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  • 8 Afghan policemen killed by Taliban

    8 Afghan policemen killed by Taliban

    Date: 2017-11-13 10:38:13 GMT - Afghanistan - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7088325

    An Afghan official said a Taliban attack in western Farah province has killed eight police officers, ABC news reported. Mohammad Naser Mehri, spokesman for the provincial governor, said the Taliban attacked a police check point near the city of ....

  • 7 killed, 321 injured in Iraq's earthquake - Interior ministry

    7 killed, 321 injured in Iraq's earthquake - Interior ministry

    Date: 2017-11-13 10:37:39 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7088433

    Iraq's Interior Ministry said seven people in the country's self-ruled northern Kurdish region died and 321 people were injured as a result of the the 7.3-magnitude earthquake that hit Iraq Sunday, ABC news reported. Iraq's Prime Minister Haider ....

  • Abul Gheit condemns Bahrain oil pipeline explosion

    Abul Gheit condemns Bahrain oil pipeline explosion

    Date: 2017-11-12 10:50:54 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7086869

    Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit condemned Friday's blast of a pipeline of Abu Safa oilfield near Buri in Bahrain. Abul Gheit expressed full solidarity with Bahrain's efforts to maintain its sovereignty, safeguard its people and ....

  • Clashes erupt anew between regime troops, Daesh in Bukamal

    Clashes erupt anew between regime troops, Daesh in Bukamal

    Date: 2017-11-11 08:13:38 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7085141

    Fierce clashes renewed between regime forces and Daesh militants in al Bukamal city, the last Daesh-stronghold city in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Saturday. Daesh terrorists are fiercely resisting attacks by ....

  • Person killed, 8 injured in strike on Benghazi security HQs

    Person killed, 8 injured in strike on Benghazi security HQs

    Date: 2017-11-11 06:57:32 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7085052

    A person was killed and eight others were injured when the headquarters of the special task force in eastern Benghazi was attacked, local media reported Friday with giving no further details. ....

  • Palestinian minister to visit Russia on Saturday for talks

    Palestinian minister to visit Russia on Saturday for talks

    Date: 2017-11-10 16:29:14 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:7084610

    Palestinian Ambassador to Russia Abdel Hafiz Nofal said Friday in a press conference that Palestinian Minister of Civil Affairs Hussein al Sheikh will visit Russia on Saturday to meet with Russian officials. The Palestinian minister will discuss ....

  • Israeli forces close Ibrahimi Mosque during Jewish feast

    Israeli forces close Ibrahimi Mosque during Jewish feast

    Date: 2017-11-10 15:43:51 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:7084578

    Israeli authorities decided to close the Ibrahimi Mosque in Al-Khalil (Hebron) in southern West Bank to Muslims on Friday until Sunday. In statement to MENA, Director of Public Relations and Information in Hebron Governorate Hossam Abdeen said ....

  • Lebanese president discusses Hariri's resignation with Egypt, Jordan ambassadors

    Lebanese president discusses Hariri's resignation with Egypt, Jordan ambassadors

    Date: 2017-11-10 15:20:08 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:7084549

    Lebanese President Michel Aoun met here on Friday with Ambassador of Egypt Nazih el Nagari and Ambassador of Jordan Nabil Masarweh, in an attempt to contain the crisis arising from the resignation of prime minister Saad al-Hariri. Earlier in ....

  • Essebsi, Tunisia's PM discuss agenda of joint Egyptian-Tunisian committee meetings

    Essebsi, Tunisia's PM discuss agenda of joint Egyptian-Tunisian committee meetings

    Date: 2017-11-10 15:20:00 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:7084541

    Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi discussed Friday with his Prime Minister Youssef Chahed the agenda of the 16th session of the joint higher Egyptian-Tunisian committee, which will be held on Saturday and Sunday in Cairo. The committee ....

  • Former Lebanese PM: ‘We have to stand by Hariri’

    Former Lebanese PM: ‘We have to stand by Hariri’

    Date: 2017-11-10 13:54:27 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:7084419

    "Resigned Prime Minister Saad Hariri has carried a great deal, and he has taken a major national choice, and we have to stand by him and believe that what he represents is what we all wish for from every national official who is keen on the ....

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