Arab world

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  • Tunisian president cast ballot in legislative elections

    Date: 2014-10-26 09:04:13 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:1201073

    TUNIS, Oct 26 (MENA) - Tunisia's interim president Mohamed Moncef Marzouki cast his ballot Sunday in the legislative elections. A number of voters protested that the president did not abide by his turn in the queue. (MENA) MHK/SR ....

  • 2 Libyan army soldiers killed, 13 wounded in clashes in Benghazi

    Date: 2014-10-26 08:06:24 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:1200625

    TRIPOLI, Oct 26 (MENA) - Two Libyan army soldiers were killed and 13 wounded in clashes with rebel forces in Benghazi on Sunday, a military source said. Heavy losses were also reported within the rank of Benghazi Shura Council revolutionists, ....

  • International alliance aircrafts thwart Daesh attack on Baghdadi district in Anbar

    Date: 2014-10-26 07:24:17 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:1200181

    BAGHDAD, Oct 26 (MENA) - The international alliance warplanes foiled on Sunday an attack that was carried out by Daesh terrorist group against Baghdadi district in Anbar province in Iraq, Al Arabiya Al Hadath TV channel said. Earlier on ....

  • Al-Nusra Front threatens to hang abducted soldiers if Lebanon army did not halt Tripoli campaign

    Date: 2014-10-26 07:18:39 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:1200109

    BEIRUT, Oct 26 (MENA) - Al-Nusra Front threatened the Lebanese army that it would hang the abducted military members if it did not stop its military campaign in the Lebanese city of Tripoli. The front threatened that it will kill abducted soldier ....

  • Libya's parliament speaker, PM hold emergency meeting

    Date: 2014-10-25 20:26:29 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:125 - ID:1198569

    TRIPOLI, Oct 25 (MENA) - Libya's House of Representatives Speaker Aguila Saleh, Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani and Chief of General Staff Major General Abdel Razek Nazawra held Saturday an emergency meeting at the government's headquarters in ....

  • New coronavirus case reported in Saudi Arabia

    Date: 2014-10-25 18:46:40 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:112 - ID:1198913

    RIYADH, Oct 25 (MENA) - The Saudi Health Ministry reported a new case of coronavirus, while another case was discharged from hospital on Saturday. The number of cases infected with the virus hit 775, the ministry said in a statement. As many ....

  • Lebanese officer killed, two soldiers wounded in bomb shell explosion at army tank

    Date: 2014-10-25 17:06:22 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:91 - ID:1198281

    BEIRUT, Oct 25 (MENA) - A Lebanese officer was killed and two soldiers wounded when gunmen attacked Saturday an army patrol tank using a rocket-propelled grenade in the northern region of Minnieh, the state's NNA reported. A Lebanese Army ....

  • Lebanon PM: Tripoli no safe haven for terrorists

    Date: 2014-10-25 17:01:56 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:87 - ID:1197865

    BEIRUT, Oct 25 (MENA) - Lebanese Prime Minister Tamam Salam stressed Saturday that the government "will not tolerate any attempt to turn the clock back in Tripoli nor would it allow a handful of terrorists to hold the people of Tripoli as hostages ....

  • Egyptian embassy in Tunisia slams Sinai terrorist attack

    Date: 2014-10-25 16:09:55 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:1197817

    TUNIS, Oct 25 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador to Tunisia Ayman Mosharfa condemned the terrorist attack that targeted army personnel in Sinai on Friday. In statements on Saturday, Mosharfa said that he received phone calls from intellectuals who ....

  • Morocco severely slams N.Sinai terrorist attack

    Date: 2014-10-25 15:46:29 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:1197521

    RABAT, Oct 25 (MENA) - Morocco expressed its severe condemnation of the terrorist attack that took place in North Sinai on Friday. This heinous attack contradicts the teachings of Islam and is considered a violation of moral values. Morocco ....

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