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  • Body of Iraq's Saddam deputy Tariq Aziz buried in Jordan

    Date: 2015-06-13 17:40:45 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:85 - ID:2789685

    AMMAN, June 13 (MENA) - Hundreds of people attended the church services of former close associate of Saddam Hussein Tariq Aziz who was buried in Jordan on Saturday. He was laid to rest after a ceremony in his honor at a church in the Jordanian ....

  • UN jet departs Sana'a without Houthi delegation

    Date: 2015-06-13 17:00:47 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:2789533

    SANAA, June 13 (MENA) - The aircraft, affiliated to the United Nations (UN), departed Sanaa International Airport without the Houthi delegation which is scheduled to participate in Geneva meetings on the Yemeni crisis. The Houthis rejects the ....

  • 404 stranded Yemenis back

    Date: 2015-06-13 16:58:23 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:2789541

    SANAA, June 13 (MENA) - Three planes affiliated to the Yemeni airlines arrived in Sanaa airport with 404 Yemenis, stranded abroad, on board. The first plane arrived from Djibouti, the second from Jordan and the third from Ethiopia, an official in ....

  • 14 of Iraqi forces killed in Daesh attack in Baiji

    Date: 2015-06-13 16:30:15 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:2789537

    BAGHDAD, June 13 (MENA) - Fourteen of the Iraqi joint forces were killed in Baiji during a Daesh attack by booby-trapped cars. Daesh members carried out three suicide bombings that targeted a security premises where 13 of the Iraqi forces were ....

  • Libyan soldier killed, 3 injured in shelling in Zillah

    Date: 2015-06-13 16:12:01 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:2789241

    TRIPOLI, June 13 (MENA) - A Libyan soldier was killed and three others injured in a shelling by a military jet to a Libyan army camp in Zillah village. The shelling caused material damage in the camp, a military source said. (MENA) M H K/R G E ....

  • Arab Parlt. committees wrap up preparatory meetings

    Date: 2015-06-13 15:30:34 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:2788441

    CAIRO, June 13 (MENA) - The Arab Parliament's committees wrapped up meetings on Saturday in preparation for the sixth session of the pan-Arab body which kicks off on Sunday. The four committees discussed the latest developments in the region, ....

  • New MERS case in Arabia

    Date: 2015-06-13 15:22:12 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:2788753

    RIYADH, June 13 (MENA) - Saudi Health Ministry announced a new case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in El Hofouf. The case takes to 1,031 the number of MERS cases including 453 who died since the disease appeared in the country, a ....

  • US-led Apache bombs Daesh's sites northwestern Iraq

    Date: 2015-06-13 12:57:30 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:2787633

    BAGHDAD, June 13 (MENA) – Two US-led coalition Apache bombed Saturday some Daesh sites in northwestern Iraq, a Kurdish source said. The source said the Peshmerga forces provided the US-led coalition troops with intelligence information about the ....

  • Lebanese army shells gunmen in Arsal

    Date: 2015-06-13 11:54:53 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:2787529

    BEIRUT, June 13 (MENA) - The Lebanese army shelled armed men in Arsal city with heavy and medium artillery. Meanwhile, an Israeli boat violated the Lebanese naval borders last night in Naqoura city for 320 meters, the Lebanese army command said in ....

  • UAE Talas Trading to set up tea factory at EGP 1bn investment in Egypt

    Date: 2015-06-13 11:34:23 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:2786689

    CAIRO, June 13 (MENA) - Talas International General Trading LLC Marketing Director Sameh Swelam said the company aims at establishing a tea factory in Egypt at a one billion pounds investments within five years. In statements to MENA, on the ....

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