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Kuwaiti Emir receives Bahraini PM

Date: 2015-06-22 20:09:43 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:96 - ID:2846013

KUWAIT, June 22 (MENA) - Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah held talks with visiting Bahraini Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa and his accompanying delegation. Present at the talks were Kuwait's Crown Prince ....

Abbas welcomes French bid to revive peace process

Date: 2015-06-22 19:53:18 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:92 - ID:2846165

RAMALLAH, June 22 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas termed as good ideas raised by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius to revive the stalled peace process. Abbas was speaking ahead of a meeting with the Palestinian Liberation ....

Coalition launches airstrikes on Daesh targets in Syria, Iraq

Date: 2015-06-22 19:28:10 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:90 - ID:2846001

WASHINGTON, June 22 (MENA) – The US-led coalition has launched 29 airstrikes on Daesh targets in Syria and Iraq, Sky News Arabia quoted a statement by the Combined Joint Task Force as saying on Monday. The US and coalition military forces have ....

Tunisia to open consular office on borders with Libya

Date: 2015-06-22 18:44:02 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:2845817

TUNIS, June 22 (MENA) – Tunisia will open a consular office on the borders with Libya to support the interests of Tunisian expatriates in Libya, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia Taïeb Baccouche said on Monday. In statements, Baccouche ....

Two Palestinians wounded by Israeli fire on Gaza border

Date: 2015-06-22 18:36:03 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:85 - ID:2845933

GAZA CITY, June 22 (MENA) - Two young Palestinian men were wounded on Monday after being shot by Israeli troops in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli forces directly opened fire at a group of Palestinians near the ....

4 Libyan army troops killed in car bomb in Benghazi

Date: 2015-06-22 18:27:39 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:2845825

TRIPOLI, June 22 (MENA) - Four Libyan troops were killed in a booby-trapped car blast that targeted an army post in western Benghazi. A military source said four army soldiers were killed in the car bombing which took place after clashes with ....

Daesh militants launch mortar shells on Libya's Derna

Date: 2015-06-22 15:10:47 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:2844521

TRIPOLI, June 22 (MENA) - Daesh militants on Monday launched mortar shells on Dar Tobruk district of Libya's Derna. No casualties were reported, the spokesman for the so-called "Mujahideen Shura Council in Derna" said. Violent clashes have erupted ....

AL chief condemns Somalia terror attack

Date: 2015-06-22 14:45:36 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:2844181

CAIRO, June 22 (MENA) - Secretary-General of the Arab League Nabil El Araby on Monday strongly condemned two terror attacks in Somalia. The militant group Al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attacks that targeted a Somali intelligence ....

Egyptian, Tunisian roles are important in solving Libyan crisis - minister

Date: 2015-06-22 14:44:27 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:2844189

TUNIS, June 22 (MENA) - Tunisian Defense Minister Farhat Horchani underlined the role played by his country and Egypt in solving the Libyan crisis within the framework of cooperation between the two sides as well as Libya's neighboring ....

10 soldiers of Libyan army injured due to clashes in Benghazi

Date: 2015-06-22 13:29:53 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:2843053

TRIPOLI, June 22 (MENA) - About 10 soldiers, affiliated to the Libyan army, were wounded due to fierce clashes with "Shura council forces - Benghazi revolutionaries". The media official in Gala Hospital Fadia el Barghathy told MENA that the ....