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  • Saudi Arabia to host Asia media summit in May

    Saudi Arabia to host Asia media summit in May

    Date: 2014-03-08 08:57:27 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:596542

    Saudi Arabia will host the Asia Media Summit, which will be organized by the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) and hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Information and the General Commission for Audiovisual Media, in May. ....

  • 97 killed in Syria

    97 killed in Syria

    Date: 2014-03-08 07:37:00 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:596396

    Ninety-seven persons were killed across Syria on Friday, including 25 in Aleppo, Idlib and Daraa by regime shells. Clashes erupted between the Free Syrian Army and regime army in Homs, Sky News TV quoted sources in the opposition as saying. ....

  • MB slams Saudi decision designating it as terrorist group

    MB slams Saudi decision designating it as terrorist group

    Date: 2014-03-08 07:25:34 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:596383

    The Muslim Brotherhood has slammed a Saudi decision to designate it as a terrorist group. In a statement on Friday, the group said the decision hurts it. "This new stance of the Saudi Arabia is fully contradictory to the course of its ....

  • Al Qaeda-linked group says its operations do not target ordinary Shiites

    Al Qaeda-linked group says its operations do not target ordinary Shiites

    Date: 2014-03-08 07:24:22 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:596377

    The al Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades said on Friday that its operations do not target ordinary people of the Shiite doctrine or other denominations. In a statement on Twitter, the group said that an error took place in a twin bomb attack ....

  • Low ranking officer shot dead in Benghazi

    Low ranking officer shot dead in Benghazi

    Date: 2014-03-08 07:21:00 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:596373

    Unidentified militants gunned down a low ranking officer of the military police in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Friday. The armed men targeted the non-commissioned officer identified as Abdel Karim al-Manfa outside a gasoline station on the ....

  • Militants fire at Lebanese army camp

    Militants fire at Lebanese army camp

    Date: 2014-03-08 07:17:24 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:596362

    Militants fired at a Lebanese army camp on Friday, but no casualties have been reported. Five gunmen opened fire at the camp of the Lebanese army in Baalbek in northeastern Lebanon without causing any casualties, a statement issued by the ....

  • Jordan’s King meets John Kerry on Palestinian-Israeli peace talks

    Jordan’s King meets John Kerry on Palestinian-Israeli peace talks

    Date: 2014-03-07 19:52:22 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:596105

    Jordan's King Abdullah II conferred with US Secretary of State John Kerry, who is here on a brief visit, on the latest developments on the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks. The meeting focused on efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East and ....

  • Lebanese PM meets Amr Moussa

    Lebanese PM meets Amr Moussa

    Date: 2014-03-07 14:20:45 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:595636

    Lebanese Prime Minister Tamman Salam received on Friday Amr Moussa, chairman of the 50-strong panel that wrote the new constitution of Egypt, in Beirut. After the meeting, Moussa said talks focused on the latest developments in Lebanon and Egypt, ....

  • Syrian airstrikes on Arsal town

    Syrian airstrikes on Arsal town

    Date: 2014-03-07 14:19:48 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:595633

    Syrian regime forces launched on Friday an airstrike on the Lebanese border town of Arsal. In statements to MENA, a Lebanese official said about four air attacks targeted the Sunni-dominated Arsal city. No injuries have been reported so far, ....

  • Syria's Assad praises Russia's takeover of Crimea as 'wise policy'

    Syria's Assad praises Russia's takeover of Crimea as 'wise policy'

    Date: 2014-03-07 14:13:24 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:595621

    Syrian President Bashar Assad said Russia's military takeover of Crimea reflects President Vladimir Putin's "wise policy" and his efforts to restore "security and stability" in Ukraine after an "attempted coup," Fox News reported on Friday In a ....

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