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Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin, director of Military Intelligence, announced Tuesday that Hamas launched a rocket some 60 kilometers into the sea, apparently as an experiment. Such a rocket, if...
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A former Lebanese Prime Minister has called US President Barack Obama's call for a Palestinian state along pre-1967 borders "stillborn due to Israel's swift rejection". Selim El-Hoss said that...
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Major-General (Res.) Amos Gilad has admitted that Israel cannot eradicate Hamas entirely. But, the Director of Policy and Political-Military Affairs and Chair of Security at the Israeli Ministry of...
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The Israeli Air Force was on maximum alert on Wednesday due to the "infiltration of objects into Israeli airspace" which was closed as a result. All air traffic in...
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A political adviser to the Tunisian Prime Minister and senior member of Al-Nahda Party has said that his party's support for the Syrian revolution is an "established and fundamental...
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Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said on Sunday that he opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state and proposed 'a form of rule' in parts of the territories occupied...
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The UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon has lodged a protest with Israel after it observed increased violations of Lebanese air space by the country which carried out recent...
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A former Hezbollah MP has denied rumours suggesting that the Lebanese organisation has told Hamas representatives to close their Beirut office and leave the country. Hassan Hub-Allah stressed that...
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The Free Syrian Army (FSA) has accused Lebanon's Hezbollah and the Assad regime of using chemical weapons in a town on the outskirts of Damascus, it has been reported....
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The head of the Hamas Political Bureau is making strong efforts to keep Palestinian refugees out of armed clashes between rival groups in Lebanon. Khaled Meshaal has contacted the...
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Jordan's King Abdullah II has expressed his fears that demographic changes in the kingdom could see him being toppled from the throne in the next year or so. This...
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Palestine's Islamic Resistance Movement has denounced the explosion in the southern suburbs of Beirut which claimed the lives of 20 Lebanese and wounded dozens more. "We condemn this aggression...
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Israeli forces launched an air strike on the Al-Nama neighbourhood between Sidon and Beirut in Lebanon on Friday. The spokesman of the Israeli forces said that the intended target...
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Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon has insisted that Israel is ready to deal with repercussions resulting from any US-led strike against Syria. The minister added that if the US...
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The former head of Israel's secret service Shin Bet, Ami Ayalon, has expressed doubts over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's intention to achieve a two-state solution. "Chances of success...
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Israel's Channel 2 TV has revealed that high-ranking Israeli figures have held a series of secret meetings over the past few weeks with representatives of Arab Gulf states to...
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On Tuesday dozens of Israeli soldiers with sniffer dogs crossed the electronic fence of the Israel-Lebanon border and stationed themselves in a disputed area opposite the Lebanese neighbourhood of...
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The Israeli Air Force attacked a Syrian military base in Latakia on Thursday, according to a US official. The official, who preferred to remain anonymous, explained that the airstrike...
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The commander of the northern region in the Israeli army, General Yair Golan, told Israeli Channel 7 news on Sunday that war with Lebanon has become closer than ever...
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Israel's intelligence agency, Mossad, has told cabinet ministers that the president of the Palestinian Authority benefits too much from the current negotiations, making him "incapable of signing a historic...
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The conflict in Syria started two and a half years ago. It has claimed more than 100,000 lives and displaced more than 2.3 million people. The United Nations has...
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Iran rejected on Monday a US proposal suggesting that it play a "minor" role in the upcoming Geneva II conference, which aims to solve the Syrian civil conflict, saying...
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After nine years, the trial of four suspects accused of assassinating former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri opened on Thursday in The Hague. Hariri was blown up in Beirut...
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The Director of Lebanese General Security, Major General Abbas Ibrahim, has asked the Palestinian factions in Lebanon to unite in order to fight terrorism and the radical agendas that...
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Former Lebanese Prime Minister Sa'ad al-Hariri has said that he is ready to be part of a coalition government that includes Hezbollah, Reuters reported. Al-Hariri expressed hope in such...
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Egyptian scholar Dr Salah Sultan has revealed that ousted President Mohamed Morsi refused three requests from US Secretary of State John Kerry to support an American strike against Syria....
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Ousted President Mohamed Morsi is going to be charged with "conspiring with foreign organisations" by the Cairo Criminal Court, it has been announced by the coup authorities. Attorney General...
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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood denounced the Egyptian authorities on Thursday for charging former President Mohammed Morsi, the group's Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie and other Brotherhood leaders with espionage and aiding...
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A former US ambassador to the United Nations has said that Israel must make its own decision regarding an attack against Iran. John Bolton noted that it still has...
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Lawmakers in the US Congress reached an agreement on Monday in both the House and the Senate on the proposed federal budget for 2014, which would allocate $520.5 billion...
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January 27, 2014
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Jessica Purkiss
Exactly a year has passed since Operation Pillar of Cloud, or defence as it has since been rebranded as, ended. The operation's stated goal was to deter the rockets...
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January 27, 2014
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Abdel Bari Atwan
For some Egyptian politicians to oppose the Muslim Brotherhood and its leaders is expected; for most of the media to be recruited in an attack against the movement is...
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