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  • Syria peace talks in doubt after 6th day in Geneva

    Syria peace talks in doubt after 6th day in Geneva

    Date: 2014-02-15 17:16:37 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:557159

    UN-Arab League mediator Lakhdar Brahimi ended direct talks between the Syrian government and the opposition Saturday without finding a way of breaking the impasse in peace talks, the ABC News reported. Saturday's talks, which lasted less than ....

  • Salam: New Lebanese gov't able of holding presidential elections as scheduled in May

    Salam: New Lebanese gov't able of holding presidential elections as scheduled in May

    Date: 2014-02-15 13:43:26 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:556769

    Lebanese Prime Minister-Designate Tammam Salam asserted that the Lebanese government's formation is the best formula for Lebanon that could achieve balance and partnership, noting that this government was able to hold the presidential elections as ....

  • Al-Maliki arrives in Anbar province

    Al-Maliki arrives in Anbar province

    Date: 2014-02-15 12:57:03 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:556695

    Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki arrived on Saturday to Anbar province to meet with leaders of tribes there. Al-Maliki was welcomed by Governor Ahmed Khalaf el-Delmi and Head of Sahwa Conference Ahmed Abu Risha, according to a well-informed ....

  • Lebanon government formed after 10-month stalemate

    Lebanon government formed after 10-month stalemate

    Date: 2014-02-15 12:55:21 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:556694

    Lebanon on Saturday formed a government after a 10-month stalemate in the country, Straits Times‎ said. "After 10 months of efforts, of patience, a government protecting the national interest is born," said Tammam Salam, Lebanon's new prime ....

  • Syrian aircraft continue shelling Yabrood

    Syrian aircraft continue shelling Yabrood

    Date: 2014-02-15 12:33:29 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:556639

    The Syrian planes continued bombing Yabrood city, located some 80 kilometers away of the Syrian capital Damascus. Clashes erupted in the outskirts of the city between the Syrian regime forces and the opposition forces. Yabrood city was ....

  • Jordanian Interior Ministry denies new entry measures for Egyptians

    Jordanian Interior Ministry denies new entry measures for Egyptians

    Date: 2014-02-15 11:12:16 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:556454

    No new measures have been adopted to regulate Egyptians' entry into Jordan from border terminals, said the spokesman for the Interior Ministry. The Egyptian community in Jordan has all the respect, Ziyad el-Zoabi told MENA correspondent in Amman ....

  • 5 killed, injured as booby-trapped car exploded in Iraq

    5 killed, injured as booby-trapped car exploded in Iraq

    Date: 2014-02-15 11:05:29 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:556090

    Four Iraqi soldiers were killed and another one was injured when a booby-trapped car, targeting a military patrol, went off in northern Tikrit, some 170 km north of Baghdad. A booby-trapped car, parked on the side of the road in northern Tikrit, ....

  • Lebanese gov't formation to be announced later in the day

    Lebanese gov't formation to be announced later in the day

    Date: 2014-02-15 10:17:52 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:556341

    Nafez Qawas, the Media official of the Lebanese acting premier said the Lebanese government formation will be declared soon after the end of a meeting between Lebanese President Michele Soliman and Acting Premier Tamam Sallam. In statements on ....

  • Large number of elements from Daash group killed in eastern Fallujah

    Large number of elements from Daash group killed in eastern Fallujah

    Date: 2014-02-15 09:34:08 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:556235

    Large number of elements from “Dulat al-Islam fi al-Iraq wal-Sham” or “the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria” (Daash up), were killed on Saturday, the Anbar Operations Command announced. In a statement, the command said that several ....

  • Bahraini policeman dies, more troops deployed across country -- Interior Ministry

    Bahraini policeman dies, more troops deployed across country -- Interior Ministry

    Date: 2014-02-15 08:38:11 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:556115

    One of two policemen who were injured in a terror blast on Friday in the Dair village has died, BNA quoted the Bahraini Ministry of Interior as saying Saturday. “There was an explosion that damaged a bus carrying policemen in Dair. Two policemen ....

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