Arab world

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  • Jordan destroys car crossing border from Syria

    Date: 2015-01-08 17:35:42 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:127 - ID:1701489

    AMMAN, Jan 8 (MENA) – The Jordanian army destroyed Thursday a vehicle that tried to cross the border from war-torn Syria. A speedy car tried to cross the Syrian-Jordanian borders but was destroyed, an army source said. Drugs and traces of ....

  • Libya Dawn militants suffer heavy losses: Army Spokesman

    Date: 2015-01-08 17:33:44 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:126 - ID:1701749

    TRIPOLI, Jan 8 (MENA) - The so-called Libya Dawn militants have suffered heavy losses in the clashes in the town of Ajaylat, some 80 kilometers west of Tripoli, a spokesman for the chief of staff has said. Ahmed Al Mesmari added that the Libyan ....

  • UN envoy meets retired Libyan general

    Date: 2015-01-08 17:01:22 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:121 - ID:1701513

    TRIPOLI, Jan 8 (MENA) - UN envoy Bernardino Leon met on Thursday with Libya's retired general Khalifa Heftar at his residence in the northeastern city of Al Marj. Earlier in the day, Leon arrived at al Marj military base. No statement was issued so ....

  • Algeria condemns Sana'a police academy attack

    Date: 2015-01-08 14:07:48 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:102 - ID:1699113

    ALGIERS, Jan 8 (MENA) - Algeria has condemned a terror attack that targeted the Police Academy in Sana'a on Wednesday, leaving scores dead and injured. It condoled with the families of the victims and expressed sympathy with the people and ....

  • Jordanian king condoles Hollande over Paris attack

    Date: 2015-01-08 13:30:53 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:92 - ID:1697949

    AMMAN, Jan 8 (MENA) - King Abdullah II of Jordan sent on Thursday a cable of condolences to French President Francois Hollande over the Paris terrorist attack that left 12 persons dead, according to a statement by the Jordanian Royal ....

  • Iran asserts its support to Lebanon

    Date: 2015-01-08 13:24:28 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:90 - ID:1699645

    TEHRAN, Jan 8 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said his country is supporting national solidarity and negotiations among different groups in Lebanon, semi-official Fars news agency reported. Zarif made the remarks in ....

  • 4 killed, wounded in suicide attack on Shiite shrine in Iraq

    Date: 2015-01-08 13:08:28 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:1699649

    BAGHDAD, Jan 8 (MENA) - An Iraqi security man was killed and three others wounded in a suicide attack targeting a Shiite shrine west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad Thursday. Baghdad Operation Command spokesman Saad Maan said the attack was carried ....

  • Arab league calls for helping Syrian refugees caught in heavy snow

    Date: 2015-01-08 13:01:17 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:1699297

    CAIRO, Jan 8 (MENA) - Arab League chief Nabil el Araby called on donor countries and UN and Arab bodies to help Syrian refugees who try to survive against the onslaught of snow and rain. The chief of the pan-Arab organization called for ....

  • Kuwait condemns Yemen bombing

    Date: 2015-01-08 12:58:25 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:1699045

    KUWAIT CITY, Jan 8 (MENA) – Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sabah al Khaled al Hamad al Sabah has condemned the bomb blast which targeted the Yemeni Police Academy on Wednesday. The minister offered condolences to his Yemeni counterpart Abdullah ....

  • Yemeni president receives US ambassador

    Date: 2015-01-08 12:48:58 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:1699253

    SANAA, Jan 8 (MENA) - President Abdorabbo Mansour Hady received Thursday U.S Ambassador to Yemen Matthew H. Tueller. The ambassador conveyed President Barak Obama's condolences to Yemen over the death of scores of people in a terrorist operation ....

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