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  • Abul Gheit deplores Benghazi terror attack

    Date: 2018-01-24 11:07:57 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:7208449

    CAIRO, Jan 24 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit has condemned the twin car bomb attack in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Tuesday night that killed at least 33 people and injured dozens. He condoled with the Libyan state, its ....

  • Yemeni forces kill 40 Houthi militants, free several areas in Saada

    Date: 2018-01-24 10:44:18 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:7208127

    SANAA, Jan 24 (MENA) - The Yemeni national army, with the support of the Arab coalition, killed 40 Houthi militants across three fronts in the Saada governorate, military sources said on Wednesday The sources also said that the Yemeni army ....

  • Syria says claims it uses chemical weapons ‘lies’

    Date: 2018-01-24 10:39:41 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:7208267

    DAMASCUS, Jan 24 (MENA) - The Syrian government said on Wednesday that claims by the French and US foreign ministers that it was still using chemical weapons were “lies,” Al Arabiya news channel reported. On Tuesday, US Secretary of State Rex ....

  • SOHR: Clashes between regime forces, armed opposition troops in Idlib countryside

    Date: 2018-01-24 09:28:28 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:7207964

    LONDON, Jan 24 (MENA) - The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said clashes continued between regime forces and armed opposition troops in Abu Al Duhur town in Idlib countryside. The SOHR said that the regime forces advanced ....

  • 33 killed, injured in double car bombing in Benghazi

    Date: 2018-01-24 06:11:53 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7207752

    BENGHAZI, Jan 24 (MENA) - At least 33 persons, including security personnel and civilians, were killed and injured in a double car bombing in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, the Independent reported Wednesday. The first explosion struck ....

  • UN ready to deliver aid to 50,000 people in Syria's Afrin

    Date: 2018-01-23 22:25:22 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:98 - ID:7207358

    NEW YORK, Jan 23 (MENA) - The United Nations (UN) announced that an estimated 5,000 people in Afrin district had been displaced but some of most vulnerable people could not flee, The Guardian reported Tuesday. In a report released by the UN, it ....

  • Tunisia hails EU decision to remove it from tax haven blacklist

    Date: 2018-01-23 22:17:24 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:97 - ID:7207519

    TUNIS, Jan 23 (MENA) - Tunisia welcomed on Tuesday a decision taken by the European Union (EU) Economic and Financial Affairs Council to remove it from a blacklist of countries offering tax havens for wealthy individuals and corporations. In a ....

  • UAE military ordered not to escalate Qatar crisis - report

    Date: 2018-01-23 22:10:35 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:96 - ID:7207657

    ABU DHABI, Jan 23 (MENA) - A military official in the United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday its forces had instructions not to escalate an ongoing diplomatic crisis with Qatar, Al Arabiya reported. UAE military aircraft would also fly alternative ....

  • AL chief expresses concern over Turkish, foreign interventions in Syria

    Date: 2018-01-23 22:00:29 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:95 - ID:7207560

    CAIRO, Jan 23 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Abul Gheit on Tuesday expressed concern over the recent Turkish intervention in Syria. The AL chief stresses his rejection to any foreign intervention in Syria, his spokesman ....

  • 9 killed, 20 injured in Libya's Benghazi blasts

    Date: 2018-01-23 20:54:22 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:91 - ID:7207592

    BENGHAZI, Jan 23 (MENA) - Nine persons were killed, and 20 others, mostly civilians, injured, when two blasts hit Libya's Benghazi Tuesday, the Libyan official news agency quoted medical sources as saying. In 30 minutes, two car bombs went off ....

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