destroyed

    Four tunnels between Rafah, Gaza destroyed

    Date: 2013-12-29 10:53:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:467542

    The Armed Forces destroyed on Sunday four border smuggling tunnels linking Rafah and the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, three persons suspected of their affiliation to Takfiri and terror groups were arrested. ....

  • One person killed, 31 injured in Saturday violent clashes

    One person killed, 31 injured in Saturday violent clashes

    Date: 2013-12-29 10:50:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:467535

    One person was killed and 31 others were injured in the protests that took place on Saturday in Cairo, Sharqiya and Suez governorates, the Health Ministry said in a statement released Sunday. Thirteen of those injured in protests were discharged ....

  • Israel shells South Lebanon

    Israel shells South Lebanon

    Date: 2013-12-29 10:45:07 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:467270

    Israel fired more than 20 artillery shells on border areas in South Lebanon early Sunday with no reports of casualties so far, Lebanese security sources said. The shells landed in the border villages of Rashaya, Al-Marea and Rashaya al-Fakhar, ....

  • Sisi pushed towards presidential race by lawsuit

    Sisi pushed towards presidential race by lawsuit

    Date: 2013-12-29 10:43:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:467513

    "El Sisi for President" campaign will file a lawsuit on Sunday to force Defense Minister General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to run in the presidential polls, the campaign founder said on Sunday. The lawsuit, to be filed with the administrative court, ....

  • Flashbang grenade explodes in Istanbul

    Flashbang grenade explodes in Istanbul

    Date: 2013-12-29 10:38:18 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:30 - ID:467499

    Unidentified persons threw a flashbang grenade on a store located in the Asian side of Istanbul Sunday inflicting damage on it and some parked cars. No casualties were reported. The anti-terrorism unit of Istanbul Security Directorate launched ....

  • Libyan army deployed in Tripoli to secure vital facilities

    Libyan army deployed in Tripoli to secure vital facilities

    Date: 2013-12-29 10:04:41 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:467424

    Libyan army units fanned out in the Libyan capital on Sunday to secure vital facilities after an armed group known as the Operations Chamber of Libya's Revolutionaries besieged a number of ministries and the cabinet headquarters, security sources ....

  • MB students continue attempts to disrupt Azhar mid-year exams

    MB students continue attempts to disrupt Azhar mid-year exams

    Date: 2013-12-29 10:01:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:467417

    Pro-Muslim Brotherhood students threw bangers from the boys’ dormitory of Azhar Univeristy to intimidate students desiring to take the mid-year exams, while security forces replied by tear gas bombs to disperse them. Intensive security presence ....

  • UNIFIL urges Israel, Lebanon to exercise maximum restraint

    UNIFIL urges Israel, Lebanon to exercise maximum restraint

    Date: 2013-12-29 09:59:54 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:467410

    The UN Interim Forces in South Lebanon has urged both the Israeli and Lebanese sides to exercise maximum restraint in the wake of firing two rockets from the general area of El Khiam in southern Lebanon towards Israel. The IDF informed UNIFIL ....

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