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Iraqi PM Abadi shakes up battered army

Date: 2014-11-12 17:35:34 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:156 - ID:1321421

BAGHDAD, Nov 12 (MENA) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has removed 26 military officers from their posts, sending 10 others to retirement and appointing 18 new commanders, the prime minister's office said in a statement obtained by Al Arabiya ....

Jordan asserts Russia's important role in solving Syrian crisis

Date: 2014-11-12 17:18:29 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:148 - ID:1320889

AMMAN, Nov 12 (MENA) – Jordan asserted on Wednesday the importance of Russia's role in reaching a political solution in Syria to achieve the ultimate goal of ending the suffering of the Syrian people and preventing the spread of extremism in the ....

France reiterates support for Yemen in anti-terror war

Date: 2014-11-12 17:18:04 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:147 - ID:1321281

PARIS, Nov 12 (MENA) - France has reiterated its support for Yemen and the Yemeni people in the anti-terror war. In a press statement on Wednesday, Spokesman for the French Foreign Minister Roman Nadal voiced his country's condemnation of the ....

Italy concerned about turmoil in Libya

Date: 2014-11-12 17:09:40 GMT - Italy - Arab world - SN:140 - ID:1321117

ROME, Nov 12 (MENA) - Italy has voiced concern after a huge explosion rocked the Libyan city of Tobruk early in the day. In a statement on Wednesday, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni stressed the need for ending turmoil in Libya to resume ....

Saudi Arabia reports two new cases of Coronavirus

Date: 2014-11-12 16:30:00 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:131 - ID:1320885

RIYADH, Nov 12 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia reported on Wednesday two new cases of the Coronavirus. As many as 340 people have died of the deadly virus since it appeared in the country in 2012. MERS causes coughing, fever and sometimes pneumonia, ....

Tunisia hosts workshop on UNCAC

Date: 2014-11-12 16:12:13 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:126 - ID:1320621

TUNIS, Nov 12 (MENA) – Tunisia hosted on Wednesday a workshop on the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). The two-day gathering tackled a mechanism for implementing the treaty. (MENA) MR/AH ....

Bahraini minister of culture arrives in Cairo

Date: 2014-11-12 13:42:40 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:97 - ID:1318525

CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - Bahraini Minister of Culture Sheikha Mai Bint Mohammad Al-Khalifa arrived here on Wednesday on a visit to Egypt during which she will meet with her Egyptian counterpart Gaber Asfour. The two ministers' talks will cover ....

Iraqi president meets Saudi FM

Date: 2014-11-12 13:41:15 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:96 - ID:1319373

RIYADH, Nov 12 (MENA) - Iraqi President Fuad Masum, currently visiting Saudi Arabia, received at his residence on Wednesday Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal. Talks took up means of boosting relations between the two Arab countries. ....

Iraq president, Saudi intelligence chief discuss mechanism to exchange security tips

Date: 2014-11-12 13:20:28 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:88 - ID:1319145

BAGHDAD, Nov 12 (MENA) - Iraqi President Fuad Masum and Saudi intelligence chief Khaled bin Bandar conferred in Riyadh on Wednesday on a mechanism to exchange security tips about terrorism. A statement by the Iraqi presidency said Faleh al-Fayad, ....

Egypt participates in AFESD's meetings in Kuwait

Date: 2014-11-12 13:19:24 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:87 - ID:1318345

CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - Agriculture Minister Adel el-Beltagi headed on Wednesday for Kuwait on a two-day visit to participate in the meetings of Board of Directors of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD). The meetings would be ....