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  • Arab League supports Lebanon

    Arab League supports Lebanon

    Date: 2015-01-12 17:33:13 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:1727873

    An Arab ministerial delegation currently visiting Lebanon has expressed support for the Lebanese people and government in face of various challenges topped by Israeli greed and terror as well as the burdens of Syrian refugees. Chairman of the ....

  • Lebanon's largest prison raided by police after attacks

    Lebanon's largest prison raided by police after attacks

    Date: 2015-01-12 12:32:56 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:1725137

    Lebanese police stormed the country's largest prison on Monday after Islamist prisoners torched mattresses, a security source told MENA. The security operation inside Roumieh prison east of Beirut is still ongoing, he said. This came as ....

  • Libya's FM: Gov't determined on proceeding with negotiation to end conflict

    Libya's FM: Gov't determined on proceeding with negotiation to end conflict

    Date: 2015-01-12 12:24:56 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:1725009

    Libyan Foreign Minister Mohammed al-Dairi asserted that the Libyan government is determined to proceed with the negotiations track to end the ongoing crisis in the war-ravaged country. In statements to SkyNews, Dairi said the government is ....

  • Hamas condemns Netanyahu's use of Paris attack to encourage Jews to relocate to Israel

    Hamas condemns Netanyahu's use of Paris attack to encourage Jews to relocate to Israel

    Date: 2015-01-12 12:22:09 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:1724949

    The Hamas-affiliated Refugee Affairs Department condemned a move by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who called on French Jews to relocate to Israel following the terrorist attacks which hit Paris last Wednesday. In a press release ....

  • OIC reports hate crimes against Muslims on the rise in Europe

    OIC reports hate crimes against Muslims on the rise in Europe

    Date: 2015-01-12 11:45:23 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:1724449

    Hate incidents targeting Muslims in Europe have taken on an alarming note in many countries in the region last month, according to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)’s Islamophobia Observatory. It noted that incidents in France, Sweden ....

  • Houthis release chief of internal security after 19 days of abduction

    Houthis release chief of internal security after 19 days of abduction

    Date: 2015-01-12 11:43:49 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:1724437

    Houthis released chief of internal security Yehya el Marani after 19 days of abduction from his house in Sanaa. The group handed Marani over to the political security body. DA ....

  • No intention to reopen Kuwaiti embassy in Damascus now: FM

    No intention to reopen Kuwaiti embassy in Damascus now: FM

    Date: 2015-01-12 10:34:52 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:1723709

    Kuwait has no intention to reopen its embassy in Damascus for the time being, a Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry's official said. Kuwait agreed to reopen the embassy but the Syrian diplomats decided to keep it closed, the official said in statements on ....

  • Israel cancel Gazans' visit to their jailed relatives

    Israel cancel Gazans' visit to their jailed relatives

    Date: 2015-01-12 10:30:58 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:1723673

    Israeli forces canceled a scheduled visit by Gazans to their jailed relatives in Israel without giving any reason, spokesman or the International Committee of the Red Cross Sohair Zaqout said. The visit was scheduled to take place ....

  • Kuwaiti FM gets phone call from UN chief

    Kuwaiti FM gets phone call from UN chief

    Date: 2015-01-12 10:27:36 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:1723629

    First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al Khaled al Hamad al Sabah received a phone call Monday from UN Chief Ban Ki-moon. The two sides discussed a number of issues of mutual interest along with the latest developments in ....

  • Israel allows 470 trucks to Gaza

    Israel allows 470 trucks to Gaza

    Date: 2015-01-12 09:43:59 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:1723181

    Israeli troops allowed 470 trucks loaded with goods to the Gaza Strip via Karam Abu Salem crossing. Israeli troops will allow 100 trucks loaded with gravel to the enclave. ....

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