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Arab League to continue backing development plans in Somalia

Date: 2017-05-11 17:30:40 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:6807256

CAIRO, May 11 (MENA) - Arab League chief Ahmed Abul Gheit stressed that the pan-Arab body will continue supporting the development plans in Somalia. This remark came during Abul Gheit's speech on Thursday at the Somalia Conference held in the ....

Five Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli forces

Date: 2017-05-11 14:30:14 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:6806826

RAMALLAH, May 11 (MENA) – Five Palestinians were injured, two of them with gunshots, when Israeli occupation forces crushed two Palestinian protests in Ramallah and Nablus in support of hunger striking prisoners. According to WAFA, soldiers ....

Hariri invited to attend Arab-Islamic-American summit

Date: 2017-05-11 13:27:14 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:6806830

BEIRUT, May 11 (MENA) - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al Hariri received an invitation from Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz to attend the Arab-Islamic-American summit, which will be held on May 21 in Saudi Arabia. This came during Hariri's ....

Iraqi police kill dozens of Daesh members during incursion in Mosul district

Date: 2017-05-11 11:53:24 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:6806652

BAGHDAD, May 11 (MENA) - Commander of Federal Police Forces Lieutenant General Raed Shaker Jawdat announced the death of dozens of members of Daesh terrorist group during incursion of the troops in al Iktasdeen district in western Mosul. The ....

6th session of AL-OIC commission kicks off

Date: 2017-05-11 10:48:49 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:6806487

CAIRO, May 11 (MENA) - The commission tasked with following up the implementation of cooperation agreement between the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held its sixth session at the headquarters of the AL General ....

Iraqi forces kill two suicide bombers in southwestern Ramadi

Date: 2017-05-11 09:50:21 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:6806425

BAGHDAD, May 11 (MENA) - Iraqi forces killed two suicide bombers wearing explosive belts before blowing themselves up in southwestern Ramadi, the commander of al Anbar operations in Iraq said. An Iraqi military source said a booby-trapped car was ....

16 people killed in Raqqa airstrikes

Date: 2017-05-11 07:31:28 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:6806220

LONDON, May 11 (MENA) - At least 16 people were killed in airstrikes believed to be launched by the US-led international coalition warplanes on the Syrian city of Raqqa over the past 24 hours. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the ....

30 killed, injured in tribal violence in Sudan's Darfur

Date: 2017-05-10 21:55:45 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:6806078

CAIRO, May 10 (MENA) - Thirteen people were killed and 17 others were injured in fresh clashes between two tribes on South Darfur in Sudan on Wednesday, according to authorities. The violence between tribesmen from Salamat and Habbaniya tribes in ....

DSF retakes Tabqa city from Daesh in Syria

Date: 2017-05-10 19:18:07 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:6805896

DAMASCUS, May 10 (MENA) - The Democratic Syria Forces (DSF) announced on Wednesday a complete retake of Tabqa city from the terrorist group pf Daesh. Backed by the international coalition, the DSF troops seized the bridge and the Euphrates river ....

Abul Gheit receives message from ICRC chief over Palestinian hunger strikers

Date: 2017-05-10 17:08:42 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:6805750

CAIRO, May 10 (MENA) - Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit received a massage Wednesday from President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Peter Maurer over the condition of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike at ....