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  • Italy backs Libya's national dialogue meeting

    Date: 2014-12-09 11:52:05 GMT - Italy - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:1502165

    ROME, Dec 9 (MENA) - Italy voiced support for the Libyan national dialogue meetings. Italy has prioritized Libya's national dialogue to bring an end to the conflict in the country. The UN envoy was supposed to bring the Libyan rivals together on ....

  • Ansar al-Sharia claims responsibility for Hadramout bombings

    Date: 2014-12-09 11:39:41 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:1502021

    SANAA, Dec 9 (MENA) - Ansar al-Sharia, an offshoot of Al-Qaeda organization in Yemen, claimed responsibility for the two car bombings which targeted a military base in Hadramout province, southeast Yemen. The group, in a tweeted statement, said ....

  • Car bombs kill six soldiers in southeast Yemen

    Date: 2014-12-09 08:33:43 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:1499657

    SANAA, Dec 9 (MENA) - Six Yemeni soldiers were killed in a suicide car bomb attack on Tuesday southeast of the country, Al-Arabiya Satellite TV reported quoting military sources. Two explosive-laden vehicles were detonated at the entrance of the ....

  • ALO to hold meeting at experts level to discuss Arab media strategy

    Date: 2014-12-08 21:06:33 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:175 - ID:1498585

    CAIRO, Dec 8 (MENA) - The Arab Labor Organization will hold a meeting at the level of experts on Tuesday in Cairo. The meeting is expected to discuss a draft Arab strategy for the media in order to finalize it before presenting it to the coming ....

  • UN special envoy to Libya delays Ghadames conference 2 -- Libyan MP tells MENA

    Date: 2014-12-08 20:00:40 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:165 - ID:1498397

    TRIPOLI, Dec 8 (MENA) – Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Libya Bernardino Leon decided to postpone Ghadames conference 2, which was planned to be held on Tuesday, Tripoli lawmaker Ali Tekbali told MENA on ....

  • Blast injures person in Lebanon's Arsal

    Date: 2014-12-08 19:06:57 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:158 - ID:1497965

    BEIRUT, Dec 8 (MENA) – A person was injured when an explosive device exploded inside his car in Arsal town in southern Lebanon on Monday. The device was planted underneath the seats of the car. The man had his leg amputated. (MENA) AR/RG ....

  • Jordan, Turkey emphasize regional cooperation to confront terrorism

    Date: 2014-12-08 18:58:55 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:150 - ID:1497905

    AMMAN, Dec 8 (MENA) - Jordan's Lower House Speaker Atef Tarawneh on Monday said terrorism fueled by Daesh extremists threatens the entire region, Petra News Agency reported. "We are still working with the Arab and international community to ....

  • Muslim Scholars Committee says ready to lead Lebanon hostage talks

    Date: 2014-12-08 18:04:35 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:136 - ID:1497309

    BEIRUT, Dec 8 (MENA) - Lebanon's Committee of Muslim Scholars Monday expressed readiness to mediate the release of Lebanon's 25 captive servicemen held by jihadi militants. “We call for the immediate release of the women and children as a show of ....

  • Daesh militant killed by sniper in southern Tikrit

    Date: 2014-12-08 18:04:00 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:135 - ID:1497373

    BAGHDAD, Dec 8 (MENA) – A Daesh militant was killed on Monday by a sniper affiliated to Jubur tribe in southern Tikrit city, an Iraqi security source at Saladin Governorate said. No further details were reported. (MENA) MM/RG ....

  • DFLP condemns Israeli raids on Syrian sites

    Date: 2014-12-08 17:38:47 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:129 - ID:1497301

    AMMAN, Dec 8 (MENA) – The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) condemned on Monday Israeli warplane raids on some Syrian sites. "This aggression is a rude and provocative action and represents an unlimited violation to the ....

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