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Future Movement leader: Operation Decisive Storm aims at banning repetition of Hezbollah in Yemen

Date: 2015-04-08 10:05:19 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:2336681

Lebanese Future Movement leader Saad Hariri voiced belief that Iran is seeking to repeat the experiment of Hezbollah in Yemen through the armed organization of Houthis. In a press statement distributed by his media office on Wednesday, Hariri ....

Jewish settlers storm near Nablus

Date: 2015-04-08 08:26:05 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:2335537

Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed early Wednesday the Joseph Tomb to the east of Nablus, said security sources. Protected by Israeli forces, a number of buses packed with settlers arrived at Joseph Tomb, where they performed religious rituals, ....

Iraqi president urges Pope Francis to support international conference on displaced

Date: 2015-04-07 17:58:06 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:2333433

Iraqi President Fuad Masum on Tuesday stressed the need to organize an international conference to support Iraqi displaced and enable them to return to their homes liberated from Daesh terrorist group. Masum, who received Pope Francis' ambassador ....

Worshipers flock to Aqsa to expel intruders

Date: 2015-04-07 16:25:10 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:2331617

Rallies of Palestinian worshipers flocked on Tuesday to Al-Aqsa holy mosque to expel intruding settlers who stormed the mosque earlier in the day. Large numbers of citizens flowed into Al Aqsa in the early morning hours, while settlers renewed ....

Iraqi, int'l alliance jets conduct 87 sorties killing scores of Daesh members

Date: 2015-04-07 16:00:04 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:2332241

The jets of the Iraqi army and international alliance conducted 87 sorties killing scores of Daesh terrorist group and destroying their hideouts. The alliance launched 10 attacks in Salahedin, Nineveh and Anbar that killed 63 Daesh members, a ....

5 Tunisian soldiers killed, wounded in ambush

Date: 2015-04-07 15:19:37 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:2332257

Two Tunisian soldiers were killed and three more wounded when extremist gunmen ambushed their patrol in western Tunisia on Tuesday. Sky News Arabia carried the news, quoting the spokesman for the Tunisian army. The spokesman said the attack ....

AL chief meets PFA head

Date: 2015-04-07 15:14:57 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:2331209

Arab League (AL) chief Nabil el Araby met on Tuesday with Head of the Palestinian Football Association (PFA) Jibril Rajoub. They discussed a Palestinian draft resolution to suspend Israel's membership in the Fédération Internationale de Football ....

Jordan King , former French PM discuss ties, regional issues

Date: 2015-04-07 15:05:12 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:2332121

Jordanian King Abdullah II on Tuesday met with France's former prime minister, Francois Fillon, to forge closer bilateral ties, Jordanian Petra news agency reported. During the meeting at Al-Husainiah Palace , they highlighted Jordan-France ....

Saudi king: Our forces defend religion, two Holy Mosques

Date: 2015-04-07 15:01:10 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:2332097

King Salman bin Abdel Aziz of Saudi Arabia said that his country defends religion before anything else. During a meeting with senior army and police officers on Tuesday, the king said those who defend the country of the Two Holy Mosques already ....

Algerian PM meets Iran deputy FM

Date: 2015-04-07 14:57:12 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:2332061

Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal met on Tuesday with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Morteza Sarmadi. Sarmadi carried a message from Iranian President Hassan Rohani to his Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The meeting ....