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France willing to bolster security coop. with Tunisia

Date: 2015-06-28 16:23:16 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:104 - ID:2881385

PARIS, June 28 (MENA) - France is willing to strengthen security cooperation with Tunisia, especially after Friday's terrorist attack which claimed the lives of 38 people, French Prime Minister Manuel Vallas said on Sunday. Terrorism sought to ....

AL council to hold emergency meeting Monday on terrorism

Date: 2015-06-28 16:21:00 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:103 - ID:2881577

CAIRO, June 28 (MENA) - The Arab League (AL) Council is scheduled Monday to hold an emergency meeting at the permanent delegates level. The meeting will discuss repercussions of the recent terrorist attacks in Kuwait, Tunisia and Somalia, the AL ....

Iraqi min. meets US Congressmen

Date: 2015-06-28 16:07:55 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:100 - ID:2881357

BAGHDAD, June 28 (MENA) - Iraqi Defense Minister Khalid al Obeidi met on Sunday with a delegation of the US Congress. Attending the meeting was US ambassador to Iraq Stewart Johns. The two sides tackled efforts exerted by the Iraqi army to ....

2 mass graves found in Libya's Misratah

Date: 2015-06-28 15:37:07 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:94 - ID:2881333

TRIPOLI, June 28 (MENA) - Two mass graves were discovered in Libya's Misratah. Each grave contains seven or eight bodies, a local official said. DNA samples will be taken from the bodies for identification, he added. (MENA) M S H/A I E ....

Some parties caused security vacuum to launch Friday terror attacks, says Tunisian min.

Date: 2015-06-28 15:35:46 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:93 - ID:2881317

TUNIS, June 28 (MENA) - Some parties caused security vacuum to wage Friday's terrorist attacks on two Tunisian hotels, Tunisia's Interior Minister Mohamed Gharsalli said on Sunday. In press statements, Gharsalli urged the Tunisian people to stand ....

2 Iraqis killed, 3 injured in 3 separate incidents in Kirkuk, Baghdad

Date: 2015-06-28 14:20:59 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:2881581

BAGHDAD, June 28 (MENA) – Unidentified gunmen assassinated an Iraqi official from an oil company in Kirkuk while an Iraqi was killed and three others injured in two separate incidents in Baghdad. Also, a bomb went off killing a civilian and ....

Saudi king meets heads of diplomatic corps in kingdom

Date: 2015-06-28 13:29:00 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:2881213

JEDDAH, June 28 (MENA) - King Salman ben Abdel Aziz met on Sunday with the heads of diplomatic corps in the kingdom. The ambassadors conveyed to the king the greetings of Arab and other Islamic states' leaders over Ramadan. Crown Prince ....

Iraqi army: Daesh leader killed in US-led coalition airstrikes in Mosul

Date: 2015-06-28 10:54:28 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:2879573

BAGHDAD, June 28 (MENA) – A Daesh leader was killed in airstrikes staged by the US-led coalition aircraft in Mosul city, Nineveh operations command said in a statement on Sunday. In a related context, a military force with Kurdish Peshmerga ....

AL official condemns Friday's terror attacks in Kuwait, Tunisia

Date: 2015-06-28 10:39:54 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:2879505

CAIRO, June 28 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Arab League's Council of Arab Economic Unity Mohamad Al Rabie on Sunday condemned a suicide bombing that targeted a Kuwaiti mosque and a terror attack hat targeted two Tunisian resorts on ....

Saudi national behind Kuwait mosque explosion

Date: 2015-06-28 10:19:45 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:2878713

KUWAIT CITY, June 28 (MENA) - The Kuwaiti interior ministry has revealed the identity of the suicide bomber who blew himself up at a mosque in Kuwait City on Friday. He is a Saudi national. The bomber, named Fahd Suleiyman Abdel Mohsen al Qabbaa, ....