Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Muslims began performing rituals of Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca.

A Palestinian man from Gaza performing the main rituals of Hajj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca (PHOTO: Ayman Shaath)
Muslims from all around the globe have started performing the main rituals of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca.
The rituals officially started on Wednesday when around three million pilgrims launched their journey to Mina, a small village east of Mecca. After spending day one in Mina, pilgrims go to the Mount of Arafat where they face Mecca and

Muslims from all around the globe have started performing the main rituals of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca.

Muslims began performing rituals of Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca.

A Palestinian man from Gaza performing the main rituals of Hajj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca (PHOTO: Ayman Shaath)
Muslims from all around the globe have started performing the main rituals of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca.
The rituals officially started on Wednesday when around three million pilgrims launched their journey to Mina, a small village east of Mecca. After spending day one in Mina, pilgrims go to the Mount of Arafat where they face Mecca and

Muslims from all around the globe have started performing the main rituals of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca.

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Gaza under 'Israeli' unabated attacks.

Gaza (SaebPress) --- Two Palestinians residents of northern Gaza have been killed and four other injured in an 'Israeli' occupation airstrike on the besieged Gaza Strip, the land, air and sea attacks on the on the Gaza Strip continues unabated.

Earlier, 'Israeli' occupation's fire killed a Palestinian resident and injured three others, medical source told SaebPress, "three injured Palestinians in the attack were transferred to Kamal Adwan hospital in Jabaliya for treatment in the

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Gaza under 'Israeli' unabated attacks.

Gaza (SaebPress) --- Two Palestinians residents of northern Gaza have been killed and four other injured in an 'Israeli' occupation airstrike on the besieged Gaza Strip, the land, air and sea attacks on the on the Gaza Strip continues unabated.

Earlier, 'Israeli' occupation's fire killed a Palestinian resident and injured three others, medical source told SaebPress, "three injured Palestinians in the attack were transferred to Kamal Adwan hospital in Jabaliya for treatment in the

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Gaza under 'Israeli' unabated attacks.

Gaza (SaebPress) --- Two Palestinians residents of northern Gaza have been killed and four other injured in an 'Israeli' occupation airstrike on the besieged Gaza Strip, the land, air and sea attacks on the on the Gaza Strip continues unabated.

Earlier, 'Israeli' occupation's fire killed a Palestinian resident and injured three others, medical source told SaebPress, "three injured Palestinians in the attack were transferred to Kamal Adwan hospital in Jabaliya for treatment in the

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Gaza under 'Israeli' unabated attacks.

Gaza (SaebPress) --- Two Palestinians residents of northern Gaza have been killed and four other injured in an 'Israeli' occupation airstrike on the besieged Gaza Strip, the land, air and sea attacks on the on the Gaza Strip continues unabated.

Earlier, 'Israeli' occupation's fire killed a Palestinian resident and injured three others, medical source told SaebPress, "three injured Palestinians in the attack were transferred to Kamal Adwan hospital in Jabaliya for treatment in the

Read more ...

Gaza under 'Israeli' unabated attacks.

Gaza (SaebPress) --- Two Palestinians residents of northern Gaza have been killed and four other injured in an 'Israeli' occupation airstrike on the besieged Gaza Strip, the land, air and sea attacks on the on the Gaza Strip continues unabated.

Earlier, 'Israeli' occupation's fire killed a Palestinian resident and injured three others, medical source told SaebPress, "three injured Palestinians in the attack were transferred to Kamal Adwan hospital in Jabaliya for treatment in the

Read more ...

Gaza under 'Israeli' unabated attacks.

Gaza (SaebPress) --- Two Palestinians residents of northern Gaza have been killed and four other injured in an 'Israeli' occupation airstrike on the besieged Gaza Strip, the land, air and sea attacks on the on the Gaza Strip continues unabated.

Earlier, 'Israeli' occupation's fire killed a Palestinian resident and injured three others, medical source told SaebPress, "three injured Palestinians in the attack were transferred to Kamal Adwan hospital in Jabaliya for treatment in the

Read more ...

Gaza under 'Israeli' unabated attacks.

Gaza (SaebPress) --- Two Palestinians residents of northern Gaza have been killed and four other injured in an 'Israeli' occupation airstrike on the besieged Gaza Strip, the land, air and sea attacks on the on the Gaza Strip continues unabated.

Earlier, 'Israeli' occupation's fire killed a Palestinian resident and injured three others, medical source told SaebPress, "three injured Palestinians in the attack were transferred to Kamal Adwan hospital in Jabaliya for treatment in the

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Monday, 22 October 2012

Bani Walid, resistance against the new order in Libya.

Attacks on Bani Walid
Libya, Tripoli (SaebPress) --- War has returned to the Libyan City of Bani Walid, tens of people have been killed and hundreds more injured in fighting around the city of Bani Walid, the city has shrugged off the new NATO supported government’s authority. Since, Bani Walid is in the midst of a staggering humanitarian crisis.
Member of Bani Walid’s local council told SaebPress that "we have large numbers of wounded, the city’s hospital has no room to treat

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Bani Walid, resistance against the new order in Libya.

Attacks on Bani Walid

Libya, Tripoli (SaebPress) --- War has returned to the Libyan City of Bani Walid, tens of people have been killed and hundreds more injured in fighting around the city of Bani Walid, the city has shrugged off the new NATO supported government’s authority. Since, Bani Walid is in the midst of a staggering humanitarian crisis.



Member of Bani Walid’s local council told SaebPress that "we have large numbers of wounded, the city’s hospital has no room

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Bani Walid, resistance against the new order in Libya.

Attacks on Bani Walid


Libya, Tripoli (SaebPress) --- War has returned to the Libyan City of Bani Walid, tens of people have been killed and hundreds more injured in fighting around the city of Bani Walid, the city has shrugged off the new NATO supported government’s authority. Since, Bani Walid is in the midst of a staggering humanitarian crisis.



Member of Bani Walid’s local council told SaebPress that "we have large numbers of wounded, the city’s hospital has

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Saturday, 20 October 2012

'Israeli' navy boards Gaza-bound ship

Estelle is a ship carrying pro-Palestinian activists seeking to breach Israel's crippling blockade on Gaza has come under attack shortly after being approached by Israeli vessels, a spokeswoman told AFP on Saturday.
Estelle's media coordinator Mikael Loffgren told Al-Jazeera the soldiers who embarked the ship were masked.

"The Estelle is now under attack -- I have just had a message from them by phone," Victoria Strand, a Stockholm-based spokeswoman for the Ship to Gaza

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'Israeli' navy boards Gaza-bound ship

Estelle is a ship carrying pro-Palestinian activists seeking to breach Israel's crippling blockade on Gaza has come under attack shortly after being approached by Israeli vessels, a spokeswoman told AFP on Saturday.
Estelle's media coordinator Mikael Loffgren told Al-Jazeera the soldiers who embarked the ship were masked.

"The Estelle is now under attack -- I have just had a message from them by phone," Victoria Strand, a Stockholm-based spokeswoman for the Ship to Gaza

Read more ...

'Israeli' navy boards Gaza-bound ship

Estelle is a ship carrying pro-Palestinian activists seeking to breach Israel's crippling blockade on Gaza has come under attack shortly after being approached by Israeli vessels, a spokeswoman told AFP on Saturday.
Estelle's media coordinator Mikael Loffgren told Al-Jazeera the soldiers who embarked the ship were masked.

"The Estelle is now under attack -- I have just had a message from them by phone," Victoria Strand, a Stockholm-based spokeswoman for the Ship to Gaza

Read more ...

'Israeli' navy boards Gaza-bound ship

Estelle is a ship carrying pro-Palestinian activists seeking to breach Israel's crippling blockade on Gaza has come under attack shortly after being approached by Israeli vessels, a spokeswoman told AFP on Saturday.
Estelle's media coordinator Mikael Loffgren told Al-Jazeera the soldiers who embarked the ship were masked.

"The Estelle is now under attack -- I have just had a message from them by phone," Victoria Strand, a Stockholm-based spokeswoman for the Ship to Gaza

Read more ...

'Israeli' navy boards Gaza-bound ship

Estelle is a ship carrying pro-Palestinian activists seeking to breach Israel's crippling blockade on Gaza has come under attack shortly after being approached by Israeli vessels, a spokeswoman told AFP on Saturday.
Estelle's media coordinator Mikael Loffgren told Al-Jazeera the soldiers who embarked the ship were masked.

"The Estelle is now under attack -- I have just had a message from them by phone," Victoria Strand, a Stockholm-based spokeswoman for the Ship to Gaza

Read more ...

'Israeli' navy boards Gaza-bound ship

Estelle is a ship carrying pro-Palestinian activists seeking to breach Israel's crippling blockade on Gaza has come under attack shortly after being approached by Israeli vessels, a spokeswoman told AFP on Saturday.
Estelle's media coordinator Mikael Loffgren told Al-Jazeera the soldiers who embarked the ship were masked.

"The Estelle is now under attack -- I have just had a message from them by phone," Victoria Strand, a Stockholm-based spokeswoman for the Ship to Gaza

Read more ...

'Israeli' navy boards Gaza-bound ship

Estelle is a ship carrying pro-Palestinian activists seeking to breach Israel's crippling blockade on Gaza has come under attack shortly after being approached by Israeli vessels, a spokeswoman told AFP on Saturday.
Estelle's media coordinator Mikael Loffgren told Al-Jazeera the soldiers who embarked the ship were masked.

"The Estelle is now under attack -- I have just had a message from them by phone," Victoria Strand, a Stockholm-based spokeswoman for the Ship to Gaza

Read more ...

'Israeli' navy boards Gaza-bound ship

Estelle is a ship carrying pro-Palestinian activists seeking to breach Israel's crippling blockade on Gaza has come under attack shortly after being approached by Israeli vessels, a spokeswoman told AFP on Saturday.
Estelle's media coordinator Mikael Loffgren told Al-Jazeera the soldiers who embarked the ship were masked.

"The Estelle is now under attack -- I have just had a message from them by phone," Victoria Strand, a Stockholm-based spokeswoman for the Ship to Gaza

Read more ...

'Israeli' navy boards Gaza-bound ship

Estelle




A ship carrying pro-Palestinian activists seeking to breach Israel's crippling blockade on Gaza has come under attack shortly after being approached by Israeli vessels, a spokeswoman told AFP on Saturday.

Estelle's media coordinator Mikael Loffgren told Al-Jazeera the soldiers who embarked the ship were masked.

"The Estelle is now under attack -- I have just had a message from them by phone," Victoria Strand, a Stockholm-based spokeswoman for

Read more ...

'Israeli' navy boards Gaza-bound ship

A ship carrying pro-Palestinian activists seeking to breach Israel's crippling blockade on Gaza has come under attack shortly after being approached by Israeli vessels, a spokeswoman told AFP on Saturday.

Estelle's media coordinator Mikael Loffgren told Al-Jazeera the soldiers who embarked the ship were masked.

"The Estelle is now under attack -- I have just had a message from them by phone," Victoria Strand, a Stockholm-based spokeswoman for the Ship to Gaza Sweden

Read more ...

'Israeli' navy boards Gaza-bound ship

Estelle

A ship carrying pro-Palestinian activists seeking to breach Israel's crippling blockade on Gaza has come under attack shortly after being approached by Israeli vessels, a spokeswoman told AFP on Saturday.

Estelle's media coordinator Mikael Loffgren told Al-Jazeera the soldiers who embarked the ship were masked.

"The Estelle is now under attack -- I have just had a message from them by phone," Victoria Strand, a Stockholm-based spokeswoman for the Ship to Gaza

Read more ...

'Israeli' navy boards Gaza-bound ship

Estelle

A ship carrying pro-Palestinian activists seeking to breach Israel's crippling blockade on Gaza has come under attack shortly after being approached by Israeli vessels, a spokeswoman told AFP on Saturday.

Estelle's media coordinator Mikael Loffgren told Al-Jazeera the soldiers who embarked the ship were masked.

"The Estelle is now under attack -- I have just had a message from them by phone," Victoria Strand, a Stockholm-based spokeswoman for the Ship to Gaza

Read more ...

Friday, 19 October 2012

8 people killed in Beirut’s Blast, Top intelligence official killed.

8 people killed in Ashrafiyeh district in Beirut by a car bomb.

The car bomb exploded in Ashrafiyeh district in central Beirut, the same area, nearly the same spot were Bashir Gemayel was assassinated in 1982.


Lebanon, Beirut (SaebPress) --- At least eight people have been killed and more than 97 wounded by the blast Friday hit the Ashrafiyeh district, 200 yards from the central office of the Lebanese Christian Phalange movement; it was reportedly caused by a car bomb.
The huge

8 people killed in Beirut’s Blast, was Samir Geagea the target ?

8 people killed in Beirut’s Blast, was Samir Geagea the target ?

8 people killed in Ashrafiyeh district in Beirut by a car bomb.

The car bomb exploded in Ashrafiyeh district in central Beirut, the same area, nearly the same spot were Bashir Gemayel was assassinated in 1982, was the bomb targeting the Lebanese Christian Phalange movement leader?


Lebanon, Beirut---(SaebPress) At least eight people have been killed and more than 97 wounded by the blast Friday hit the Ashrafiyeh district, 200 yards from the central office of the Lebanese Christian

8 people killed in Beirut’s Blast, was Samir Geagea the target ?

8 people killed in Beirut’s Blast, was Samir Geagea the target ?

8 people killed in Ashrafiyeh district in Beirut by a car bomb.




The car bomb exploded in Ashrafiyeh district in central Beirut, the same area, nearly the same spot were Bashir Gemayel was assassinated in 1982, was the bomb targeting the Lebanese Christian Phalange movement leader?




Lebanon, Beirut---(SaebPress) At least eight people have been killed and more than 97 wounded by the blast Friday hit the Ashrafiyeh district, 200 yards from the central office of the

8 people killed in Beirut’s Blast, was Samir Geagea the target ?

Wednesday, 17 October 2012

EU denies ordering satellite companies to take Iran channels off air

The European Union (EU) has denied claims by European satellite companies that it ordered the providers to take Iranian channels off the air, Press TV reports.

A European Council official told Press TV on Wednesday that there is no regulation within EU laws that prohibits the broadcast of satellite channels, and the companies have acted on their own accord.



“I have to tell you that this is a decision of Eutelsat and Arqiva and you have to ask them, it is their

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EU denies ordering satellite companies to take Iran channels off air

The European Union (EU) has denied claims by European satellite companies that it ordered the providers to take Iranian channels off the air, Press TV reports.

A European Council official told Press TV on Wednesday that there is no regulation within EU laws that prohibits the broadcast of satellite channels, and the companies have acted on their own accord.



“I have to tell you that this is a decision of Eutelsat and Arqiva and you have to ask them, it is their

Read more ...

EU denies ordering satellite companies to take Iran channels off air

The European Union (EU) has denied claims by European satellite companies that it ordered the providers to take Iranian channels off the air, Press TV reports.

A European Council official told Press TV on Wednesday that there is no regulation within EU laws that prohibits the broadcast of satellite channels, and the companies have acted on their own accord.



“I have to tell you that this is a decision of Eutelsat and Arqiva and you have to ask them, it is their

Read more ...

EU denies ordering satellite companies to take Iran channels off air

The European Union (EU) has denied claims by European satellite companies that it ordered the providers to take Iranian channels off the air, Press TV reports.

A European Council official told Press TV on Wednesday that there is no regulation within EU laws that prohibits the broadcast of satellite channels, and the companies have acted on their own accord.



“I have to tell you that this is a decision of Eutelsat and Arqiva and you have to ask them, it is their

Read more ...

EU denies ordering satellite companies to take Iran channels off air

The European Union (EU) has denied claims by European satellite companies that it ordered the providers to take Iranian channels off the air, Press TV reports.

A European Council official told Press TV on Wednesday that there is no regulation within EU laws that prohibits the broadcast of satellite channels, and the companies have acted on their own accord.



“I have to tell you that this is a decision of Eutelsat and Arqiva and you have to ask them, it is their

Read more ...

EU denies ordering satellite companies to take Iran channels off air

The European Union (EU) has denied claims by European satellite companies that it ordered the providers to take Iranian channels off the air, Press TV reports.

A European Council official told Press TV on Wednesday that there is no regulation within EU laws that prohibits the broadcast of satellite channels, and the companies have acted on their own accord.



“I have to tell you that this is a decision of Eutelsat and Arqiva and you have to ask them, it is their

Read more ...

Tuesday, 16 October 2012

EU bans broadcast of Iranian TV channels

European satellite provider Eutelsat SA says it has stopped the broadcast of several Iranian satellite channels following an order by the European Commission, Press TV reports.
The company ordered media services company, Arqiva, to take the Iranian satellite channels off one of its Hot Bird frequencies on Monday.
In a separate statement emailed to Press TV, Arqiva said that the decision was made by the EU Council.
“We terminated the contracts because it was the order of the European

The illegal move by Eutelsat SA, therefore, is a step to mute all alternative news outlets representing the voice of the voiceless.

Monday, 15 October 2012

EU bans broadcast of Iranian TV channels

European satellite provider Eutelsat SA says it has stopped the broadcast of several Iranian satellite channels following an order by the European Commission, Press TV reports.
The company ordered media services company, Arqiva, to take the Iranian satellite channels off one of its Hot Bird frequencies on Monday.

In a separate statement emailed to Press TV, Arqiva said that the decision was made by the EU Council.
“We terminated the contracts because it was the order of the European

The illegal move by Eutelsat SA, therefore, is a step to mute all alternative news outlets representing the voice of the voiceless.

EU bans broadcast of Iranian TV channels

European satellite provider Eutelsat SA says it has stopped the broadcast of several Iranian satellite channels following an order by the European Commission, Press TV reports.
The company ordered media services company, Arqiva, to take the Iranian satellite channels off one of its Hot Bird frequencies on Monday.

In a separate statement emailed to Press TV, Arqiva said that the decision was made by the EU Council.
“We terminated the contracts because it was the order of the European

Read more ...

Thursday, 11 October 2012

Turkish 'Air Piracy' against a Syrian passenger plane.

 

Passengers were escorted off the aircraft and the "cargo" is being searched.


Turkey, Ankara (SaebPress) – Turkish F16 fighter jets forced a Syrian passenger plane to land in Ankara, Turkish Foreign Ministry sources says there are suspicions the plane was carrying "non-civilian" cargo.
The plane was intercepted on its way from Moscow by American made F16 jets as it entered Turkish airspace, it was forced to land in Ankara’s international airport at 5:15 pm local time

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Turkish 'Air Piracy' against a Syrian passenger plane.

 

Passengers were escorted off the aircraft and the "cargo" is being searched.


Turkey, Ankara (SaebPress) – Turkish F16 fighter jets forced a Syrian passenger plane to land in Ankara, Turkish Foreign Ministry sources says there are suspicions the plane was carrying "non-civilian" cargo.
The plane was intercepted on its way from Moscow by American made F16 jets as it entered Turkish airspace, it was forced to land in Ankara’s international airport at 5:15 pm local time

Read more ...

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Turkish Air Piracy against a Syrian passenger plane.

 

Passengers were escorted off the aircraft and the "cargo" is being searched.


Turkey, Ankara (SaebPress) – Turkish F16 fighter jets forced a Syrian passenger plane to land in Ankara, Turkish Foreign Ministry sources says there are suspicions the plane was carrying "non-civilian" cargo.

The plane was intercepted on its way from Moscow by American made F16 jets as it entered Turkish airspace, it was forced to land in Ankara’s international airport at 5:15 pm local time

Read more ...

Turkish Air Piracy against a Syrian passenger plane.

 

Passengers were escorted off the aircraft and the "cargo" is being searched.


Turkey, Ankara (SaebPress) – Turkish F16 fighter jets forced a Syrian passenger plane to land in Ankara, Turkish Foreign Ministry sources says there are suspicions the plane was carrying "non-civilian" cargo.

The plane was intercepted on its way from Moscow by American made F16 jets as it entered Turkish airspace, it was forced to land in Ankara’s international airport at 5:15 pm local time

Read more ...

Monday, 8 October 2012

‘Jordan immobile without West, Zionists’_Saeb Shaath

 

Saeb Shaath on Jordan

 


Jordan's King Abdullah II has dissolved the country’s parliament and called for early elections, amid popular protests in the country.
The statement specified no date for the polls but the king reportedly plans to hold the elections before the end of 2012. Jordanians have been holding demonstrations since January 2011, demanding political reforms, including the election of prime minister by popular vote and an end to corruption. Press TV

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‘Jordan immobile without West, Zionists’_Saeb Shaath

 

Saeb Shaath on Jordan

 


Jordan's King Abdullah II has dissolved the country’s parliament and called for early elections, amid popular protests in the country.
The statement specified no date for the polls but the king reportedly plans to hold the elections before the end of 2012. Jordanians have been holding demonstrations since January 2011, demanding political reforms, including the election of prime minister by popular vote and an end to corruption. Press TV

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Thursday, 4 October 2012

Erdogan plans bigger Middle East dominated by Turkey

Syria's Flag



 

Turkish military forces have engaged in clashes and shelling inside Syria, this after mortar fired from Syria landed in a Turkish town killing five civilians.

 

 

Press TV has interviewed Mr. Saeb Shaath, author and Middle East Affairs expert, to further discuss the issue. What follows is an approximate transcript of the interview.

 

Press TV: Tensions are simmering between Damascus and Ankara. How do you expect this to play

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Erdogan plans bigger Middle East dominated by Turkey

Syria's Flag



 

Turkish military forces have engaged in clashes and shelling inside Syria, this after mortar fired from Syria landed in a Turkish town killing five civilians.

 

 

Press TV has interviewed Mr. Saeb Shaath, author and Middle East Affairs expert, to further discuss the issue. What follows is an approximate transcript of the interview.

 

Press TV: Tensions are simmering between Damascus and Ankara. How do you expect this to play

Read more ...