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  • Peshmerga forces announce restoring crossings management in coordination with Baghdad

    Date: 2017-11-05 17:22:42 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:7076121

    BAGHDAD, Nov 5 (MENA) - A Peshmerga spokesman Jaber Yawer said Sunday that his troops are ready to manage crossings in coordination with the Federal Government in Baghdad. He considered the dispute between Baghdad and Erbil is political not ....

  • Iraqi forces abort two bomb attacks in Kirkuk

    Date: 2017-11-05 17:21:44 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:7076095

    BAGHDAD, Nov 5 (MENA) - Iraq's security forces aborted two bombings with explosive devices in ccentral Kirkuk in north Iraq. Security forces manged to foil two explosive devices attacks in suburb Atlas in Kirkuk, a security source said in a ....

  • SOHR: 215 Syrians killed, injured in Deir ez-Zor province

    Date: 2017-11-05 17:21:06 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:7076034

    LONDON, Nov 5 (MENA) – About 75 Syrians were killed and 140 others injured in an explosion that targeted a group of displaced people, who were fleeing clashes in Deir ez-Zor province, Head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) Rami ....

  • Abu Dhabi CP probes with Belarussian president bilateral relations

    Date: 2017-11-05 16:12:42 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:7075883

    ABU DHABI, Nov 5 (MENA) - Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bn Zayed met on Sunday with Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus, currently visiting Abu Dhabi. They discussed cooperation and friendship between the two countries in various ....

  • Saudi stock market reacts positively to anti-corruption campaign

    Date: 2017-11-05 16:12:03 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:7075763

    RIYADH, Nov 5 (MENA) - The anti-corruption campaign announced on Saturday in Saudi Arabia briefly dragged down the kingdom’s stock market on Sunday but prices recovered to close higher as some investors bet the crackdown could bolster reforms in the ....

  • Arab Parliament stresses full solidarity with Saudi Arabia over Houthi missile attack

    Date: 2017-11-05 16:09:32 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:7075902

    CAIRO, Nov 5 (MENA) - President of the Arab Parliament Meshaal Al Selmi stressed full solidarity with Saudi Arabia over Saturday's missile attack by Houthi militias in Yemen. In a statement on Sunday, Al Selmi said the Houthi's missile attack is ....

  • Italy stands by Lebanon, its institutions, says ambasador

    Date: 2017-11-05 15:26:16 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:7075842

    BEIRUT, Nov 5 (MENA) - Italian Ambassador to Lebanon Massimo Marotti has expressed his country's support for Lebanon to restore its political stability. In press statements Sunday, the Italian diplomat expressed hope for multiplying efforts and ....

  • AUC chairperson arrives in Khartoum to meet with Sudanese officials

    Date: 2017-11-05 15:15:41 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:7075699

    KHARTOUM, Nov 5 (MENA) - Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) Moussa Faki Mahamat arrived Sunday in a two-day visit to Khartoum to meet with Sudanese government officials. The Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour and ....

  • Death toll from terrorist attack in Aden rises to 20

    Date: 2017-11-05 15:10:59 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:7075743

    SANA'A, Nov 5 (MENA) - The death toll from the terrorist attack that targeted the security administration premises of the legitimate government in Aden by a booby-trapped car rose to 20. As many as 20 Yemeni policemen were killed in the attack, ....

  • Hariri's drastic resignation would push Lebanon into new state of instability

    Date: 2017-11-05 14:56:40 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:7075656

    CAIRO, Nov 5 (MENA) - The surprise resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al Hariri would push Lebanon into a political vacuum or a state of instability. The resignation came one year after Lebanese President Michel Aoun entrusted Hariri ....

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