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Sayyaf Sharif Daoud, an Arab Israeli who traveled to Syria to join IS, speaks with Al Arabiya. (video screenshot)
August 1, 2019, 1:08 pm
Israeli Islamic State fighter captured in Syria asks Netanyahu to bring him home
Speaking Hebrew, Sayyaf Sharif Daoud requests PM’s intervention, noting that Jerusalem works to secure release of IDF soldiers held in captivity
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of a US-made Reaper drone. (Dominique Faget/AFP)
July 19, 2019, 5:26 pm
Drone bombs base used by pro-Iranian militia in Iraq
Iranian and Hezbollah operatives said hurt or killed in strike; some reports say the site recently received shipment of ballistic missiles from Islamic Republic
By TOI staff and AFP
Iranian demonstrators hold anti-Saudi placards in a rally to protest the execution by Saudi Arabia last week of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent opposition Saudi Shiite cleric, in Tehran, Iran, January 4, 2016. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
April 1, 2016, 3:20 pm
Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV shuts Lebanon offices, citing security fears
In latest sign of Riyadh tensions with Iran and Hezbollah, network says it has ‘restructured’ due to ‘difficult circumstances’
By AFP
FILE - The US embassy in Bagdad, Iraq seen from across the Tigris river on May 19, 2007. (AP/File)
January 18, 2016, 12:26 am
US Embassy says ‘several’ Americans missing in Iraq
Local reports say three US citizens kidnapped in Baghdad by local militias
By AP
Alarab News Channel officer is seen on duty at the editorial offices in the Bahraini capital of Manama, December 15, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Mohammed al-Shaikh)
February 1, 2015, 11:10 pm
Outspoken Saudi royal launches pan-Arab news channel
Billionaire prince aims to challenge regional titans, media norms
By AFP
A still from a video said to show an Israeli strike on Syria on December 7, 2014. (Screen capture: Youtube)
December 8, 2014, 4:18 pm
Two Hezbollah members said killed in airstrikes on Syria
Senior official of the terror group among slain, al-Arabiya reports, contradicting official account
By Marissa Newman and Stuart Winer
Palestinians are evacuated from the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, Syria, on February 2, 2014. (UNRWA/AFP)
March 14, 2014, 10:15 am
Assad is starving Palestinians to death in a Syrian camp, and nobody cares
150,000 used to live in Yarmouk, now there are 20,000; Israel worries about the Golan, where Islamists control much of the border area
By Avi Issacharoff
Illustrative photo of Border Police entering the Temple Mount to quell a riot. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
From the WebDecember 18, 2013, 2:28 pm
Palestinians create art from Israeli weaponry
Ramallah exhibition features works fashioned by two activists out of riot control gear and even the security barrier, Al Arabiya reports
University of Houston student tricking local reporter by telling her his name is Abu Sharmouta, or Father of the Prostitute (screen capture: YouTube)
December 18, 2013, 11:13 am
Palestinian student pranks TV news
Assuming the moniker ‘Abu Sharmouta,’ or ‘father of a prostitute,’ U of Houston man’s joke goes viral
By Lazar Berman
In this Saturday, September 7, 2013, file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian military solider fires a heavy machine gun during clashes with rebels in Maaloula village, northeast of the capital Damascus, Syria. Febronia Nabhan, Mother Superior at Saidnaya Convent, said Tuesday, December 3, 2013 that 12 nuns in the predominantly Christian village of Maaloula were abducted by opposition fighters and taken to a rebel-held town. (photo credit: AP Photo/SANA)
December 5, 2013, 6:24 pm
Rebels kill Iraqi journalist in Syria, activists say
Reporter said to be shot by al-Qaeda as civil war rages on; kidnapped nuns remain in rebel hands
By Bassem Mroue
Undated photo posted on Syrian President Bashar Assad's official Instagram account showing Assad visiting with soldiers in Baba Armr, Homs province. (photo credit: AP/Syrian Presidency via Instagram)
August 8, 2013, 12:18 pm
Damascus denies rebel attack on convoy; president appears on TV unharmed
Rebels claim they targeted motorcade with 17 mortar rounds; Syrian information minister calls report ‘wholly untrue’
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Undated photo posted on Syrian President Bashar Assad's official Instagram account showing Assad visiting with soldiers in Baba Armr, Homs province. (photo credit: AP/Syrian Presidency via Instagram)
August 8, 2013, 8:13 am
Damascus denies rebel attack on Assad convoy
Syrian information minister calls report ‘wholly untrue’; rebels claim they targeted motorcade with 17 mortar rounds
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Kuwaiti parliament (Flickr/Creative Commons/File)
From the WebJuly 28, 2013, 9:01 am
Liberals gain in Kuwait elections
Al Arabiya: Shi’ites lose half their spots in 50-seat parliament, political instability continues
A Gazan being interviewed on Al-Arabiya. (Screenshot: Al Arabiya via MEMRI/Youtube)
July 26, 2013, 10:11 am
Hamas shutters media bureaus in Gaza
Ma’an and al-Arabiya closed for ‘spreading fabricated rumors,’ Hamas attorney general says
By AP and TOI staff
Gold bars (photo credit: CC BY Brian Giesen/Flickr)
July 18, 2013, 11:58 am
Dubai to reward weight loss with gold
As part of Ramadan initiative, Arab emirate to pay participants for every kilo shed
By Lazar Berman
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