Arab world
- Service : English
- Category : Arab world
-
Authorities identify suicide bombers who attacked Iranian embassy in Beirut
Date: 2013-11-24 09:06:38 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:403655
Lebanese authorities say they have identified the two men who launched a double suicide attack on the Iranian embassy which killed 25 people in Hezbollah's southern Beirut bastion, ABC news reported. This week's double bombing was the first ....
-
4 people injured after 3 bombs thrown outside cafe in Lebanon
Date: 2013-11-24 08:28:21 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:403574
Four people were severely injured after two bombs exploded among three bombs were thrown by unidentified men outside a café in Al-Qoba district in Tripoli of north Lebanon. The injured were moved to a hospital for medical treatment. ....
-
Abbas' visit to Cairo was very successful - diplomat
Date: 2013-11-23 15:26:33 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:402876
The latest visit by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to Egypt was very successful, said Egyptian Ambassador to Palestine Yasser Osman. In statements on Saturday, Osman underlined that the visit reflected brotherly relations between the two ....
-
Israeli forces close checkpoint to Jenin, isolate 4,000 Palestinians
Date: 2013-11-23 11:59:48 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:402456
The Israeli occupation forces closed on Saturday a military checkpoint at the entrance to the village of Barta'a south of Jenin. The occupation forces informed the Palestinian side of the barrier closure until further notice, which isolates ....
-
Two Swedish of Palestinian origin killed in Syria
Date: 2013-11-23 09:57:52 GMT - Norway - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:402173
Two Swedish citizens, of a Palestinian origin, killed in the ongoing clashes between troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and opposition, said Sweden's Expressen newspaper. The number of Swedish who were killed in the civil war in ....
-
2 killed, 1 injured in 2 separate incidents in Iraq
Date: 2013-11-23 09:55:34 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:402171
Two people were killed and another was injured in two separate incidents in north and east of Baghdad on Saturday, an Iraqi security source said. Unidentified armed men opened fire toward a civilian while he was walking in Baghdad and he died on ....
-
Jordan concerned about report on terrorism in Daraa
Date: 2013-11-23 09:52:58 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:402168
The Jordanian government is concerned about reports speaking of terrorist organizations in Daraa in the north of the country, spokesman Mohamed al-Momni said Saturday. He told Jordan's "Al-Ghad" newspaper Amman has taken security precautions to ....
-
Office of UN envoy to Yemen denies attack on convoy
Date: 2013-11-23 08:16:55 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:402014
The office of the UN envoy to Yemen has denied news that gunmen fired shots at a convoy carrying Jamal Benomar in Sanaa Friday night. The news about the firing at the UN envoy is baseless, a well-placed source stressed Saturday. Benomar is ....
-
Lebanese Forces MP: Iran occupies Lebanon
Date: 2013-11-23 08:13:50 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:401980
Lebanese Forces Parliamentary Bloc Member, MP Antoine Zahra, accused Iran Friday of occupying his country indirectly and Hezbollah, which has close links with Iranian Revolutionary Guards, practices such occupation on large parts of ....
-
Syria mediator Brahimi holding talks with Iran, Russia
Date: 2013-11-23 07:55:24 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:401984
Syrian mediator Lakhdar Brahimi held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday on a planned international conference aimed at ending Syria's civil war, according to Russia Today TV channel. "They discussed preparations ....