Arab world

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  • Ministerial conf. of ENP kicks off in Beirut

    Date: 2015-06-24 08:33:56 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:2853789

    BEIRUT, June 24 (MENA) - The Ministerial Conference on the Review of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) bringing together Arab countries of the southern shore of the Mediterranean and high executives of the European Union (EU) kicked off here ....

  • 35 killed, injured in Daesh attack against Kurds, Syrian forces

    Date: 2015-06-24 07:21:26 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:2853521

    DAMASCUS, June 24 (MENA) – As many as 35 people were killed and injured after Daesh militant groups exploded a number of booby-trapped cars targeting premises of Kurdish security forces and national defense forces in Al Hasakah in northeastern ....

  • Arab warjets shell Hodeidah airport

    Date: 2015-06-24 07:18:28 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:2853489

    SANAA, June 24 (MENA) - Arab coalition war jets shelled the military airport of the western Yemeni city of Hodeidah. Fire erupted at the airport when the planes shelled a fuel supply facility in the airport's complex, eyewitnesses said. The ....

  • Jordan, Cameron reiterate support of Egypt's security

    Date: 2015-06-24 06:44:28 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:2853477

    LONDON, June 24 (MENA) - King Abdullah II of Jordan and British Prime Minister David Cameron reiterated support for Egypt's security and stability. They also reiterated support of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's efforts to bring about security ....

  • Houthi leader killed in ambush in Ma'rib

    Date: 2015-06-24 06:41:27 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:2853409

    SANAA, June 24 (MENA) – A Houthi leader was killed in an ambush by unknown people in Ma’rib governorate, reported Sky News. Meanwhile, there were dead and injured in a shelling by Houthis on Enma residential city in Aden. Women and children ....

  • 71 Daesh militants killed in Iraq

    Date: 2015-06-23 21:57:32 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:116 - ID:2852889

    BAGHDAD, June 23 (MENA) - Seventy one Daesh militants were killed Tuesday during an operation launched by the Iraqi security forces under air force cover on various sites in al-Anbar province. About 17 militants were gunned down in Fallujah ....

  • 22 Houthis killed amid violence in Yemen

    Date: 2015-06-23 17:47:08 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:95 - ID:2851913

    SANA'A, June 23 (MENA) – Twenty-two Houthi fighters were killed were Tuesday amid violence occurred in middle and eastern of Yemen. In Al Bayda Governorate, in the middle of the country, ten Houthis killed after a car bomb went off, targeting a ....

  • 175 Ethiopians evacuated by boats from Yemen

    Date: 2015-06-23 15:33:26 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:2851649

    GENEVA, June 23 (MENA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Geneva carried out the fifth evacuation process for the Ethiopians in Yemen on boats. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the IOM said that it evacuated 175 Ethiopian ....

  • Lebanese forces storm Roumieh prison to end insurgency

    Date: 2015-06-23 14:45:36 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:2850637

    BEIRUT, June 23 (MENA) - Lebanese security forces stormed Roumieh prison, the country's largest prison, after prisoners took control of two buildings on Tuesday. The forces ended the insurgency in the first building and work to regain control of ....

  • Iraqi Kurdistan parliament probes amending presidency law

    Date: 2015-06-23 14:40:09 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:2850877

    ERBIL/Iraq, June 23 (MENA) - Kurdistan's parliament held a session Tuesday, under Yusuf Mohammed, and the attendance of 57 members. It was boycotted by Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). The session was attended by the representatives of the ....

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