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Israel detains Palestinian citizen in Khalil
Date: 2014-09-27 09:37:41 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:1021693
Israeli occupation forces detained Saturday a Palestinian citizen in al-Khalil (Hebron) and raided a number of areas there. A Palestinian citizen, 25, was detained while passing through a checkpoint, Palestinian security sources said. Israeli ....
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Libyan party welcomes dialogue to solve crisis
Date: 2014-09-27 07:49:00 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:1020933
Libya's Justice and Construction Party has welcomed dialogue to solve the Libyan crisis and UN efforts to achieve that goal. "Dialogue is essential to reach a political solution to the crisis in Libya," said party leader Mohamed Sawan on his ....
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Yemen releases 3 Iranians to stop Houthis from storming national security HQ
Date: 2014-09-27 07:48:03 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:1020917
Yemen has set free three Iranians and a Yemeni who were held at the national security building. The arrested were released so that armed Houthi elements would not break into the building, Al Sharae newspaper said Saturday. The release of the ....
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Ban Ki-Moon called on Lebanon’s leaders to elect president without further delay
Date: 2014-09-27 07:46:00 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:1020905
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon urged Lebanese leaders to speed up the election of a new president. In his speech during the Ministerial Meeting of the International Support Group for Lebanon, the UN Secretary-General said: "We underline that a ....
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Iraqi forces fend off Daesh attack on Tikrit University
Date: 2014-09-27 07:36:46 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:1020825
Iraqi security forces fended off a Daesh attack on Tikrit University, an Iraqi security source said on Friday. Salahuddin forces stationed outside the university destroyed two cars affiliated to Daesh and killed terrorists riding them, the source ....
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Lebanese minister calls for swapping Islamist prisoners for hostages
Date: 2014-09-26 17:38:57 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:1019493
Lebanese Health Minister Wael Abu Faour has called upon the Lebanese government to swap Islamist prisoners for 21 Lebanese soldiers and policemen who are held hostage by the Nusra Front. Abu Faour also urged the judiciary to speed up trials of ....
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AL chief meets Palestinian president, German FM in New York
Date: 2014-09-26 15:37:19 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:1019141
Arab League (AL) Chief Nabil el-Arabi met on Friday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in New York. The meeting comes as part of ongoing talks aimed at supporting the Palestinian stance at the United Nations, according to a statement by ....
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Geagea favors force to free captive soldiers
Date: 2014-09-26 12:56:19 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:1018181
Head of the Lebanese Forces Party Samir Geagea called on the Lebanese government Friday to use force to free army personnel held by jihadist militants from Syria in the border area of Arsal, The Daily Star reported. He described the Cabinet’s ....
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Lavrov confirms Russia ready to assist Iraq in fighting Daesh
Date: 2014-09-26 08:03:06 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:1016377
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov confirmed Russia is ready to support Iraq in its efforts to fight the terrorist threat, first of all the one from Daesh group, according to ITAR-TASS News Agency. Lavrov had a meeting with Iraq’s Prime ....
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Hamas, Fatah reach agreement on inter-reconciliation issues
Date: 2014-09-25 17:06:46 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:1013985
Hamas and Fatah announced that they have reached understandings on all pending issues of the inter-Palestinian reconciliation. The agreement comes after two-day meetings which were held in Cairo under the sponsorship of head of Egypt's ....
