Arab world

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  • 60% of Palestinians live in asylum – DFLP official

    Date: 2015-07-05 17:37:00 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:88 - ID:2927233

    AMMAN, July 5 (MENA) – Nearly 60% of the Palestinian people are displaced and in asylum, said Secretary General of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) Nayef Hawatmeh. All factions of the DFLP believe in the need in ....

  • AP speaker unveils plan to confront terrorism

    Date: 2015-07-05 16:44:52 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:2926621

    CAIRO, July 5 (MENA) - In its extraordinary session, the Arab Parliament (AP) bureau discussed a draft plan to confront terrorist attacks targeting the Arab region. Speaker of the Arab Parliament Ahmed el Jarwan said the plan aims at preparing a ....

  • UN envoy arrives in Sana'a

    Date: 2015-07-05 16:40:30 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:2926637

    SANA'A, July 5 (MENA) – United Nations envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed arrived in Sana'a Sunday on a several days' visit. The visit, his third to the country, aims to speed up reaching a humanitarian truce, Ahmed told the Houthi-controlled ....

  • Iraqi interior min. confers with ASIS cheif on combating terror

    Date: 2015-07-05 15:50:06 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:2926577

    BAGHDAD, July 5 (MENA) - Iraqi Interior Minister Mohammed Salem al Ghabban met Sunday with Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) Chief Nick Warner. The meeting, which was attended by Australia's Ambassador to Iraq Leendul Sakstook, took ....

  • Daesh detonates truck bomb near power station in Syria's Hasaka

    Date: 2015-07-05 15:48:20 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:2926561

    DAMASCUS, July 5 (MENA) - Two Daesh suicide bombers on Sunday detonated a truck bomb near a power station in Hasaka city in Syria. The Syrian state TV reported that the attack caused casualties and physical damage. Another similar attack was ....

  • Houthi militias arrest dozens of Hudaydah, Tihamah citizens

    Date: 2015-07-05 15:46:48 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:2926557

    SANA'A, July 5 (MENA) - Houthi militias continue kidnapping dozens of Hudaydah and Tihamah citizens without charges. Al Arabiya news channel quoted a local eye-witness as saying that Houthi militias arrest young men, chieftains and suspect ....

  • US-led coalition kills 23 people in Syria

    Date: 2015-07-05 15:33:55 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:2926497

    LONDON, July 5 (MENA) - The US-led international coalition against Daesh group killed on Sunday 23 people in air strikes on the Syrian city of Raqqa. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the dead include five civilians and a child. The ....

  • Iraqi defense min. confers with Russian amb. on means to boost bilateral military ties

    Date: 2015-07-05 15:23:50 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:2926541

    BAGHDAD, July 5 (MENA) – Iraqi Defense Minister Khaled al Obiedi discussed with Russia's ambassador to Iraq Ilya Morgunov Sunday means to boost bilateral ties in the military field to secure the needs of the Iraqi armed forces in the current ....

  • Arabi, UN envoy discuss Libya developments

    Date: 2015-07-05 15:20:28 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:2926533

    CAIRO, July 5 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Nabil el Arabi discussed over the phone on Sunday with UN Special Envoy to Libya Bernardino Leon the developments in the North African country in light of the UN-mediated national dialogue ....

  • Algeria denies placing any additional conditions to bring in Egyptian workers

    Date: 2015-07-05 12:44:44 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:2924873

    CAIRO, July 5 (MENA) – Algerian Social Solidarity Minister Mohamed Al Ghazi denied on Sunday that the Algerian government has put additional conditions to bring Egyptian workers into the Algerian labor market. The minister, in a meeting with ....

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