Arab world

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  • Essebsi, Tunisia's PM discuss agenda of joint Egyptian-Tunisian committee meetings

    Date: 2017-11-10 15:01:23 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:7084426

    Tunis, Nov 10 (MENA) - Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi discussed Friday with his Prime Minister Youssef Chahed the agenda of the 16th session of the joint higher Egyptian-Tunisian committee, which will be held on Saturday and Sunday in ....

  • Popular Mobilization shell Daesh terrorists in Rawa in western Iraq

    Date: 2017-11-10 14:47:48 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:7084407

    BAGHDAD, Nov 10 (MENA) - The Popular Mobilization Units (PMUs) said it started on Friday an artillery and air shelling on Rawa district in Anbar province in western Iraq to liberate it from Daesh terrorists. The bombardment targeted the supply ....

  • JAEC, Rolls-Royce sign memo to build SMR in Jordan

    Date: 2017-11-10 14:10:25 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:7084411

    Amman, Nov 10 (MENA) - The Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) said Friday it signed a memo with Rolls-Royce to conduct a technical feasibility study to build a Small Modular Reactor (SMR) program in Jordan for the purpose of electricity ....

  • Former Lebanese PM: ‘We have to stand by Hariri’

    Date: 2017-11-10 13:38:11 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:7084320

    BEIRUT, Nov 10 (MENA) - "Resigned Prime Minister Saad Hariri has carried a great deal, and he has taken a major national choice, and we have to stand by him and believe that what he represents is what we all wish for from every national official who ....

  • Yemeni special forces recaptures al Qaeda stronghold in Shabwah

    Date: 2017-11-10 12:32:41 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:7084247

    ADEN, Nov 10 (MENA) – The Shabwah elite forces restored control on Friday over Hota district, the most important al Qaeda stronghold, Shabwah governorate, Yemen. The clashes between the forces and al Qaeda militants resulted in casualties from ....

  • Int'l Support Group says fully backs Lebanon's Aoun after Hariri's resignation

    Date: 2017-11-10 11:57:26 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:7084111

    BEIRUT, Nov 10 (MENA) – The International Support Group for Lebanon has stressed its full support for Lebanese President Michel Aoun and his way of managing an ongoing crisis following the resignation of prime minister Saad al-Hariri. Following ....

  • Sharjah book fair's attendance hits record high, says official

    Date: 2017-11-10 11:16:28 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:7084001

    SHARJAH, UAE, Nov 10 (MENA) – Director of Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) Ahmed al Amri said on Friday that the 36th session of the fair has broken the attendance record with about 2 million persons of different nationalities attending the ....

  • Iraqi vice-president calls for maintaining country's unity

    Date: 2017-11-10 10:58:40 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:7084027

    BAGHDAD, Nov 10 (MENA) – Iraqi Vice-President Nuri al-Maliki on Friday renewed his call for maintaining the unity of Iraq and rejecting all forms of division. "Iraqi people who offered sacrifices in their battle against the forces of terrorism ....

  • Kurdish Parl't bureau in Kirkuk suspends work

    Date: 2017-11-10 08:35:00 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7083721

    ERBIL, Iraq, Nov 10 (MENA) - The bureau of the Kurdistan Region Parliament in Kirkuk announced suspending its sessions temporarily and moving to Erbil, Al Sumaria News channel reported. In a statement, the parliament's office said that the ....

  • 2 mortar shells fall in Iraq's Miqdadiyah

    Date: 2017-11-09 22:54:52 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:92 - ID:7083286

    BAGHDAD, Nov 9 (MENA) - Two mortar shells fell Thursday on Miqdadiyah city, north of Iraq's capital Baghdad. The shells hit a vacant area near a public parking lot, the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) quoted a security source as saying. No ....

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