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Three protesters injured in bomb attack outside hotel in Benghazi

Date: 2013-11-30 07:13:21 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:414457

Three people were injured outside a hotel in Benghazi when gunmen driving a car threw a bomb at them on Friday, a security and military expert in Benghazi's Joint Security Room Mohammed Hijazi told MENA. Security forces managed to seize the car ....

Syria PM arrives in Tehran for talks

Date: 2013-11-29 16:15:09 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:413964

Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi arrived in Tehran to discuss regional issues, including the Syria crisis, with Iranian officials, Press TV reported Friday. Halqi arrived in Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport on Friday and was welcomed by ....

National coordination association to support Boutaflika to run for 4th term

Date: 2013-11-29 13:55:02 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:413707

A national coordination association has said it will support Algerian President Abdel Aziz Boutaflika in his bid to run for another term in office. The association, which includes all pro-Bouteflika groups, vowed to gather more than four million ....

UN official calls for solidarity with Lebanon

Date: 2013-11-29 12:36:20 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:413504

Antonio Guterres, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has called on the international community to show solidarity with Lebanon, which hosts thousands of Syrian refugees. In remarks following a meeting with Lebanon's Prime Minister Naguib ....

Sudan VP says Egyptians free to choose their leaders

Date: 2013-11-29 11:59:33 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:413411

Sudanese Vice President Haj Adam said that Sudan respects the Egyptian people's will in choosing their leaders. Adam, in an interview with Asharq Alawsat newspaper, praised ties between the Egyptian and Sudanese peoples. Sudan has nothing to ....

Iran FM says Tehran keen on friendly ties with UAE

Date: 2013-11-29 09:00:26 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:413051

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday that Tehran attaches significance to its bilateral ties with the neighbors, especially the friendly and brotherly country of United Arab Emirates, IRNA news agency reported. In a ....

Syrian PM visits Tehran Friday

Date: 2013-11-28 19:34:58 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:412619

Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi is scheduled to arrive in Tehran Friday to confer with Iranian senior officials. The Syrian crisis and ongoing developments will be the focus of the talks by the two sides. ....

El-Khodri calls on UN to take steps to end Israeli blockade on Gaza

Date: 2013-11-28 14:18:52 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:411959

Head of the popular committee against the blockade on the Gaza Strip Gamal el-Khodri welcomed a visit by United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry to the enclave on Thursday. He described Serry's visit as ....

49 police personnel killed, injured in two Iraq blasts

Date: 2013-11-28 13:03:46 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:411779

Forty-nine Iraqi policemen were killed on Thursday and injured in two consecutive blasts in southern Tikrit city of Salahuddin governorate, an Iraqi security source said Thursday. A booby-trapped car hit a police patrol on Samarra-Baghdad road, ....

Scores of settlers break into Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2013-11-28 12:40:33 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:411711

Scores of Jewish settlers, accompanied by several rabbis, broke into Al Aqsa mosque from Bab Magharba gate under the protection of the Israeli army on Thursday, to mark Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish festival of lights and religious freedom. The ....