Arab world

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  • UN chief welcomes announcement of humanitarian ceasefire in Yemen

    Date: 2015-07-09 18:12:19 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:2953217

    GENEVA, July 9 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the decision by Yemeni stakeholders to implement a humanitarian pause in the country's ongoing conflict and has reiterated his belief that the only sustainable solution to the ....

  • Libya dialogue resumed in Morocco in absence of Tripoli delegation

    Date: 2015-07-09 16:42:12 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:2952513

    SKHIRAT, Morocco, July 9 (MENA) - The Morocco-hosted dialogue between rival Libyan factions resumed on Thursday with the absence of the delegation of the Tripoli-based General National Congress. UN envoy to Libya Bernardino Leon chaired the ....

  • AL urges media outlets to shed light on Israeli violations

    Date: 2015-07-09 16:04:32 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:2952297

    CAIRO, July 9 (MENA) – The Arab League (AL) urged on Thursday the official and private Arab news outlets to shed light on Israeli violations and aggressions against the Palestinians. Describing Israeli violations as a state terrorism, the AL ....

  • Car bomb detonated in Iraq's Babil market

    Date: 2015-07-09 10:37:02 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:2949321

    BAGHDAD, July 9 (MENA) – A booby-trapped car went off Thursday near a local market northeastern Babil province in southern Iraq. Three passers-by were injured in the explosion, said security and local sources. Eyewitnesses said that the driver ....

  • Jordanian military, security bodies capable of facing any threat: Jordanian official source to MENA

    Date: 2015-07-09 09:29:26 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:2948893

    AMMAN, July 9 (MENA) – Jordanian military, civil and security bodies are capable of facing any threats or developments, a Jordanian officials source told MENA Thursday. There is no intention to expand outside the Jordanian borders, the source ....

  • Arab coalition jets strike Hafa camp, mountain in Sanaa

    Date: 2015-07-09 08:29:55 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:2948625

    SANAA, July 9 (MENA) – Jets of Arab coalition shelled at dawn Thursday two sites of the Houthis and former president Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa. The jets targeted al Hafa camp of the pro-Saleh presidential guards and mountain in eastern Sanaa. ....

  • Sudan FM, Egypt's ambassador discuss cooperation

    Date: 2015-07-09 08:12:45 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:2948497

    KHARTOUM, July 9 (MENA) – Sudan's Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour on Thursday discussed with Egyptian Ambassador in Khartoum Osama Shaltout means of enhancing cooperation between the two countries. In a meeting held in Khartoum, Ghandour and ....

  • Iraqi defense minister, US envoy review coalition operations in Mosul, Anbar

    Date: 2015-07-09 08:06:13 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:2948509

    BAGHDAD, July 9 (MENA) - Iraqi Defense Minister Khalid al-Ubaydi had talks late Wednesday with US Ambassador in Baghdad Stuart E. Jones on stepping up international coalition efforts to back the Iraqi armed forces to finalize preparations for ....

  • Israeli gunboats fire at Palestinian fishermen boats off Gaza shores

    Date: 2015-07-09 07:57:57 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:2948557

    GAZA CITY, July 9 (MENA) – Israeli gunboats fired Thursday morning at the boats of the Palestinian fishermen off the Gaza shores. The Israeli gunboats sporadically fired at the boats but no injuries were reported, local sources said. Israel ....

  • AL stresses support for endeavors of UN envoy to Yemen to reach truce

    Date: 2015-07-08 18:30:46 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:2946341

    CAIRO, July 8 (MENA) - Arab League (AL) Chief Nabil el Araby on Wednesday stressed support for endeavors by UN special envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed to reach a humanitarian truce in the war-torn Yemen. In a phone conversation with ....

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