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3rd Algeria-Gaza medical convoy launched

Date: 2014-07-27 13:28:38 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:847619

ALGIERS, July 27 (MENA) - Preparations for the third Algeria-Gaza medical convoy were launched and a bank account was opened to gather donations, announced President of the Association of Algerian Muslim Scholars Abdul Razak Qasum. In a press ....

Libya still to announce official death toll of Egyptian workers

Date: 2014-07-27 12:54:46 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:847451

TRIPOLI, July 27 (MENA) - Libyan authorities have not announced yet the official figures of Egyptians who were killed and injured during an attack in al-Koraymeya area in the capital Tripoli. Twenty-three Egyptian workers were killed in a rocket ....

Palestinian FM urges world to end Israeli crimes

Date: 2014-07-27 12:37:16 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:847488

RAMALLAH, July 27 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki has expressed astonishment at the world's shameful and unacceptable silence towards Israel's crimes against the Palestinian people under the pretext of self-defense. During a ....

Hamas shells Israeli sites before truce

Date: 2014-07-27 12:27:39 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:847494

GAZA CITY, July 27 (MENA) - Hamas military wing, Qassam brigades, has claimed responsibility for shelling an Israeli military site, east of al-Tofah district in Gaza Strip. The brigades also fired mortars against another military site, east of Beit ....

38 Palestinians killed, injured in Israeli attacks

Date: 2014-07-27 12:16:38 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:847452

GAZA CITY, July 27 (MENA) - Eight Palestinians were killed and around 30 others injured Sunday in a series of attacks launched by Israeli forces. The recent casualties take death toll up to 1,057, according to medical sources. The attacks ....

Israel detains 18 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2014-07-27 11:57:55 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:847431

RAMALLAH, July 27 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces detained 18 Palestinians in the West Bank on Sunday. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said that Israeli occupation forces detained yesterday and until the wee hours of the morning ....

Abbas arrives in Saudi Arabia Sunday -- Palestinian envoy

Date: 2014-07-27 10:23:08 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:847207

RIYADH, July 27 (MENA) – Palestinian Ambassador in Riyadh Bassem Abdullah Alagha said on Sunday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will visit Saudi Arabia todayand meet with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz. In statements to Saudi Okaz ....

Shelling resumes in surroundings of Tripoli International Airport

Date: 2014-07-27 08:40:41 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:847112

TRIPOLI, July 27 (MENA) - Rocket shelling resumed Sunday in the surrounding of Tripoli International Airport, with sounds of explosions heard in several areas in Tripoli. Clashes with the use of heavy arms broke out between Zantan militants and ....

36 soldiers killed, 50 others injured in clashes between army, militants in Libya

Date: 2014-07-27 08:39:31 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:847091

TRIPOLI, July 27 (MENA) - At least 36 soldiers were killed and 50 others injured in clashes between the so-called Shura council of Benghazi revolutionaries and Libya Saeqa forces late Saturday. Three days ago, violent clashes broke out in the ....

200,000 Palestinian IDPs in Gaza due to Israeli military op.

Date: 2014-07-27 08:38:33 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:847095

CAIRO, July 27 (MENA) - Tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled their homes in search of a safe haven in which UNRWA is hosting 165,548 IDPs in 92 schools operating as emergency shelters, an additional 6,000 compared to yesterday, OCHA said in a ....