Arab world
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US anti-ISL fight targeting Syria resistance: Iran cmdr.
Date: 2014-10-18 15:07:25 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:1150305
TEHRAN, Oct 18 (MENA) - The United States seeks to destroy Syria’s infrastructure and the resistance front in the Middle East under the guise of fighting the ISIL Takfiri terrorists, a senior Iranian commander says. Brigadier General Massoud ....
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Iraqi parliament votes on deputy premier, ministers of interior, defense, tourism
Date: 2014-10-18 14:39:17 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:1149709
BAGHDAD, Oct 18 (MENA) - The Iraqi Parliament named on Saturday the candidate of the Iraqi National Alliance Mohamed al-Ghaban as the Minister of Interior and Khalid al-Ubaidi as Minister of Defense. The lawmakers named candidate of the ....
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15 Die in regime airstrikes near Damascus
Date: 2014-10-18 14:38:19 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:1150089
DAMASCUS, Oct 18 (MENA) - Three children were among the 15 civilians killed on Friday in air raids by Syrian regime loyalists on the outskirts of Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. "At least 15 civilians, including ....
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One killed, 7 injured in bomb explosion in Baghdad
Date: 2014-10-18 13:38:44 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:1149589
BAGHDAD, Oct 18 (MENA) - Iraqi man was killed while seven others were injured when an explosive device went off near a restaurant in Baghdad. The explosive device detonated near a restaurant at a local market in El Shab neighbourhood, in ....
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Egypt amb. hails ties with Jordan
Date: 2014-10-18 12:36:46 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:1148897
AMMAN, Oct 18 (MENA) – Egypt's Ambassador to Jordan Khaled Tharwat hailed as excellent the Egyptian-Jordanian relations. "The Egyptian-Jordanian relations are strategic and developing," he told MENA on the sidelines of the annual charity bazaar ....
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AL chief heads for Kuwait before Iraq visit
Date: 2014-10-18 12:27:25 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:1148949
CAIRO, Oct 18 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi headed on Saturday along with his accompanying delegation to Kuwait to join the Arab ministerial delegation, who will travel to Baghdad Sunday under Kuwaiti First deputy Prime ....
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3 Yemeni police personnel killed in Ibb
Date: 2014-10-18 12:19:49 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:1148925
SANAA, Oct 18 (MENA) - Security bodies in Yemeni Ibb province announced that three police personnel were killed and two others were injured as well as a civilian during a terrorist attack launched by al-Qaeda. The Agricultural Bank branch was ....
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Egyptian youth delegation participates in Arab Capitals Youth Conference
Date: 2014-10-18 12:06:29 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:1148389
AMMAN, Oct 18 (MENA) - A delegation of Egyptian youth arrived to the Jordanian capital Amman on Saturday under Head of the Foreign Affairs Department in the Youth and Sports Ministry Reda Saleh. The delegation will take part in the 11th session ....
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Houthis, Sunni supporters clash in central Yemen
Date: 2014-10-18 12:00:40 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:1148409
SANAA, Oct 18 (MENA) - Yemeni Shi'ite Houthi fighters and supporters of the Sunni Muslim party Islah clashed in central Yemen on Saturday, residents and local officials said, another sign of sectarian warfare in the violence-prone country that ....
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Protests against Houthis presence in nothern, western Yemeni provinces
Date: 2014-10-18 11:57:27 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:1148153
SANAA, Oct 18 (MENA) - Yemen's national movements staged protests on Saturday against the presence of Houthi group in northern and western Yemeni provinces. Residents of Tihamah, a province overlooking the Red Sea, gave the Houthis one day to ....