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  • Iraqi army launches attack on Daesh sites near Baghdad

    Date: 2014-09-17 19:00:43 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:132 - ID:960133

    BAGHDAD, Sept 17 (MENA) – A unit of the Iraqi army launched an attack Wednesday on sites for Daesh militants under cover by US Air Forces warplanes near the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. According to a statement by the Iraqi army, the US warplanes ....

  • Parties not taking part in elections have "personal motives" - Tunisian parliamentarian

    Date: 2014-09-17 18:57:20 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:131 - ID:960029

    TUNIS, Sept 17 (MENA) - Tunisian parties that announced that they will not take in the upcoming parties have personal motives and not political or legal reasons, said Secretary General of Tunisia's National Building Party Riyad al-Shoeibi. In an ....

  • Dozens of Palestinians suffer suffocation during clash with Israeli occupation forces

    Date: 2014-09-17 18:52:45 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:130 - ID:960121

    RAMALLAH, Sept 17 (MENA) – Dozens of Palestinians suffered suffocation Wednesday after inhaling tear gas during clashes with Israeli occupation forces in Jenin. The clashes erupted when squads of Israeli forces stormed the town of Yabed city, ....

  • Czechs to train Iraqi helicopter pilots

    Date: 2014-09-17 18:49:01 GMT - Czech - Arab world - SN:128 - ID:960117

    PRAGUE, Sept 17 (MENA) - The Czech Defense Ministry said Wednesday that it has signed a deal with Iraq to provide training to 31 helicopter pilots from the Iraqi air force. According to Czech Radio Praha, the training will be conducted in the ....

  • Sisi receives Abu Dhabi Crown Prince .. 2 last Cairo

    Date: 2014-09-17 18:12:39 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:124 - ID:960285

    The meeting tackled the importance of unifying the international and Arab efforts to encounter terrorism and correct the past lapses that paved the way for brutal terror in Afghanistan, Syria and Libya, Badwai added. He noted that Sisi sent ....

  • Sisi receives Abu Dhabi Crown Prince

    Date: 2014-09-17 17:42:50 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:119 - ID:960077

    CAIRO, Sept 17 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Wednesday received Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Armed Forces and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan at the presidency headquarters in ....

  • New coronavirus case reported in Saudi Arabia

    Date: 2014-09-17 17:28:02 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:114 - ID:959765

    RIYADH, Sept 17 (MENA) – The Saudi Ministry of Health has reported a new case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus. This brings the total coronavirus cases in the Kingdom to 732, including 302 fatalities since the illness first ....

  • Lebanon free of Ebola virus - minister

    Date: 2014-09-17 17:00:38 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:112 - ID:959733

    BEIRUT, Sept 17 (MENA) - Lebanon is free of Ebola virus till now, affirmed Lebanese Health Minister Wael Abu Faour. Reports on the death of a Lebanese youth from the virus are totally groundless, he added in a press release Wednesday. Abou ....

  • UAE foreign minister leaves Cairo

    Date: 2014-09-17 15:13:50 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:95 - ID:959173

    CAIRO, Sept 17 (MENA) - UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan left here Wednesday on board a private plane, after paying several hours' visit to Egypt. The UAE foreign minister attended the meeting between Crown Prince of Abu ....

  • Shi'a leader calls for cooperation with Azhar

    Date: 2014-09-17 14:04:55 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:87 - ID:958621

    BEIRUT, Sept 17 (MENA) - Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Lebanese Shi'a Council Sheikh Abdul Amir Qabalan has stressed the importance of boosting cooperation with Al-Azhar. "This will serve the interests of the Islamic nation as well as the ....

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