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  • Unified Palestinian delegation is not formed yet - PLO official

    Date: 2014-07-29 15:18:59 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:849932

    RAMALLAH, July 29 (MENA) - Palestine Liberation Organization Executive Committee member Wasel Abu Yousef said Tuesday the unified Palestinian delegation to Cairo was not formed yet. He told MENA the delegation is scheduled to include all parties ....

  • Tripoli City Council :24-hour cease-fire around Tripoli airport reached

    Date: 2014-07-29 13:46:15 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:849798

    TRIPOLI, July 29 (MENA) – A 24-hour ceasefire agreement has been reached between the rival militias fighting for control of Tripoli airport, Tripoli City Council announced on Tuesday. The ceasefire has been declared after making a lot of contacts ....

  • Unified Palestinian delegation under Abbas heads to Cairo 2 last Ramallah

    Date: 2014-07-29 13:10:11 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:849834

    Abed Rabbo added the Palestinian leadership's decision, in agreement with Hamas and the Islamic Jihad, is a further evidence of the Palestinian united national stance to be under the PLO represented by its president Mahmoud Abbas. The Palestinian ....

  • Fighter jet crashes in restive eastern Libyan city of Benghazi

    Date: 2014-07-29 13:00:18 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:849805

    TRIPOLI, July 29 (MENA) - A Libyan fighter jet has crashed in the restive eastern city of Benghazi amid fighting between Islamist-led militias and forces loyal to an army general. Mohammed Hegazi, spokesman for Gen. Khalifa Hifter's National ....

  • New aid batch seen at Rafah border terminal

    Date: 2014-07-29 10:55:00 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:849635

    RAFAH, July 29 (MENA) - A new batch of aid convoys arrived Tuesday at Rafah border terminal. This comes as part of aid provided by the Egyptian Armed Forces for the Palestinian people in the Gaza strip. It includes a large quantity of foodstuffs ....

  • S. Korea embassy withdraws some staff from Libya

    Date: 2014-07-29 10:23:07 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:849578

    TRIPOLI, July 29 (MENA) – South Korea says it is withdrawing some of its staff from Libya amid fears of clashes between rival armed groups and unrest in the capital. In a statement released Tuesday, the South Korean government said that three out ....

  • One Palestinian succumbs to wounds in Hebron

    Date: 2014-07-29 09:29:42 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:849447

    HEBRON, July 29 (MENA) – A Palestinian young man has succumbed to his wounds in Hebron province. The youth sustained injuries during clashes that erupted with Israeli troops last week. Medical sources with Al-Ahli Hospital in Hebron said that ....

  • Palestinian democratic front demands forming unified delegation to head for Egypt

    Date: 2014-07-29 08:13:57 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:849413

    RAMALLAH, July 29 (MENA) - Deputy Secretary-General of the Democratic Front Qais Abdul Karim has called for forming a unified delegation includes Hamas and Fatah Movements as well as all resistance factions that face Israeli aggression on the Gaza ....

  • Jordanian, Egyptian FMs discuss Gaza situation via phone

    Date: 2014-07-28 21:59:21 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:112 - ID:849326

    AMMAN, July 28 (MENA) - Jordanian and Egyptian foreign ministers Nasser Judeh and Sameh Shoukri, respectively, discussed Monday the latest developments in Gaza. During a telephone conversation, Judeh and Shoukri underlined the need for proper ....

  • France offers asylum to Iraqi Christians

    Date: 2014-07-28 20:13:50 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:103 - ID:849282

    PARIS, July 28 (MENA) - French leaders have announced they are adopting added measures to help Iraqi Christians, with support growing in France for the religious minority being run out of their homeland in northern Iraq by ISIS jihadists. French ....

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