Arab world

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  • Sisi, Abbas stress two-state solution only way for regional stability

    Date: 2017-04-29 14:52:36 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:6789858

    CAIRO, April 29 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asserted on Saturday that the two-state solution is the only way to achieve stability in the region. During a meeting in Cairo, President ....

  • Yemeni soldier killed, 8 injured in al Qaeda attack on Lahij checkpoint

    Date: 2017-04-29 11:32:59 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:6789581

    ADEN, April 29 (MENA) - A Yemeni soldier was killed and eight more were injured during an attack by gunmen, believed to be al Qaeda-affiliates, on a checkpoint in Lahij governorate, said Yemeni sources on Saturday. Clashes erupted between the ....

  • Heavy shelling hits areas in Damascus countryside, sources say

    Date: 2017-04-29 09:50:34 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:6789328

    DAMASCUS, April 29 (MENA) - The Syrian forces have once again conducted heavy shelling on neighborhoods of Damascus countryside, Sky News channel quoted local sources as saying. The shelling came amid sporadic clashes between the Syrian army ....

  • Bahraini King starts first visit to Malaysia since establishing relations

    Date: 2017-04-29 09:01:13 GMT - Malaysia - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:6789292

    PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia, April 29 (MENA) - Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa will start a historic visit to Malaysia on Sunday as the first ruler of Bahrain to come here since both countries forged diplomatic ties in 1974, Bernama news agency ....

  • Houthi bombardment kills, injures 7 civilians in Taiz

    Date: 2017-04-29 08:15:11 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:6789245

    ADEN, April 29 (MENA) - At least three people, including two children, were killed and four more injured in bombardment by Houthi militants that targeted their home in southeastern Taiz governorate, local sources said on Saturday. A Katyusha ....

  • Daesh claims responsibility for bomb that kills 4 in Baghdad

    Date: 2017-04-29 08:14:07 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:6789243

    BAGHDAD, April 29 (MENA) - Daesh terrorist group has claimed responsibility for a bombing that targeted a police station in Baghdad's center on Friday night. Iraqi officials said the blast killed four people and wounded eight. The attack was ....

  • Arab coalition airstrikes kill 8 Houthis western Taiz

    Date: 2017-04-29 07:15:53 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:6789223

    ADEN, April 29 (MENA) - At least eight Houthi militants, including two senior leaders, were killed in Arab Coalition airstrikes on western Taiz, said Yemeni sources on Saturday. One of the liquidated Houthi leaders, Gaylan Atef, was in charge of ....

  • 4 policemen killed, 5 injured in car bomb blast in central Baghdad

    Date: 2017-04-28 22:32:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:98 - ID:6789101

    BAGHDAD, April 28 (MENA) – Four Iraqi policemen, including an officer, were killed while four others injured in a car bomb attack on a traffic police compound in central Baghdad on Friday. In a statement on Friday, Spokesman for Baghdad ....

  • French, Moroccan FMs to meet in Paris Tuesday

    Date: 2017-04-28 22:26:11 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:96 - ID:6789096

    PARIS, April 28 (MENA) - French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development Jean-Marc Ayrault is scheduled to meet with his Moroccan countrpart Nasser Bourita in Paris Tuesday, spokesman for the French Foreign Ministry Roman Nadal said ....

  • EU delegation to visit Kuwait, Saudi Arabia next week

    Date: 2017-04-28 21:55:28 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:95 - ID:6789090

    KUWAIT/BRUSSELS, April 28 (MENA) – The chairman of the European Union’s Political and Security Committee (PSE), Walter Stevens, will lead a large 30-member delegation for a visit to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia next week, EU sources told KUNA on ....

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