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  • Iraq army kills 15 Daesh militants, including senior leader

    Date: 2015-01-10 20:36:30 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:127 - ID:1713621

    BAGHDAD, Jan 10 (MENA) – Iraqi army Saturday killed at least 10 Daesh militants, including a senior leader of the group in military operations in Anbar and Salahuddin provinces. The Iraqi Defense Minister said in a statement that forces belonging ....

  • Death toll of Lebanon blasts increases to 9

    Date: 2015-01-10 20:17:28 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:125 - ID:1713377

    BEIRUT, Jan 10 (MENA) - The death toll of blasts that hit a cafe in Lebanon's Jabal Mohsen earlier on the day has risen to nine, while more than 35 were injured. Meanwhile, a stun grenade went off Saturday night in Baal Darawish district in Bab ....

  • Kuwait Red Crescent launches aid campaign for Syrian refugees

    Date: 2015-01-10 20:12:29 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:123 - ID:1713385

    KUWAIT CITY, Jan 10 (MENA) - The Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) is set to launch a new fund-raising campaign for Syrian refugees as of Monday, mainly aiming to ease out their sufferings and woes amid current bad weather conditions, KUNA reported ....

  • Scores of public front member killed, injured in southern Damascus

    Date: 2015-01-10 19:50:48 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:120 - ID:1713393

    DAMASCUS, Jan 10 (MENA) - Scores of public front members that fight beside the Syrian army were killed in Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees in southern Damascus while others were injured in blasts executed by opposition gunmen. Fierce clashes ....

  • Sudanese nationals return to Sudan after deteriorating security conditions in Libya

    Date: 2015-01-10 19:49:13 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:119 - ID:1713225

    KHARTOUM, Jan 10 (MENA) – Sudanese Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that 1,880 Sudanese nationals have returned to Sudan from Libya last month and this month due to deteriorating security conditions in Libyan cities. More than 4,560 Sudanese ....

  • Libya Justice Ministry to hire Egyptian forensic physicians

    Date: 2015-01-10 19:43:27 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:118 - ID:1713381

    TRIPOLI, Jan 10 (MENA) – The Libyan Justice Ministry will hire a number of Egyptian forensic physicians to work in the judicial expertise offices in the Arab country. "A delegation from the Libyan Judicial Expertise and Research Center traveled ....

  • Palestinian journalists' syndicate calls for solidarity march with French journalists Sunday

    Date: 2015-01-10 19:28:18 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:115 - ID:1713233

    RAMALLAH, Jan 10 (MENA) - Palestinian journalists' syndicate called for a march on Sunday in central Ramallah in tandem with the French journalists syndicate after a terrorist attack targeting Charlie Hebdo magazine. As many as 12 French ....

  • Curfew imposed in Lebanon's Jabal Mohsen

    Date: 2015-01-10 19:25:06 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:114 - ID:1713245

    BEIRUT, Jan 10 (MENA) – Governor of Northern Lebanon Ramzi Nohrra ordered a curfew until 7 a.m. in Jabal Mohsen after an explosion hit a cafe in the area. The army set up a security cordon around the café in Jabal Mohsen. Earlier in the day, a ....

  • Blasts in bank branches in Gaza condemned

    Date: 2015-01-10 18:44:02 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:113 - ID:1713109

    RAMALLAH, Jan 10 (MENA) - Palestinian Information Ministry denounced a wave of blasts that took place at a number of bank branches in the Gaza Strip along with threat messages that were directed to four ministers. These incidents hinder the ....

  • Instability led Libyan MPs to head to Geneva for national dialogue - Speaker

    Date: 2015-01-10 18:37:18 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:112 - ID:1713105

    TRIPOLI, Jan 10 (MENA) – Interim head of the Libyan parliament Abu Bakar Baira said on Saturday that instability and fear on the United Nations mission’s security led the parliament members to agree on heading to Geneva to participate in the ....

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