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Khaled Meshal (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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Passengers check a departure time flight board displaying various cancellations at Ben Gurion International airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, on July 23, 2014. (AFP Photo/Gil Cohen-Magen)
American flights expected back in Tel Aviv in hours
Gaza/Jerusalem, Reuters—Israel won a partial reprieve from the economic pain of its Gaza war on Thursday with the lifting of a US ban on commercial flights to Tel Aviv, as fighting pushed the Palestinian death toll over 700. A truce remained elusive despite intensive...Caption:
A Free Syrian Army fighter prays at a checkpoint in Aleppo October 18, 2013. (REUTERS/Molham Barakat)
Syria: Tensions escalate between Islamist rebels and Hamas
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Syrian rebel groups have expressed dismay at recent statements issued by Hamas leader Khaled Mishal in which he criticized the military and sectarian dimensions of the Syrian conflict, calling on the Palestinian group to stop interfering in...Caption:
Demonstrators hold a Palestinian flag during a protest outside Jerusalem’s magistrates’ court in support of Samer al-Issawi, one of four Palestinians held by Israel who have been on an intermittent hunger strike, February 19, 2013. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Hamas–Fatah Reconciliation Talks In Doubt
Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—A well-informed Palestinian source has told Asharq Al-Awsat that President Mahmoud Abbas will refuse to participate in any Arab League summit also attended by Hamas. Just days after the announcement of a proposed Arab League meeting in Cairo...Caption:
People remove a picture of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in the northeastern provincial capital of Raqqa after it was captured by rebel fighters. (R)