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  • 660 trucks enter Gaza through Karm Abu Salem crossing

    660 trucks enter Gaza through Karm Abu Salem crossing

    Date: 2015-05-25 08:22:54 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:2658501

    Israeli occupation forces on Monday opened Karm Abu Salem crossing after it has been closed for three days on the occasion of Jewish feasts. Israeli authorities decided to allow 660 trucks loaded with goods and aid supplies into the Gaza Strip ....

  • Israel allows families of prisoners to visit them in Ramon prison

    Israel allows families of prisoners to visit them in Ramon prison

    Date: 2015-05-25 08:10:09 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:2658377

    Israeli forces allowed Monday families of 37 Gazan prisoners to visit them in Ramon prison. As many as 61 relatives of the Gazan detainees headed for Beit Hanoun crossing early Monday, spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross ....

  • Iraqi delegation offers condolences to Kuwait over death of ex-parliament speaker

    Iraqi delegation offers condolences to Kuwait over death of ex-parliament speaker

    Date: 2015-05-25 08:03:37 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:2658345

    A high-ranking delegation of Iraqi parliament has extended condolences to Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al Ahmad al Jaber al Sabah over the death of former National Assembly speaker Jassem al Khorafi, who passed away on Thursday at the age of 75. The ....

  • Israel's plan to evacuate Gaza border towns during next war with Hamas

    Israel's plan to evacuate Gaza border towns during next war with Hamas

    Date: 2015-05-24 13:44:45 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:2655141

    Israeli towns located up to seven kilometers from the border of the Gaza Strip will be evacuated according to predetermined, mapped locations which will make room for the proper defense management without harming citizens, The Jerusalem Post ....

  • Kuwaiti min. sheds light on FANA role in serving region' interests

    Kuwaiti min. sheds light on FANA role in serving region' interests

    Date: 2015-05-24 13:11:57 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:2654725

    Kuwaiti Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al Humoud Al Sabah on Sunday underlined the important role of the Federation of Arab News Agencies (FANA) amid the current circumstances the Arab world ....

  • Iraqi forces confront Daesh suicide attack in Ramadi

    Iraqi forces confront Daesh suicide attack in Ramadi

    Date: 2015-05-24 12:01:49 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:2653229

    Iraqi security forces confronted on Sunday a Daesh suicide attack on a residential complex in Baghdadi of Ramadi city in Anbar governorate, security and local sources said. Meanwhile, the forces killed 20 Daesh militants in eastern Ramadi city ....

  • Israeli forces fire at Palestinian fishermen, farmers

    Israeli forces fire at Palestinian fishermen, farmers

    Date: 2015-05-24 08:24:01 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:2651949

    Israeli gunboats on Sunday opened fire at Palestinian fishermen off Rafah coasts and farmers in south Gaza Strip, with no injuries reported. Palestinian local sources said the Israeli gunboats fired on fishermen who were fishing within the areas ....

  • Yemeni FM expects delay of Geneva conf.

    Yemeni FM expects delay of Geneva conf.

    Date: 2015-05-24 08:17:47 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:2651893

    Yemeni Foreign Minister Riyadh Yaseen expected that the Geneva conference for dialogue between Yemeni parties due on May 28 under the UN auspices will be delayed. The government does not reject heading for Geneva if that would bring about peace ....

  • Somali MP Yusuf Dirir killed in Mogadishu attack

    Somali MP Yusuf Dirir killed in Mogadishu attack

    Date: 2015-05-24 08:08:06 GMT - Somalia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:2651797

    A Somali member of parliament has been shot dead in Mogadishu in an attack by suspected Islamist militants, the BBC reported on Sunday. Security officials said that Yusuf Dirir was killed when gunmen opened fire on his car. Three workers from ....

  • Yemen vice-president meets with UN envoy for Yemen

    Yemen vice-president meets with UN envoy for Yemen

    Date: 2015-05-24 08:01:36 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:2651781

    Yemeni Vice President and Prime Minister Khaled Bahah met late Saturday with UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Sheikh Ahmed at his residence in the Saudi capital Riyadh. The Yemeni News Agency said the Yemeni vice-president asserted to the ....

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