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Tunisian Interior Ministry: Eight terrorists arrested

Date: 2017-11-15 10:20:16 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:7091674

TUNIS, Nov 15 (MENA) - Eight Takfiri elements with links to a terrorist group were arrested in different areas of the country, according to a statement released by the Tunisian Interior Ministry on Wednesday. Units of the Tunisian National Guard ....

Iraqi army launches military operation in northeastern Diyala

Date: 2017-11-15 07:40:50 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7091348

BAGHDAD, Nov 15 (MENA) - Commander of Tigris Operations Lt General Mazhar al Arrawi on Tuesday announced the launch of a military operation to hunt down militants of Daesh terrorist group in northeastern Diyala, Al Sumariya News reported on ....

Amman Security Colloquium starts activities on Wednesday

Date: 2017-11-14 22:38:06 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:7091127

AMMAN, Nov 9 (MENA) - Jordan will host on Wednesday the 11th session of the Amman Security Colloquium which is organized by the Arab Institute for Security Studies. The event will be attended by more than 185 local, regional and international ....

Saudi Arabia sets phone numbers for reports on 40-member Houthi black list

Date: 2017-11-14 22:29:04 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:85 - ID:7091106

RIYADH, Nov 14 (MENA) - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced Tuesday a list of phone numbers to receive reports on a list of 40 leaders and elements of the Houthi group. The list members are wanted for planning, implementing and supporting ....

Lebanese Maronite Patriarch leaves Riyadh

Date: 2017-11-14 20:46:49 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:7091104

RIYADH, Nov 14 (MENA) - Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros al Raie of Antioch and all the East left Riyadh on Tuesday's evening. At King Salman Airbase Airport, he was seen off by Minister of State for Arab Gulf Affairs Thamer bin ....

French PM visits Rabat Wednesday

Date: 2017-11-14 15:41:42 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:7090566

PARIS, Nov 14 (MENA) - French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is due to embark Wednesday on a two-day visit to the Moroccan capital, Rabat, leading a delegation comprising 10 cabinet members. The French premier, alongside his Moroccan counterpart ....

Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia meets with Lebanese Patriarch

Date: 2017-11-14 13:34:11 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:7090351

RIYADH, Nov 14 (MENA) - Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad bin Salman met Tuesday with Lebanese Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Maronite Church Bechara Boutros al Rahi. Both sides discussed relations ....

3 wounded in bomb blast near market western Baghdad

Date: 2017-11-14 12:27:40 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:7090152

BAGHDAD, Nov 14 (MENA) - Three people were injured in an explosive device explosion in western the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, an unidentified Iraqi security source was quoted by Iraqi news agency on Tuesday. The explosive device was planted near a ....

Tunisian FM to participate in consultative meeting on Libya

Date: 2017-11-14 12:25:51 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:7090100

TUNIS, Nov 14 (MENA) - Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui will participate in a consultative meeting on Libya, to be held Wednesday in Cairo. The meeting, also comprising the foreign ministers of Egypt and Algeria, will touch on the ....

Yemeni president leaves for Germany

Date: 2017-11-14 12:13:35 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:7090151

ADEN, Nov 14 (MENA) - President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi left for Germany to participate in Bonn Climate Change Conference, which is held by the United Nations (UN) in Germany, Yemen's Saba news agency reported Tuesday. The Yemeni president will ....