Arab world

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  • Syrian army destroys tunnels network linking villages in Damascus countryside

    Date: 2017-04-19 14:51:37 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:6775237

    DAMASCUS, April 19 (MENA) – The Syrian army destroyed on Wednesday a tunnels network linking a number of villages in Damascus countryside. The villages, which are being evacuated, are under the control of the opposition, Sky News channel quoted ....

  • Saudi King confers with US secretary of defense on bilateral relations

    Date: 2017-04-19 11:11:14 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:6774949

    RIYADH, April 19 (MENA) - Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud received on Wednesday US Secretary of Defense James Mattis, currently visiting here. During the meeting, they discussed ways of enhancing strategic friendship relations between ....

  • Dozens of casualties reported in Aleppo bomb blast - Syrian state television

    Date: 2017-04-19 11:03:10 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:6774909

    DAMASCUS, April 19 (MENA) - A bomb exploded in Aleppo's Salah al Din district, killing six and wounding 32 people, the Syrian State Television reported on Wednesday. The number of casualties was provided by the General Organization of Radio and ....

  • 6 killed in blast in Aleppo

    Date: 2017-04-19 10:39:16 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:6774840

    DAMASCUS, April 19 (MENA) – Six people were killed in a blast in Aleppo in northwestern Syria, the Syrian TV reported on Wednesday. Syrian sources said, earlier on Wednesday, that two people were killed and two others injured in southern Raqqa ....

  • Syrian Democratic Forces free 4 villages in Raqqa countryside from Daesh

    Date: 2017-04-19 10:36:34 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:6774838

    DAMASCUS, April 19 (MENA) – The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces freed four villages in Raqqa countryside of Daesh terrorists' grip, local sources said on Wednesday. Fierce clashes took place on Tuesday between the Syrian Democratic Forces and ....

  • Unidentified gunmen kidnap dean at Sabha University

    Date: 2017-04-19 09:09:15 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:6774629

    TRIPOLI, April 19 (MENA) - A number of unidentified gunmen have kidnapped the dean of the faculty of pharmaceutical studies at Sabha University in Libya. Dr Moustafa al Saghir was kidnapped while on his way home overnight Wednesday, a security ....

  • Bashir condoles with Saudi king over victims of helicopter crash

    Date: 2017-04-19 06:08:24 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:6774418

    KHARTOUM, April 18 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan el Bashir expressed his heartfelt condolences to Saudi President Salman ben Abdel Aziz over the victims of military helicopter crash. In a telephone conversation late on Tuesday, Bashir ....

  • Kuwait is Germany's gateway into Mideast: German­­ FM

    Date: 2017-04-18 22:02:54 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:6774354

    KUWAIT CITY, April 18 (MENA) - Kuwait constitutes "an important destination" to help Germany be briefed accurately on the Middle East region, visiting German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said late Tuesday. Speaking at a joint news conference ....

  • Kuwait, German FMs discuss economic, trade, investment cooperation

    Date: 2017-04-18 21:48:15 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:6774346

    KUWAIT CITY, April 18 (KUNA) -- Kuwait First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled al Hamad al Sabah held talks with visiting German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel Tuesday on economic, trade and investment cooperation, KUNA ....

  • Palestinian consul voices solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails

    Date: 2017-04-18 21:03:12 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:6774263

    ALEXANDRIA, April 18 (MENA) - Palestinian Consul General in Alexandria Hossam el Dabbas on Tuesday expressed solidarity with Palestinians at Israeli jails. In a statement, Dabbas urged the Israeli government to end occupation of Palestinian ....

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