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  • No meeting between Libya's parliament speaker, GNC outgoing head: official

    No meeting between Libya's parliament speaker, GNC outgoing head: official

    Date: 2015-12-13 09:20:13 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:3916201

    A well- placed official with Libya's parliament Saturday said that no scheduled meeting between Parliament Speaker Akila Saleh and Nouri Abusahmain, outgoing head of Libya's General National Congress (GNC). In statements earlier in the day, the ....

  • Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

    Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2015-12-13 09:11:41 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:3916145

    Israel settlers stormed on Sunday al Aqsa Mosque from Magharba Gate. They were protected by Israeli forces, a worshiper told MENA. Worshipers staying at the mosque tried to stop the settlers from entering by shouting Allahu Akbar (God is ....

  • 377 Daesh members, including four Americans, arrested over two months, says paper

    377 Daesh members, including four Americans, arrested over two months, says paper

    Date: 2015-12-13 08:49:20 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3915913

    Saudi security bodies have arrested 377 suspects belonging to Daesh terrorist organization over the past two months in several areas in the Kingdom, the Saudi "Aljazeera" newspaper reported. The suspects include four Americans, four South African ....

  • Arab coalition jets shell militias' positions in Sanaa

    Arab coalition jets shell militias' positions in Sanaa

    Date: 2015-12-13 08:46:40 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:3915885

    Arab coalition warplanes shelled in the wee hours of Sunday positions affiliated to the Houthis and pro-former president Ali Abdullah Saleh militias in Sanaa, eyewitnesses said. The jets targeted a camp and communication headquarters in Abyan ....

  • 6 Iraqi border guards killed in suicide attack

    6 Iraqi border guards killed in suicide attack

    Date: 2015-12-12 13:12:42 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:3912437

    Six Iraqi border guards were killed and ten others injured when a suicide bomber detonated his car at their post, Iraqi Interior Ministry's spokesman told MENA Saturday. Saad Maan said the post was located on the border with Saudi Arabia. The ....

  • Baghdad to take necessary actions to save its lands against Turkish incursion - PM

    Baghdad to take necessary actions to save its lands against Turkish incursion - PM

    Date: 2015-12-12 07:43:57 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3909881

    Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi called Friday on Turkey to immediately withdraw its troops from northern Iraq, saying his government would take every action to maintain Iraq's sovereignty. In a speech to the nation, the prime minister ....

  • Assad's fate should be discussed by Syrians -- Kremlin

    Assad's fate should be discussed by Syrians -- Kremlin

    Date: 2015-12-11 14:01:04 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3907545

    Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday the fate of Syrian President Bashar Assad should be a matter of internal Syrian discourse, Sputnik news agency reported. "The fate of Assad should be discussed by the Syrians, not by Russia," Peskov ....

  • Syrian opposition convenes in Saudi Arabia for peace push

    Syrian opposition convenes in Saudi Arabia for peace push

    Date: 2015-12-09 08:03:48 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:3890449

    A conference of the Syrian opposition opened Wednesday in Saudi Arabia with an aim to pursue peace talks. Saudi Foreign Minister Adil al Ahmad al Junayr welcomed the attendees and voiced hope that the meeting would be successful, according the ....

  • Jewish settlers storm Al Aqsa courtyards

    Jewish settlers storm Al Aqsa courtyards

    Date: 2015-12-09 08:01:33 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:3890417

    Jewish settlers raided Al Aqsa Mosque courtyards under the protection of Israeli forces on Wednesday morning. Om Fahd, one of the women known as the "Murabitat" or "the steadfast", who come to the mosque daily, the third holiest site in Islam, to ....

  • Abadi to take measures in response to Turkish violation of soil

    Abadi to take measures in response to Turkish violation of soil

    Date: 2015-12-08 16:28:49 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:3888161

    The Iraqi government has assigned Prime Minister Haidar al Abadi to take necessary measures in response to the Turkish violation of Iraq's border. The government also voiced support for a decision by the country's national security council, ....

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