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  • More than 100,000 Libyans flee fighting over past month

    Date: 2014-11-15 08:04:58 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:1335057

    TRIPOLI, Nov 15 (MENA) - The UN refugee agency reported that intense fighting among rival armed groups in western, eastern and south-eastern Libya has forced more than 100,000 people to flee their homes in the past month. The stepped up conflict ....

  • Algerian army kills extremist in Tizi Ouzou

    Date: 2014-11-15 07:56:13 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:1335061

    ALGIERS, Nov 15 (MENA) - An armed extremist was killed Friday in Tizi Ouzou province, northern Algeria. Military troops killed the extremist during a security campaign in the state, 110 kilometers east of the capital, Algiers, according to Sky ....

  • Saudi CP meets Australian PM

    Date: 2014-11-15 07:42:05 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:1334925

    RIYADH, Nov 15 (MENA) – Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Premier and Defense Minister Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud met on Saturday with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Australia's northern city of Brisbane. The ....

  • Portuguese navy saves 201 illegal migrants from drowning

    Date: 2014-11-15 07:38:42 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:1334989

    TRIPOLI, Nov 15 (MENA) - The Portuguese Navy saved Saturday 201 illegal migrants who had sailed from Libya toward Italy. The migrants were on board a wooden boat and were facing death by drowning, the Portuguese Defense Ministry said in a ....

  • Houthis arrive in Maareb for Qaeda fight

    Date: 2014-11-15 07:25:07 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:1334853

    SANAA, Nov 15 (MENA) – Armed groups from the Houthi group started arriving in the southeastern province of Maareb after having secured Al Bayda' province in a bid to fight Al-Qaeda in Yemen. Houthi fighters and residents are preparing to cleanse ....

  • 2,535 Palestinian refugees killed in Syria conflict - Rights group

    Date: 2014-11-14 21:47:20 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:120 - ID:1334485

    GAZA CITY, Nov 14 (MENA) - A rights group said 2,535 Palestinian refugees have been killed due to the ongoing conflict in Syria since mid-March 2011. Work for the Palestinians in Syria posted on their Facebook page on Friday that 2,494 refugees ....

  • Clashes continue between Libyan army, militia

    Date: 2014-11-14 21:44:49 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:119 - ID:1334541

    TRIPOLI, Nov 14 (MENA) - Clashes between the Libya next army and rebels of the so-called Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries continued on Friday in the streets of Benghazi, a military source said. The army was delayed in controlling an area ....

  • 5 Palestinians wounded in clashes with Israeli forces

    Date: 2014-11-14 21:40:46 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:118 - ID:1334533

    RAMALLAH, Nov 14 (MENA) – Five Palestinians were injured and dozens others suffered from suffocation during clashes with Israeli forces on Friday east of the West Bank city of Ramallah. Medics said that the five were wounded by rubber-coated ....

  • 4 Libyan soldiers killed, 10 injured in Benghazi clashes

    Date: 2014-11-14 21:38:21 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:117 - ID:1334477

    TRIPOLI, Nov 14 (MENA) - Four Libyan soldiers were killed and ten others injured in Benghazi. A Libyan military source told MENA that violent clashes erupted on Friday with Ansar al-Sharia forces in Benghazi's Sabri district left the dead and the ....

  • 9 Turkish nationals released after detained in clashes in Benghazi

    Date: 2014-11-14 21:35:39 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:115 - ID:1334421

    TRIPOLI, Nov 14 (MENA) - The Libyan Government released on Friday nine Turkish nationals after they were detained during clashes in Benghazi. According to a statement by Tripoli, the nine were released and deported to Turkey upon request from ....

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