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Israel eases restrictions on Gaza fishing
Israel has eased restrictions on Gaza fishermen, further implementing a three-day-old truce brokered by Egypt after a week of fierce fighting with Hamas, the Palestinian group that controls the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials said. A statement from the office of Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas government, said on Saturday Egypt had notified the group.. More -
Syrian opposition forces 'capture air base near capital'
Syrian opposition forces have said they had captured a helicopter base near Damascus after a battle with government forces, the second military facility on the outskirts of the capital to fall to President Bashar al-Assad's opponents this month. An Internet video which activists said was filmed on Saturday overnight at the Marj al-Sultan base, 15km.. More -
Egypt's Morsi to meet judges over power grab
Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian president, will meet senior judges on Monday to try to ease a crisis over his seizure of new powers which has set off violent protests reminiscent of last year's revolution which brought him to power. Activists on Sunday were camped in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a third day, blocking traffic with makeshift barricades to protest.. More -
Spike in Syrian refugee numbers
The number of Syrian refugees registered in neighboring countries has nearly doubled since the beginning of September to more than 440,000, according to the the UN refugee agency on Friday. "Across the region... the number of Syrian refugees in surrounding countries now stands at 442,256, an increase of more than 213,000 since the beginning.. More -
Israel eases some Gaza border restrictions
Gaza residents say that Israel has eased some border restrictions as part of its ceasefire with the Palestinian territory's Hamas rulers, allowing farmers to visit land near its security fence and letting fishermen head further out to sea. The Egyptian-brokered truce ended eight days of cross-border fighting that claimed 166 Palestinian and six Israeli.. More -
Egypt judges condemn Morsi's new powers
The Supreme Judicial Council, Egypt's highest judicial authority, has criticized President Mohamed Morsi's move to grant himself sweeping new powersthat would protect his decisions from being challenged as an "unprecedented attack". In an emergency meeting on Saturday, the council urged Morsi "to distance this decree from everything.. More -
Syria opposition appeals for massive aid
The Syrian opposition has said it will need $60b in aid to prevent the country's economy from collapsing if it takes power from President Bashar al-Assad's regime. George Sabra, a prominent opposition leader, told reporters on Wednesday in Dubai, the commercial capital of the United Arab Emirates, that the economy could collapse within six months.. More -
Iran calls off Ahmadinejad parliament probe
Iran’s supreme leader has ordered parliament not to interrogate President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over the nation’s plummeting currency and economic crisis, according to a local news agency. The IRNA said on Wednesday that the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei voiced concerns that interrogation would benefit Iran's enemies. Khamanei and Ahmadinejad.. More -
Gaza ceasefire goes into effect
A ceasefire has gone into effect in and around the Gaza Strip, after Israel and Hamas agreed to cease hostilities. Many Palestinians in Gaza City took to the streets to celebrate the truce on Wednesday night, blasting car horns and setting off fireworks from rooftops amid celebratory gunfire. The Egyptian foreign minister announced the ceasefire.. More -
Israel continues shelling on Gaza
At least twenty six more Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been killed in Israeli latest raids, raising the toll to 139, while fighters from Gaza fired rockets that killed two Israelis, bringing the death toll in Israel to five since Wednesday. Israeli airstrikes continued hitting targets in Gaza City early into Wednesday. Palestinian emergency.. More -
Hamas blames Israel for 'delay' of truce deal
A Hamas official has said that the anticipated announcement of a Gaza truce agreement with Israel has been delayed. Ezzat al-Rishq told Reuters news agency that there would be no announcement until Wednesday. "The Israeli side has not responded yet, so we will not hold a [news] conference this evening and must wait until tomorrow," said.. More -
Aleppo opposition forces retract rejection of coalition
Opposition commanders in the Syrian city of Aleppo have voiced their support to the Syrian National Coalition, a day after a video emerged showing fighters from at least 14 brigades announcing their rejection of the opposition bloc. The powerful Liwaa al-Tawhid Brigade, along with the Aleppo Military Council and Transitional Military Council, in.. More -
Syria opposition bloc makes Cairo its HQ
Syria's new opposition coalition has decided to make Cairo its headquarters, Egypt's official news agency reports quoting the president of the body. Ahmad Mouaz al-Khatib, head of the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces, made the announcement on Monday after a meeting with Mohamed Amr, Egypt's foreign minister, in Cairo,.. More -
Palestinians protest in the West Bank
Palestinians have taken to the streets across the West Bank in protest at Israeli air attacks on the Gaza Strip, leading to one death in the southern city of Hebron. A second person died on Monday of wounds sustained from an earlier protest. Protests broke out in Hebron's Old City after which Palestinian protesters were pushed back into the center.. More -
Israeli airstrikes continue to pound Gaza
Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip have continued for a seventh day, despite calls for a truce, with the overall death toll reaching 111, according to medical sources. A media center was targeted for a second time on Monday when Israeli fighter jets hit the Shuruq tower in Gaza City. The building houses Palestinian and international media outlets, including.. More
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