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  • Iraqi defense min. meets Iran's amb.

    Date: 2014-12-27 21:50:21 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:122 - ID:1625133

    BAGHDAD, Dec 27 (MENA) - Iraqi Defense Minister Khalid al-Obeidi on Saturday met Iran's Ambassador in Baghdad Hassan Danaeifar. The two sides tackled ways to enhance bilateral ties between Iraq and Iran as well as threats of terrorist Daesh ....

  • Turkey 'did not', 'will not' support any armed, terrorist group - Turkish official

    Date: 2014-12-27 21:23:25 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:120 - ID:1625141

    AMMAN, Dec 27 (MENA) - Turkish President's Special Envoy Amrullah Eichler on Saturday said his country "did not and will not support any armed or terrorist groups." During a conference on "Islamists and Governance" held in Amman, Eichler added ....

  • Nobody allowed to undermine Sudan integrity: Bashir

    Date: 2014-12-27 20:56:23 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:116 - ID:1624961

    KHARTOUM, Dec 27 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Saturday said he would not allow anybody to undermine the unity and integrity of Sudan. Bashir made the remarks in a speech to a public conference organized by the Sudanese's Sufi ....

  • Syrian gov't 'ready' to meet opposition for talks in Russia

    Date: 2014-12-27 20:44:45 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:115 - ID:1625065

    DAMASCUS, Dec 27 (MENA) - Syria's regime was willing to meet the country's opposition in Moscow to seek a way out of the nearly four-year civil war, a government official said on Saturday. "Syria is ready to participate in a preliminary and ....

  • Electricity to run for 6 hours in Gaza due to fuel shortage: official

    Date: 2014-12-27 20:31:44 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:113 - ID:1624957

    GAZA CITY, Dec 27 (MENA) - The Gaza Strip's power authority has said that the electricity will run six hours a day against 12-hour cut in the enclave as of Sunday due to shortage of fuel coming from the West Bank city of Ramallah to Gaza's sole ....

  • UN mission in Libya slams oil thank attack

    Date: 2014-12-27 20:12:23 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:109 - ID:1624941

    TRIPOLI, Dec 27 (MENA) - The U.N. mission in Tripoli condemned on Saturday attacks that targeted oil tanks at Sidra port. In a statement, the mission called for immediately ceasing such acts, urging conflicting troops to allow firefighters to put ....

  • U.S. administration continues to support Kurdish Peshmerga - McCain

    Date: 2014-12-27 20:09:09 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:108 - ID:1624945

    ERBIL, Dec 27 (MENA) - Republican majority leader in the U.S. Congress Senator John McCain on Saturday said that his country continued to support Kurdish Peshmerga and boosted bilateral relation. During his visit to Erbil, McCain added that he ....

  • Two more oil reservoirs catch fire in Libya's Sidra port

    Date: 2014-12-27 19:39:49 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:105 - ID:1624885

    TRIPOLI, Dec 27 (MENA) – Two more oil reservoirs caught fire on Saturday at the Libyan port of Sidra during clashes between the army's oil facilities guards and Fajr Libya fighters, a military source said. "The fire extended to the fourth and ....

  • Tunisia's success confirms democracy, Islam in no way contradiction -- Guardian

    Date: 2014-12-27 19:31:59 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:102 - ID:1624817

    LONDON, Dec 27 (MENA) - The Guardian on Saturday said Tunisia's newly elected president Beji Caid Essebsi may be a respected and experienced moderate, but he will need a government capable of solving deep economic problems, including a north-south ....

  • OIC chief arrives in Khartoum in official visit

    Date: 2014-12-27 19:23:53 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:99 - ID:1624613

    KHARTOUM, Dec 27 (MENA) - Secretary-General of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iyad bin Amin Madani on Saturday arrived in here in an official visit to Sudan. The three-day visit comes as part of Madani's tours to the OIC's member ....

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