Arab world

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  • Iraqi forces blow up 2 booby-trapped houses, kill 7 terrorists in Baghdad

    Date: 2014-12-19 20:32:46 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:114 - ID:1572189

    BAGHDAD, Dec 19 (MENA) - Two houses trapped with explosive devices were blown up while seven terrorists were killed in a wide security campaign on Al Tasa and Zanbaraniyah in Baghdad, said security authorities. Forty-two members of the terrorist ....

  • Two Libyan soldiers killed in clashes in Benghazi

    Date: 2014-12-19 18:08:48 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:93 - ID:1571845

    TRIPOLI, Dec 19 (MENA) – Two Libyan soldiers were killed and 28 others were injured on Friday in clashes with forces of the Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries. Benghazi's Galaa hospital received two bodies who died of injuries to the head ....

  • Two terrorists killed Algerian mayor - security source

    Date: 2014-12-19 18:05:17 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:90 - ID:1571829

    ALGIERS, Dec 19 (MENA) - An Algerian security source on Friday revealed that Bordj-El-Emir-Abdelkader's mayor Chelghoum Ben Youssef was killed by two former employees who have recently joined terrorist groups. The source said the offenders have not ....

  • Saudi Arabia reports new case of Coronavirus

    Date: 2014-12-19 18:01:41 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:89 - ID:1571861

    RIYADH, Dec 19 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry reported on Friday a new case of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS). As many as 355 people have died of the deadly virus out of 822 cases reported since the virus ....

  • Yemeni army commander survives assassination attempt

    Date: 2014-12-19 16:55:42 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:1571637

    SANAA, Dec 19 (MENA) - Commander of Yemen's first military field Brigadier General Abdulrahman al Jalili survived an attempt on his life earlier on Friday. A bomb detonated as the convoy of Jalili was passing in Sayoon city in Haddramout ....

  • UN mission in Libya encouraged by “step in the right direction” towards dialogue

    Date: 2014-12-19 16:35:30 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:1571445

    TRIPOLI, Dec 19 (MENA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said Friday that it is encouraged by the positive response it has received to its invitation for a UN-convened Libyan political dialogue, the UN News Center reported. ....

  • Daesh senior military leader killed in Baquba

    Date: 2014-12-19 15:11:23 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:1570917

    BAGHDAD, Dec 19 (MENA) - Diyala police chief Jamil al Shammari has confirmed the killing of a Daesh military leader in the northeast of Baquba. Abu Khadija and his companions were killed in a raid in the city of Baquba, 57 kilometers north of ....

  • Lebanon declares day of mourning Sunday over victims of crashed Algerian plane

    Date: 2014-12-19 14:14:18 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:1570829

    BEIRUT, Dec 19 (MENA) - Prime Minister Tammam Salam declared next Sunday a day of mourning over the victims of an Algerian plane which crashed last July in Mali, Lebanon's National News Agency reported Friday. The bodies of the Lebanese victims ....

  • Obama, Iraqi PM discuss situation in Iraq, Daesh war

    Date: 2014-12-19 13:37:16 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:1570533

    BAGHDAD, Dec 19 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama has spoken on phone with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi to discuss the political and security situation in Iraq, said a statement on Friday. The phone call tackled the progress by Iraqi ....

  • 2 Yemeni servicemen killed in blast

    Date: 2014-12-19 13:08:59 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:1570441

    SANAA, Dec 19 (MENA) - Two Yemeni servicemen were killed and five others injured in a blast in Hadhramaut, southern Yemen, Friday. A roadside bomb went off as an army vehicle was passing by. The bodies were carried to hospital. (MENA) MI/MA ....

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