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2012-09-25 07:17:01 جلال زنكَابادي
وكالة سولا برس Iran says could launch pre-emptive strike on Israel

Iran could launch a pre-emptive strike on Israel if it was sure the country was preparing to attack it, a senior commander of its elite Revolutionary Guards was quoted as saying on Sunday.

Amir Ali Hajizadeh, a brigadier general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, made the comments to Iran's state-run Arabic language Al-Alam television, according to a report on the network's website.

2012-09-24 00:31:00 Olfat Imam
Prisoners Safadi, al-Barq end months of hunger strike Prisoners Safadi, al-Barq end months of hunger strike

Two Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jail have halted their long-term hunger strikes expecting upcoming release, officials from the Palestinian prisoners society and Israeli prison officials said Sunday.

Society lawyer Jawad Bulus said he visited Samir al-Barq and Hasan Safadi, and they are both beginning to take food. Israeli Prison Service spokeswoman Sivan Weizman confirmed the two prisoners had ended their str

2012-09-24 00:23:00 Olfat Imam
وكالة سولا برس PA, Israel discuss developing gas off Gaza coast

The Palestinian Authority is negotiating with Israel for permission to develop natural gas off the coast of the Gaza Strip, Israeli and foreign diplomats said on Sunday.

Mediterranean gas could be a windfall for the PA, which operates under Israeli occupation in the West Bank and has alarmed the World Bank by sinking into fiscal crises amid shortfalls in international aid.

As envisaged in the expl

2012-09-24 00:21:00 Olfat Imam
Hamas official: Mashaal will step down as party chief Hamas official: Mashaal will step down as party chief

 Hamas' leader in exile, Khaled Mashaal, is not seeking re-election, a Hamas official said Sunday.

Senior Hamas official Salah Bardawil told solaa that Mashaal will remain in the Islamist movement but has decided not to run for re-election as party chief.

"When Mashaal said he was not seeking re-election, a message was sent to him from the movement’s leaders unanimously asking

2012-09-24 00:19:00 Olfat Imam
Female candidate tops list to become mayor of Bethlehem Female candidate tops list to become mayor of Bethlehem

Having a woman compete for the municipal council of a city as famous and spiritually important as Bethlehem would have been seen as a pointless adventure a number of years ago. In 2012, however, fellow candidates of Vera Baboun are proud that she is leading a list of hopefuls to become the first female mayor of the city of Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ.

Speaking says she belongs to the history and geog

2012-09-24 00:00:00 Olfat Imam
وكالة سولا برس Egypt Salafi urges UN to criminalize contempt of Islam

 Egypt's president and other Muslim leaders should demand the UN criminalize contempt of religion after the release of an anti-Islamic film and cartoons which demonstrate growing racism, said the leader of the biggest ultra-orthodox Islamist party.

Despite doctrinal and political differences with President Muhammad Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood, the Salafist Nour Party played a key role in supporting it

2012-09-23 00:40:00 Olfat Imam
Islamist fighters praised at Benghazi hospital Islamist fighters praised at Benghazi hospital

 Before the Ansar al-Sharia fighters came and took over security, al-Jalaa hospital was a terrifying place to work.

Now that the militia has been swept out of Benghazi on a wave of public anger after the killing of the US ambassador, Dr Abdulmonin Salim is one person who will miss them.

"Really honestly? They were very nice guys," he told Reuters inside a ward in what is one of the

2012-09-23 00:38:00 Olfat Imam
Free Syria Army says moved command to Syria Free Syria Army says moved command to Syria

The rebel Free Syrian Army has moved its leadership for the first time from Turkey to parts of Syria that are now controlled by rebels, the group's commander-in-chief said on Saturday.

The FSA has been based in Turkey for more than a year as fighters have struggled to battle forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. Although rebels now control large swathes of Syria, they face air and artillery attack from Assad

2012-09-23 00:10:00 Olfat Imam
Hamas: 120 members detained in West Bank in days Hamas: 120 members detained in West Bank in days

Hamas said on Saturday that security services in the West Bank have continued to round up their members, after a spate of arrests on Wednesday was criticized by human rights groups.

A Hamas statement said 120 party members had been arrested or summoned to report to security services since Wednesday.

It said detainees are from Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, Askar refugee camp in Nablus, Jerusalem-

2012-09-23 00:06:00 Olfat Imam
Abbas convenes global Fatah meeting in Turkey Abbas convenes global Fatah meeting in Turkey

Fatah leader President Mahmoud Abbas convened senior party officials living abroad at a meeting in Turkey on Saturday, on the sidelines of a presidential visit to the country.

The closed-door meeting aimed to reflect on the general situation for the party, its achievements and major challenges, informed sources told solaa.

Delegates agreed to hold a Fatah general council meeting, and establish a m

2012-09-23 00:04:00 Olfat Imam
Hamas condemns UN Jewish refugee conference Hamas condemns UN Jewish refugee conference

Hamas on Saturday denounced a Israel-backed UN conference to discuss claims that Jews who used to live in Arab countries were forcibly expelled.

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said in a statement that “those Jews were not refugees as they claim. They were actually responsible for the displacement of the Palestinian people after they secretly migrated from Arab countries to Palestine before they expelled the

2012-09-23 00:02:00 Olfat Imam
Man killed in Gaza tunnel collapse Man killed in Gaza tunnel collapse

A man was killed and another injured when a smuggling tunnel under the Gaza-Egypt border collapsed on Saturday, medical officials said.

Spokesman for the ministry of health in Gaza Ashraf al-Qidrah told solaa that Muhammad Ramadan Abu Armaneh, 33, died when the Rafah tunnel collapsed.

Another unidentified man was injured, he added.

Both men were taken to a hospital in Rafah, where

2012-09-23 00:00:00 Olfat Imam
Israeli forces release Hamas activist from Nablus Israeli forces release Hamas activist from Nablus

Israeli authorities freed Friday a Hamas activist from Nablus in the northern West Bank after 10 months in custody, a human rights group said.

Al-Tadamon (Solidarity) for Human Rights said Shaikh Samih Eleiwi, 50, was released from Israel's Megiddo prison after the group’s lawyer Muhammad al-Abid obtained a court decision to release him.

Eleiwi was detained on Dec. 12, 2011 after Israeli

2012-09-22 11:56:59 Olfat Imam
Opinion: Pakistanis can debunk myths about Islam peacefully Opinion: Pakistanis can debunk myths about Islam peacefully

Most Pakistanis have rejected the defamatory attacks on the profile of Prophet of Islam Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) in the movie "Innocence of Muslims," which has triggered intensive protests and anger in Pakistan along with Egypt, Libya and Yemen.

The government in Pakistan was the first to announce a public holiday and banned YouTube as a mark of protest. But this failed to calm the violent demonstrat

2012-09-22 10:56:25 Olfat Imam
More than 10,000 Somalis flee Kismayo as troops close in on rebel stronghold More than 10,000 Somalis flee Kismayo as troops close in on rebel stronghold

Thousands of civilians are fleeing one of the final strongholds of an al Qaeda-linked militant group in Somalia, according to the U.N. refugee agency.

"So far this month, more than 10,000 people have fled from Kismayo fearing the resumption of fighting. Movements substantially increased on Monday and have been continuing since. Some 7,500 people fled the area in the past four days amid growing tension,"

2012-09-22 02:01:00 Olfat Imam
PA  police arrest 3 Israeli soldiers in Nablus PA police arrest 3 Israeli soldiers in Nablus

Palestinian Authority security forces arrested three armed Israeli soldiers in the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday, officials said.

Police pulled over a red, Israeli-plated vehicle driving in central Nablus and discovered the soldiers, security sources told solaa. Weapons were also found in the vehicle.

The soldiers were taken to a police station in Nablus and were expected to be tra

2012-09-21 00:32:00 Olfat Imam
Arab nuclear 'goodwill gesture' fails to impress Israel, US Arab nuclear 'goodwill gesture' fails to impress Israel, US

Arab states said on Thursday they had decided as a "goodwill gesture" to refrain from targeting Israel with a resolution over its assumed nuclear arsenal at the UN atomic agency's annual assembly this week.

Arab envoys said the move was in support of wider efforts to rid the region of nuclear weapons, but it drew no public praise from Israel or the United States, which criticized the placing of the i

2012-09-21 00:29:00 Olfat Imam
Egypt army 'moves reinforcements to Sinai' Egypt army 'moves reinforcements to Sinai'

The Egyptian army sent military reinforcements to the Sinai on Thursday, security sources said, after authorities raised the alert level in the wake of the killing of a militant leader.

Around 50 tanks and armored vehicles were deployed to the eastern bank of the Suez canal for regular training, and to the northern Sinai city El-Arish for anti-terror operations, security sources said.

On Wednesday

2012-09-21 00:27:00 Olfat Imam
PLO seeks UN upgrade opposed by US and Israel PLO seeks UN upgrade opposed by US and Israel

The PLO will ask the United Nations to upgrade its status in the world body by year's end, enabling it to pursue Israel through the international courts, a senior Palestinian official said on Thursday.

The request to become a non-member "observer state" rather than just an "observer entity", would give the Palestinians the same UN rank as the Vatican, enhancing their legal rights at a time

2012-09-21 00:20:00 Olfat Imam