Arab world

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  • Egypt's amb. in Lebanon meets Lebanese PM

    Date: 2015-07-04 12:34:51 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:2919565

    CAIRO, July 4 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to Lebanon Mohamed Badreddin Zayed met with Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam who offered condolences to the Egyptian government and people over the demise of prosecutor general Hisham Barakat, a ....

  • Allawi, Jabouri probe political updates

    Date: 2015-07-04 11:30:21 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:2919049

    BAGHDAD, July 4 (MENA) - Iraqi Vice President Iyad Allawi and Parliament Speaker Salim al Jabouri discussed the latest political developments. They probed security file as well as military operations part of the war on Daesh terrorist ....

  • Egypt's amb. to Iraq regrets Barakat assassination, Sinai attacks

    Date: 2015-07-04 10:47:31 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:2918829

    BAGHDAD, July 4 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador in Baghdad Ahmed Darwish has regretted the assassination of prosecutor general Hesham Barakat and recent attacks in North Sinai which left 17 soldiers dead. There is no difference between Beit al ....

  • Syrian opposition controls strategic buildings in Aleppo

    Date: 2015-07-04 08:10:17 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:2917893

    DAMASCUS, July 4 (MENA) - Militant factions managed to control a number of buildings in Jamiat al Zahra region in northwestern Aleppo. The aviation of the Syrian regime launched Saturday intensive air raids in several areas in Aleppo, after the ....

  • Death toll rises to 25 in attack on mosque in Syria's Idlib

    Date: 2015-07-04 07:46:58 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:2917789

    DAMASCUS, July 4 (MENA) - At least 25 members of Syria's al Qaeda affiliate, al Nusra Front, including a leader, have been killed in a blast at a mosque in northwestern Idlib province, according to the BBC Saturday. The blast in the town of Ariha ....

  • 16 killed, injured by 2 booby-trapped cars in Libya

    Date: 2015-07-04 07:04:03 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:2917569

    TRIPOLI, July 4 (MENA) - At least 7 people were killed and 9 others injured when two booby-trapped cars exploded in Shiha area in Libya's Derna. One of the dead is reported to be former Derna council leader Hussam al Nawaisri, a local source in ....

  • 6 Libyan soldiers killed, wounded in clashes in Benghazi

    Date: 2015-07-04 06:25:58 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:2917505

    TRIPOLI, July 4 (MENA) - Three Libyan commandos have been killed and three more injured in clashes with troops of the Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries in Bou Atani. The soldiers sustained slight to moderate injuries, spokesman for the ....

  • New MERS case reported in Saudi Arabia

    Date: 2015-07-03 20:32:06 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:2916933

    RIYADH, July 3 (MENA) - The Saudi Ministry of Health reported a new coronavirus case on Friday. The number of infections with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) rose to 1045, including 460 deaths, the ministry said. The first case was ....

  • UN rights body backs call for accountability in Gaza war

    Date: 2015-07-03 18:55:55 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:2916745

    RAMALLAH, July 3 (MENA) – The UN's top human rights body backed calls Friday for accountability in last year's conflict in Gaza, in which hundreds of Palestinian civilians and six Israeli civilians were killed, ABC News reported. The decision by ....

  • Saudi policeman killed in clashes

    Date: 2015-07-03 15:44:55 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:2916105

    RIYADH, July 3 (MENA) - A Saudi policeman was killed on Friday in an exchange of gunfire during a raid to arrest a wanted person in the western Saudi city of Taif,The Daily Mail reported quoting a Saudi security spokesman. Three suspects had been ....

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