Arab world

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  • Iraqi forces advance toward Rawa town in Anbar

    Date: 2017-11-14 09:36:09 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7089684

    BAGHDAD, Nov 14 (MENA) - The Iraqi army started advancing towards Rawa town, western al Anbar province, to liberate it from Daesh terrorist group, an Iraqi military source in al Anbar province said on Tuesday. Iraqi troops supported by Iraqi air ....

  • US House urges political solution in Yemen, sanctions against Iran

    Date: 2017-11-14 06:52:31 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7089573

    WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (MENA) - The US House of Representatives adopted a non-binding resolution calling for a political solution to the conflict in Yemen. The resolution denounces the targeting of civilian populations in Yemen and calls on all ....

  • 53 dead as airstrikes hit market in Syria's Atareb

    Date: 2017-11-13 22:46:43 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:7089496

    LONDON, Nov 13 (MENA) - At least 53 people have been killed in three airstrikes on a Syrian market in Atareb, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Monday. Among the dead were at least five children and three women, the ....

  • Palestinian arrested for joining terrorist group in Lebanon

    Date: 2017-11-13 19:13:45 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:7089288

    BEIRUT, Nov 13 (MENA) – The Lebanese army said on Monday it had arrested a Palestinian man over charges of joining a terrorist organization. The suspect, identified as Kamal Badr, was arrested outside Ain Al-Hilweh refugee camp in Sidon city in ....

  • 30 civilians killed in Russian raids on Syria's Aleppo

    Date: 2017-11-13 16:11:01 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:7089048

    DAMASCUS, Nov 13 (MENA) - Syrian opposition sources said 30 civilians were killed and many others wounded when a marketplace in Atareb town in Aleppo was hit by Russian cluster bombs. Field sources had said a number of people were killed in a ....

  • Russia, Saudi Arabia sign air defense contracts

    Date: 2017-11-13 14:48:53 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:7088924

    MOSCOW, Nov 13 (MENA) - Russia and Saudi Arabia have signed contracts on air defense, Head of Russia’s Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation Dmitry Shugayev said on Monday. "We have well-known contracts on air defense and other ....

  • Imminent nuclear Cooperation between Riyadh, Moscow in peaceful nuclear energy domain

    Date: 2017-11-13 13:25:26 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:7088651

    MOSCOW, Nov 13 (MENA) - Russia and Saudi Arabia started measures to sign a cooperation protocol in the peaceful nuclear energy domain as Russia is expected to win a contract to build nuclear energy plants to produce electricity. A Russian ....

  • AL stresses need to crystallize unified Arab vision ahead of Arab-EU meeting

    Date: 2017-11-13 13:01:04 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:7088610

    CAIRO, Nov 13 (MENA) - Arab League's (AL) Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Khaled al Habbas on Monday stressed the need to crystallize a unified Arab vision on all files and topics to be figured high at the Arab-European meeting in ....

  • UAE vice president receives message from Jordanian King

    Date: 2017-11-13 11:49:51 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:7088562

    ABU DHABI, Nov 13 (MENA) - Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has received a written message from King Abdullah II of Jordan on brotherly relations between the two countries, said WAM news ....

  • Lebanese security forces arrest Palestinian over Daesh affiliation

    Date: 2017-11-13 11:32:51 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:7088491

    BEIRUT, Nov 13 (MENA) - Lebanese security forces arrested a Palestinian for belonging to Daesh militant group, according to a statement by the Lebanese Internal Security Forces Directorate on Monday. The man was arrested near Lebanese-Syrian ....

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