Arab world

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  • 87 Indian nurses to return home from Libya

    Date: 2014-12-17 17:04:12 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:114 - ID:1559541

    TRIPOLI, Dec 17 (MENA) - Eighty-seven Indian nurses working in Libya are to return home in the coming days, says an official here, adding that the remaining 713 nurses have not expressed desire to return at the moment. P. Sudeep, CEO of ....

  • Daesh threaten to bomb Iraqi Haditha dam; kidnap 2 Kurdish journalists in Syria

    Date: 2014-12-17 16:17:22 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:107 - ID:1558477

    BAGHDAD, Dec 17 (MENA) – Iraqi security forces, backed by shiite vigilantes, tightened security measures on Wednesday after threats by Daesh terrorist group to bomb the Iraqi earth-fill Haditha Dam on the Euphrates, north of Haditha. The ....

  • Shoukry meets Iraqi deputy premier

    Date: 2014-12-17 16:09:46 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:106 - ID:1558913

    BAGHDAD, Dec 17 (MENA) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met on Wednesday with Iraqi deputy prime minister Saleh al-Motlak. The meeting took up relations between Egypt and Iraq in various domains in addition to the developments on regional ....

  • Egypt FM meets Iraqi finance minister

    Date: 2014-12-17 16:06:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:104 - ID:1558973

    BAGHDAD, Dec 17 (MENA) - - Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with Iraq's Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari on Wednesday. They held talks on ways to boost bilateral ties in the economic and commercial fields. Shoukry said Egypt is ....

  • Shoukry visits Memorial of the Unknown Soldier in Baghdad

    Date: 2014-12-17 15:45:33 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:102 - ID:1558489

    BAGHDAD, Dec 17 (MENA) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his accompanying delegation were keen during a visit to Iraq to call at the Memorial of the Unknown Soldier in Baghdad. The foreign minister also met with Ammar al Hakim, the ....

  • Several Iraqi cities purged from Daesh militants - PM

    Date: 2014-12-17 15:28:41 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:99 - ID:1558797

    BAGHDAD, Dec 17 (MENA) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Wednesday that several Iraqi cities were purged from militants of the terrorist Daesh group. The PM made the statements following a meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh ....

  • Iraqi president sheds light on cooperation with Egypt in security, investment domains

    Date: 2014-12-17 14:54:47 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:93 - ID:1557141

    BAGHDAD, Dec 17 (MENA) - Iraqi President Fouad Masum stressed the importance of cooperation with Egypt in the security, military and investment domains to defeat terrorism. A press release issued by the Iraqi presidential office said Masum ....

  • AL urges not linking Islam, Arabs to terrorism

    Date: 2014-12-17 14:28:23 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:88 - ID:1557041

    CAIRO, Dec 17 (MENA) - The Arab League on Wednesday called for standing against all attempts that aim at linking Islam and Arabs to terrorism. "Terrorism is an international phenomenon which has nothing to do with any religion or race," Haifa Abu ....

  • Egypt condemns Daesh terror acts in Iraq - Minister

    Date: 2014-12-17 13:32:29 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:1557345

    BAGHDAD, Dec 17 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry reiterated on Wednesday Egypt's condemnation of all terror acts carried out by the Daesh terrorist group in Iraq and other Arab countries. Shoukry made the statements during a press ....

  • Arab social affairs ministers to meet in Sharm Monday

    Date: 2014-12-17 12:19:57 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:1556597

    CAIRO, Dec 17 (MENA) - The Council of Arab Social Affairs Ministers will convene its 34th regular session in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh Monday. A preparatory meeting will be held Saturday, said Arab League assistant secretary general ....

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