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  • UNESCO head, Iraqi president discuss reconciliation, peace

    Date: 2014-11-03 19:02:53 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:155 - ID:1258913

    NEW YORK, Nov 3 (MENA) - UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova met with the President of Iraq Fuad Masum in Baghdad, UNESCO official website reported on Monday. The President thanked the Director-General for her visit and the longstanding support of ....

  • Daesh threatens US presence in Gulf - paper

    Date: 2014-11-03 18:57:05 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:153 - ID:1258757

    WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (MENA) - The US Navy said Daesh could attack Americans and Western facilities in the six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council. The navy’s Anti-Terrorism Force Protection cited an online threat from an anonymous supporter of ....

  • 2 militants killed in Libya

    Date: 2014-11-03 18:40:49 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:147 - ID:1258721

    TRIPOLI, Nov 3 (MENA) - Two elements of the Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries were killed during clashes with the Libyan army in the coastal city of Benghazi. Fierce clashes are ongoing in Al-Sabri and Al-laithi districts in benghazi, a ....

  • Libya town death toll hits 142

    Date: 2014-11-03 18:14:41 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:143 - ID:1258585

    TRIPOLI, Nov 3 (MENA) – The death toll in Kikla town, southwest of Tripoli, had hit 142, while the injured reached 518 since the start of armed clashes between the Libyan army and Libya Dawn, a movement led by rebels from Misrata, two weeks ago, a ....

  • Jordan, US discuss promoting cooperation

    Date: 2014-11-03 18:06:06 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:140 - ID:1258329

    AMMAN, Nov 3 (MENA) - Head of Board of Jordan Chamber of Industry Ayman Hatahit held a meeting with US Ambassador to Jordan Alice Wells to discuss ways to enhance cooperation. In a statement on Monday, Hatahit stressed that the US is the largest ....

  • 10 killed in Benghazi armed clashes

    Date: 2014-11-03 18:01:42 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:135 - ID:1258169

    TRIPOLI, Nov 3 (MENA) – Benghazi’s medical center has received bodies of 10 people who were killed in armed clashes in the city on Monday. Four of them have not been identified but all the bodies have gunshot wounds, a medical source told ....

  • Lebanese capital southern suburbs sealed off for Ashoura

    Date: 2014-11-03 17:40:51 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:133 - ID:1258429

    BEIRUT, Nov 3 (MENA) - All the entrances to the predominately Shiite southern suburbs of Beirut will be closed starting midnight to help prevent militant attacks on worshipers observing Tuesday's Day of Ashoura. No one will be able to enter the ....

  • Construction of 500 housing units in East Jerusalem approved

    Date: 2014-11-03 17:28:37 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:124 - ID:1258145

    GAZA CITY, Nov 3 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry's District Committee for Planning and Construction in Jerusalem approved on Monday the construction of 500 new housing units in the East Jerusalem, which is located beyond the Green Line, Ynet ....

  • 3 rockets land in Lebanon's Hermel

    Date: 2014-11-03 17:27:18 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:123 - ID:1258157

    BEIRUT, Nov 3 (MENA) – Three rockets landed successively on the outskirts of the Shiite dominated Hermel city in northeastern Lebanon on Monday. No casualties were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for firing the missiles. ....

  • Iraqi forces bombards Daesh sites in Tikrit

    Date: 2014-11-03 16:25:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:108 - ID:1257709

    BAGHDAD, Nov 3 (MENA) - Iraqi air forces on Monday bombarded sites of the terrorist Daash gangs north of Tikrit, Salahuddin province, a security official said. Three Daeash sites have been completely destroyed, he added. Meanwhile, Anbar security ....

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