Arab world

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  • 150 Palestinian refugees hold sit-in Lebanon

    Date: 2017-05-06 19:29:49 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:6799762

    BEIRUT, May 6 (MENA) – As many as 150 Palestinian refugees in Lebanese camps on Saturday staged a sit-in to express their solidarity with Palestinian prisoners, who remain on hunger strike in Israeli jails for the third week in a row. During the ....

  • Gunmen attack 129 migrants off Libyan coast

    Date: 2017-05-06 17:43:31 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:6799673

    TRIPOLI, May 6 (MENA) – The Libya’s navy said on Saturday that gunmen mugged 129 migrants on a rubber dinghy headed for Europe and also stole the craft’s engine, abandoning them off the Libyan coast, the Guardian reported. Navy spokesman General ....

  • Sisi's visit comes to enhance Arab coop. in all fields - diplomat

    Date: 2017-05-06 15:53:12 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:6799481

    KUWAIT CITY, May 6 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador here Yasser Atef stressed that the visit of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to Kuwait which will begin on Sunday comes within the framework of enhancing consultation pertaining to the existing ....

  • 24 rebels killed in Arab coalition shelling in Taiz - military sources

    Date: 2017-05-06 13:38:31 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:6799406

    SANAA, May 6 (MENA) – Yemeni military sources said 24 rebels were killed during intensive shelling by the Arab coalition in western Taiz. Key militia leader Ali al Araj was among those killed, the sources noted. Meanwhile, rebels randomly ....

  • 3 Israeli reconnaissance planes violate Lebanese airspace

    Date: 2017-05-06 11:45:22 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:6799103

    BEIRUT, May 6 (MENA) - Three Israeli reconnaissance planes violated on Saturday Lebanese airspace, according to a statement issued by the Lebanese army. The first aircraft violated Lebanese airspace over Alma el Shaab town and conducted circular ....

  • 10 Daesh terrorists killed in shelling of explosive labs in western Mosul

    Date: 2017-05-06 11:16:31 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:6799082

    BAGHDAD, May 6 (MENA) - Ten Daesh terrorists were killed in a shelling against two explosives labs in western Mosul, an Iraqi police officer said on Saturday. Zeyad al Jabri said Iraqi police forces intensively shelled Daesh posts in Old Mosul, ....

  • Sudan, Belarus review cooperation in agricultural, livestock sectors

    Date: 2017-05-06 10:54:24 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:6799057

    KHARTOUM, May 6 (MENA) – Sudanese Minister of Animal Resources Musa Tibin Musa had talks with Belarus Agriculture Minister Leonid Zayats on means of promoting bilateral cooperation. In press statements on Saturday, Musa said the meeting tackled ....

  • Residents of Old city of Mosul face difficult humanitarian conditions - official

    Date: 2017-05-06 10:27:43 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:6798956

    BAGHDAD, May 6 (MENA) - Residents of the Old City of Mosul are facing very difficult humanitarian conditions and they do not even have access to drinking water, said Hossam al Abbar, a member of the Nineveh provincial council. The severe shortage ....

  • 5 Houthi militias killed, dozens injured in Yemen's Taiz

    Date: 2017-05-06 09:48:57 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:6798889

    ADEN, May 6 (MENA) - At least five members of Houthi militias were killed and dozens others injured as a result of clashes with national army forces and popular resistance in Yemen's Taiz. The army forces compelled the Houthi militias to ....

  • 14 Daesh militants killed in clashes with SDF in Raqqa

    Date: 2017-05-06 06:53:33 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:6798747

    DAMASCUS, May 6 (MENA) - At least 14 Daesh militants have been killed in clashes with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa. The SDF said Saturday they countered attacks by the militants in al Tabaqa al Jadida ....

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