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AL organizes " An Arab against Smoking" marathon

Date: 2017-10-28 09:55:10 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:7062184

CAIRO, Oct 28 (MENA) - The Arab League (AL) organized a marathon "House of Arabs" (Beit el Arab) under the rubric " An Arab against Smoking" that kicked off on Saturday at the Arab League General Secretariat premises in Tahrir square. AL ....

Russia delivers humanitarian aid to Syrian village in Deir Ezzor

Date: 2017-10-28 09:32:18 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:7062182

DAMASCUS, Oct 28 (MENA) - Russian troops from the Defense Ministry's center for reconciliation on Saturday said they delivered humanitarian aid to Syrian village of At Tayyibah, recently liberated from terrorists. The village is located near the ....

Canada suspends military aid to Iraq

Date: 2017-10-28 08:57:43 GMT - Canada - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7062052

OTTAWA, Oct 28 (MENA) - Canada's Ministry of National Defense decided on Saturday to temporarily suspend its military assistance to Iraq amid rising tensions between Iraqi and Kurdish forces. Once more clarity exists regarding the ....

Five Daesh militants surrender in Deir Ezzor

Date: 2017-10-28 07:40:05 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7062050

DAMASCUS, Oct 28 (MENA) - Five militants of Daesh terrorist group surrendered along with their families after being trapped in the outskirts of eastern Deir Ezzor, sources of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Saturday. Surrendered Daesh ....

Kuwait condemns attack on policemen in Bahrain

Date: 2017-10-27 20:42:59 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:7061873

KUWAIT, Oct 27 (MENA) - Kuwait strongly condemned a terrorist attack on a bus carrying policemen in Bahrain, which killed one and injured eight others on Friday, the Kuwait news agency (KUNA) reported. A bomb attack took place against the bus ....

GCC condemns Bahrain terrorist attack

Date: 2017-10-27 20:29:38 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:7061866

RIYADH, Oct 27 (MENA) - GCC Secretary General Abdullatif al Zayani condemned a terrorist attack that targeted a police bus in Bahrain on Friday, leaving one policeman dead and eight others injured. Al-Zayani, in a statement, said the attack which ....

One policeman killed, 8 wounded in Bahrain terror attack

Date: 2017-10-27 19:33:36 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:7061831

MANAMA, Oct 27 (MENA) - One policeman was killed and eight others sustained serious and medium injuries when a police bus was targeted in a terror act in Bahrain, the Bahraini news agency reported. The blast hit the bus on Friday while driving on ....

Several Bahraini policemen injured in terrorist attack, says Interior Ministry

Date: 2017-10-27 16:51:14 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:7061654

MANAMA, Oct 27 (MENA) - The Bahraini Ministry of Interior said that several policemen were injured in a terrorist attack on a police vehicle on Khalifa bin Salman highway near Jidhafs, the Bahrain news agency (BNA) reported. The relevant ....

Iraqi PM orders 24-hour halt to military operations in disputed areas

Date: 2017-10-27 16:32:44 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:7061580

BAGHDAD, Oct 27 (MENA) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi ordered a 24-hour suspension to military operations in disputed areas in the northern Iraqi region of Kurdistan, AlSumaria TV reported Friday. In a statement on Friday, Abadi's office ....

Two German men sentenced for joining terrorists in Somalia, Syria

Date: 2017-10-27 15:58:55 GMT - Germany - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:7061532

BERLIN, Oct 27 (MENA) - A court in the German city of Frankfurt on Friday separately found two German nationals guilty of joining armed groups, Deutsche Welle reported. The court sentenced the first, Abshir A., to two years and ten months in ....