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Pentagon: US agrees to sell F-15 jets to Qatar

Date: 2017-06-15 05:50:15 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:6855458

WASHINGTON, June 15 (MENA) - The United States agreed to sell F-15 fighter jets to Qatar, the US-funded Radio Sawa reported Thursday. The sale "will give Qatar a state of the art capability and increase security cooperation and interoperability ....

ICC orders arrest of Saif al Islam Gaddafi

Date: 2017-06-14 14:55:55 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:6854933

TRIPOLI, June 14 (MENA) - The International Criminal Court on Wednesday ordered the arrest of Saif al Islam Gaddafi, who is wanted on war crimes charges for allegedly suppressing opposition to the rule of his father, former Libyan ruler Muammar ....

Israeli reconnaissance plane violates Lebanese airspace over Naqoura

Date: 2017-06-14 14:27:48 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:6854707

BEIRUT, June 14 (MENA) - The Lebanese army announced that an Israeli reconnaissance plane violated the Lebanese airspace over Naqoura village and circled over the southern areas. The jet left from over Alma el Shaab village at 6:40 am (local ....

Prominent Libyan writer abducted in Libya’s Benghazi

Date: 2017-06-14 12:46:29 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:6854546

TRIPOLI, June 14 (MENA) – Prominent Libyan writer Jaber Al Obeidi was kidnapped on Wednesday by unidentified people. For his part, Libyan writer Khalil Al Hassi called for the immediate release of Al Obeidi, holding those who abducted the ....

UN warns of rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza

Date: 2017-06-14 12:11:19 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:6854467

CAIRO, June 14 (MENA) - UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the occupied Palestinian territory Robert Piper has warned about the disastrous consequences of a further reduction in electricity-supply to the Gaza Strip on the living conditions of two ....

Scores of Deash elements killed in raids on Rif Raqqa, Rif Aleppo

Date: 2017-06-14 08:49:02 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:6854071

DAMASCUS, June 14 (MENA) - Syrian warplanes conducted raids on Daesh posts in Rif Raqqa and eastern Rif Aleppo, leaving scores of Daesh elements dead, Syrian sources told Russia Today news channel on Wednesday. A military source said the Syrian ....

Arab coalition launches raids on Houthi sites in Taiz

Date: 2017-06-14 08:28:14 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:6854049

ADEN, June 14 (MENA) - Arab coalition jets have launched raids on sites of Houthi and Saleh militias in Yemen's Taiz. The raids targeted a camp and a rebel tank in western Taiz, according to Sky News. Meanwhile, clashes took place in eastern ....

Russian President, Abu Dhabi CP discuss regional development, efforts to combat terrorism

Date: 2017-06-13 21:34:45 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:6853820

ABU DHABI, June 13 (MENA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, held a phone conversation Tuesday, WAM news agency ....

UAE VP, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince receive Bahraini King

Date: 2017-06-13 20:21:06 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:6853764

ABU DHABI, June 13 (MENA) - Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on ....

Jordan's King leaves Kuwait after short visit

Date: 2017-06-13 20:04:35 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:6853765

KUWAIT, June 13 (MENA) - King Abdullah II of Jordan left Kuwait on Tuesday after a short visit during which he congratulated Kuwaiti Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on the fasting month of Ramadan, the Kuwaiti News Agency (KUNA) ....