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Bahraini ambassador stresses his country's support to Egypt in its fight against terrorism

Date: 2017-12-14 18:35:55 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:7140944

CAIRO, Dec 14 (MENA) - Bahraini Ambassador to Egypt Rashed bin Abdel Rahman al Khalifa stressed Thursday his country's support to Egypt in its fight against terrorism and its economic reform plan. This came in a meeting between al Khalifa and ....

AL condemns Somalia suicide bombing

Date: 2017-12-14 17:37:59 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:7140839

CAIRO, Dec 14 (MENA) - The Arab League (AL) deplored Thursday a suicide bombing that hit Mogadishu police academy in Somalia, leaving 17 officers dead and scores of others wounded. In a statement, AL Spokesman Mahmoud Afifi reiterated the AL's ....

Iraqi authorities execute 38 convicts over terrorism charges

Date: 2017-12-14 16:21:11 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:7140759

BAGHDAD, Dec 14 (MENA) - Iraqi authorities on Thursday executed 38 people convicted of terrorist acts in the second-largest mass execution since September. Deputy head of the security committee of the Iraqi Dhi Qar provincial council Dakhil Kazim ....

Al-Ghanim: Unified Arab stance "needed" against US Jerusalem decision

Date: 2017-12-14 16:02:47 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:7140754

RABAT/KUWAIT, Dec 14 (MENA) - Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanim said Thursday that a unified Arab stance on the regional and international level was needed against the recent US move on Jerusalem, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) ....

Russian diplomat urges int'l community to cut off flow of terrorists from Syria

Date: 2017-12-14 15:41:21 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:7140687

MOSCOW, Dec 14 (MENA) - The international community needs to find common mechanisms to combat the flow of militants from Syria to other countries, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov told reporters on Thursday, TASS news agency ....

Israel says not to tolerate rocket fire

Date: 2017-12-14 15:18:30 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:7140665

GAZA CITY, Dec 14 (MENA) - Israeli army spokesman Brig. Gen. Ronen Manelis warned Hamas on Thursday that its "only option is to stop the rocket fire," and that the Israeli military will not tolerate anything less than "complete quiet" on its border ....

Jordanian king meets Italian interior minister

Date: 2017-12-14 15:14:22 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:7140697

AMMAN, Dec 14 (MENA) - Jordanian King Abdullah II held talks with visiting Italian Interior Minister, Marco Minetti, at Al-Husseiniah Palace, on prospects to foster bilateral cooperation, with eye to security and defense domains. Discussions ....

Abdel Aal to AIPU: We support all stances rejecting US decision on Jerusalem

Date: 2017-12-14 15:07:13 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:7140616

CAIRO, Dec 14 (MENA) - Egyptian Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal expressed the support of the Egyptian people to all the Arab, Islamic and international stances which reject the US decision recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. He ....

Israeli forces raid Birzeit University campus

Date: 2017-12-14 13:06:02 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:7140210

RAMALLAH, Dec 14 (MENA) - Birzeit University denounced Thursday the Israeli break-in at the university earlier, considering it as a clear violation of the international conventions. The university said that it is highly concerned over this brutal ....

Israel detains 16 Palestinians in WB

Date: 2017-12-14 12:41:46 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:7140209

RAMALLAH, Dec 14 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested Thursday 16 Palestinian citizens from several districts in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Club. The club said it documented Israeli detention of 320 Palestinians ....