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Iraqi defense min. heads for Iran

Date: 2014-12-29 07:34:30 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:1632569

BAGHDAD, Dec 29 (MENA) - Iraqi Defense Minister Khalid al Obeidi headed for Tehran Monday on an official visit to Iran at an invitation from his Iranian counterpart Hossein Dehghan. The visit will take up means to boost bilateral ties and combat ....

2 Libyan soldiers killed, wounded in clashes in Benghazi

Date: 2014-12-29 07:24:37 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:1632565

TRIPOLI, Dec 29 (MENA) - A Libyan soldier was killed and another injured Monday in fierce clashes that are still going with fighters of the Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries. The Zaweya Martyrs Battalion wrote on its facebook account that ....

17 Ethiopians killed after boat sank off Bab al Mandab

Date: 2014-12-29 06:53:46 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:1632425

SANAA, Dec 29 (MENA) - A boat carrying 27 Ethiopians sank off Bab al Mandab in western Yemen. Seventeen of the 27 Ethiopians, who were trying to illegally enter Yemen, drowned, a source told Al Oula newspaper, out Monday. The remaining 10 were ....

Firefighters extinguish flames in 4 oil tanks

Date: 2014-12-29 06:38:46 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:1632377

TRIPOLI, Dec 29 (MENA) - Civil defense troops have put out flames that erupted in four oil tanks in al Hilal area in the Libyan city of Sirte. Three other tanks remain on fire, a spokesman for the military operations room in al Hilal area said in ....

Daesh shots down coalition warjet in northern Iraq

Date: 2014-12-29 06:18:28 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:1632257

BAGHDAD, Dec 29 (MENA) - Daesh group shot down a war jet for the coalition forces in northern Iraq, Iraqi local sources said on Monday. In statements to Sky News, the Iraqi sources said Daesh militants gunned down a plane while it was carrying out ....

Party chief urges Lebanese army to flush militants out of Zahlé city

Date: 2014-12-28 21:42:54 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:150 - ID:1631633

BEIRUT, Dec 28 (MENA) - Head of the Lebanese Forces Party Samir Geagea Sunday called on the Lebanese police and army to purge the Bekaaa city of Zahlé from terrorists and militants. In a statement today, Geagea asserted that Lebanese security ....

Israel should dissolve Palestinian Authority if UN resolution passes, Israeli min

Date: 2014-12-28 21:06:27 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:145 - ID:1631561

GAZA, Dec 28 (MENA) – Israeli Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz tore a page out of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' play-book on Sunday, warning that Israel would dissolve the Palestinian Authority if the resolution it is expected ....

Egypt, Sudan interests served by Nile Basin cooperation -- minister

Date: 2014-12-28 20:36:41 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:143 - ID:1631461

KHARTOUM, Dec 28 (MENA) - Sudan's Minister of Water Resources and Electricity Moataz Moussa on Sunday said the interests of Sudan and Egypt are linked to the Nile Basin countries' comprehensive cooperation, and not only their bilateral ....

9 Houthis killed, 12 wounded in Yemen violence

Date: 2014-12-28 20:30:37 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:142 - ID:1631329

SANAA, Dec 28 (MENA) – Nine Houthi militants were killed and 12 others injured Sunday in two separate attacks in southern Yemen. The two attacks targeted armed patrols of the Shiite group in al-Bayda' governorate, said tribal sources. Earlier in ....

No let-up in resorting to Security Council: Abbas

Date: 2014-12-28 20:29:05 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:141 - ID:1631361

RAMALLAH, Dec 28 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday stressed his country's insistence on resorting to the Security Council to combat the Israeli occupation. Abbas remarks came in a phone call with US Secretary of State John ....