Arab world

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  • Yemen's president, UN official discuss humanitarian situation

    Date: 2015-06-12 09:25:50 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:2781237

    SANAA, June 12 (MENA) – Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi discussed with UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O'Brien the humanitarian situation in Yemen. During the gathering, held in ....

  • Geagea visits Jumblatt to condole over Druze massacre in Syria's Idleb

    Date: 2015-06-12 08:49:52 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:2781249

    BEIRUT, June 12 (MENA) - Lebanese Forces Party leader Samir Geagea on Friday visited Chairman of the Lebanese Progressive Socialist Party Walid Jumblatt to offer condolences over the massacre committed against Druz residents in Syria's Idleb ....

  • Yemeni VP to attend opening session of Geneva talks

    Date: 2015-06-12 08:47:50 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:2781261

    RIYADH, June 12 (MENA) - Yemeni Vice President Khaled Bahah will participate in the opening session of the Geneva peace talks on Sunday chaired by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Yemen’s UN delegate Khaled al Yamany said. The Yemeni ....

  • Syrian army restores control on parts in Thaala military airport

    Date: 2015-06-12 08:32:19 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:2781257

    LONDON, June 12 (MENA) - Syrian Observatory For Human Rights said on Friday that the Syrian army expelled opposition gunmen from Al Thaala military airport in southwestern the city. Syrian rebels seized most of a military airport in ....

  • Experimental operation of Egypt-Saudi power linkage line in 2017

    Date: 2015-06-12 08:20:36 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:2781029

    RIYADH, June 12 (MENA) – A power linkage project between Egypt and Saudi Arabia will go into experimental operation in July 2017, member of the Egyptian-Saudi electricity and energy committee Mohamed el Yamany said. The project will help exchange ....

  • Libyan FM meets army commander, chief of staff

    Date: 2015-06-12 07:35:57 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:2780697

    TRIPOLI, June 12 (MENA) – Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed al Dairi has held a meeting with Army Commander Khalifa Haftar and Chief of Staff Abdel Razek al Nazuri in Marj city, the Media office of the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Al Dairi ....

  • Fatah welcomes Egypt's decision to re-open Rafah terminal

    Date: 2015-06-11 22:23:19 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:117 - ID:2779825

    RAMALLAH, June 11 (MENA) – Fatah has welcomed Egypt's decision to re-open Rafah terminal, said Ahmed Abbas, spokesman for the group. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Embassy in Cairo are exerting ongoing efforts with the ....

  • Libya counts on Egypt to end crisis: Official

    Date: 2015-06-11 22:18:01 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:116 - ID:2780029

    CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) – Spokesman for Libya's parliament Faraj Bohashim on Thursday said that his country counts on Egypt to end the current crisis in the war-torn Libya. Speaking to MENA on the sidelines of a press conference held in the ....

  • Iraqi warplanes kill 65 Daesh militants in Anbar, Kirkuk

    Date: 2015-06-11 19:40:10 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:103 - ID:2779761

    BAGHDAD, June 11 (MENA) – The Iraqi Air Force on Thursday killed 65 Deash militants in an operation in Anbar and Kirkuk. In statements, the Iraqi Defense Ministry said that Iraqi warplanes targeted sites and vehicles of the terrorist group in ....

  • Araby slams terrorist massacre against Druze in Idlib

    Date: 2015-06-11 15:12:51 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:2778101

    CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) - The Arab League (AL) Secretary General Nabil el Araby condemned the heinous massacre committed by al Nusra Front terrorist group against the Druze in Qalb Loze village located in the Syrian Idlib province. In a statement ....

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