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Palestine hails Latin American countries' supportive stance to Palestinains

Date: 2014-07-31 18:27:47 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:101 - ID:852513

RAMALLAH, July 31 (MENA) – Palestine's Foreign Minister thanked his counterparts of Brazil, El Salvador, Chile, Peru and Ecuador for their decision to summon their ambassadors from Israel in protest against the Israeli crimes against Palestinians in ....

Air force loyal to Haftar launches raid on Benghazi

Date: 2014-07-31 17:50:36 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:98 - ID:852511

TRIPOLI, July 31 (MENA) – The air force loyal to retired Libyan general Khalifa Haftar launched Thursday an airstrike on some specified targets in Benghazi, eastern Libya, a military source posted a statement to this effect on his Facebook ....

10,000 people fleeing Libya fighting arrive at Tunisia's Ras Jedir crossing

Date: 2014-07-31 17:49:14 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:97 - ID:852516

TUNIS, July 31 (MENA) – More than 10,000 people of different nationalities fleeing the ongoing fighting in Libya have arrived at Ras Jedir crossing in Tunisia, according to the Tunisian news agency. A security source at the terminal said that the ....

Haftar did not leave Libya: spokesman

Date: 2014-07-31 17:13:58 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:92 - ID:852467

TRIPOLI, July 31 (MENA) - Libyan General Khalifa Haftar has not left for Egypt during Eidul Fitr, an official spokesman of the "Libya Dignity Operation" has said. In a phone call with Bawabat al-Wassat on Thursday, Haftar said the general was ....

Algeria observes one-minute silence in solidarity with Gazans

Date: 2014-07-31 16:21:02 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:852331

ALGIERS, July 31 (MENA) – The Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs observed on Thursday one minute of silence in solidarity with the residents of Gaza and in homage to the victims of the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian territory, the ....

World Tribune: ISIL on outskirts of Baghdad

Date: 2014-07-31 15:43:02 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:852300

WASHINGTON, July 31 (MENA) – The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has established positions in and around the Iraqi capital. Iraqi security sources said ISIL has reached the outskirts of Baghdad from several directions. They said ISIL ....

Gaza death toll rises to 1,400

Date: 2014-07-31 15:11:43 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:852307

GAZA CITY, July 31 (MENA) - The death toll from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 1,400, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. At least 8,220 were injured during the ongoing Israeli aggression, the ministry's spokesman Ashraf ....

Tunisian president accepts resignation of Chief of Land Staff

Date: 2014-07-31 13:54:44 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:852092

TUNIS, July 31 (MENA) – Interim Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki has asserted during his meeting with the resigned Chief of Land Staff Mohamed Salah Hamedi the support of Tunisian Army financially and morally. Marzouki said in a statement that ....

Egypt partakes in meeting of Arab Quality Award in Morocco

Date: 2014-07-31 13:04:26 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:852116

CAIRO, July 31 (MENA) – Egypt represented by the Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality (ESO) has participated in a meeting of the expert panel of the Arab Quality Award which was held in Morocco. The meeting was attended by a raft ....

Medical aid convoy delivered to Aleppo city

Date: 2014-07-31 12:34:11 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:852032

GENEVA, July 31 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO), in cooperation with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) and with the support of Aleppo Governorate, delivered a medical aid convoy to Aleppo city meant for people in neighborhoods ....