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1,000 Libyan families flee to Qaminis over Benghazi fighting
Date: 2014-12-12 07:19:19 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:1521081
TRIPOLI, Dec 12 (MENA) - More than one thousand Libyan families fled to the town of Qaminis, about 50 km south of Benghazi, due to violence in the eastern city, a local official said. Farag Hamza, Qaminis' local council spokesman, said it's ....
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UNSC holds closed-door session on Yemen
Date: 2014-12-12 07:03:50 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:1521009
SANAA, Dec 12 (MENA) - The UN Security Council held a closed-door session to discuss the latest developments in Yemen. During the session, the UN special envoy for Yemen said it faces daunting security, economic and political challenges and that ....
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Daesh militants take control of 15 villages in Anbar
Date: 2014-12-12 06:48:38 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:1521001
BAGHDAD, Dec 12 (MENA) – Daesh militants have seized more villages in Anbar province, western Iraq, as armed clashes erupted with Iraqi forces near the city of Samarra, sources said. The Daesh group is now in control of 15 villages in Anbar, Sky ....
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Palestine FM, foreign diplomats meet on latest developments
Date: 2014-12-11 18:44:53 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:126 - ID:1519841
RAMALLAH, Dec 11 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki met with members of the diplomatic corps accredited to Palestine to update them on the developments after the killing of a Palestinian minister on Wednesday. He called on the ....
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Sisi appreciates Jordan king's support for Egypt, people
Date: 2014-12-11 18:08:24 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:123 - ID:1519617
AMMAN, Dec 11 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has voiced his country's appreciation for Jordanian King Abdullah II's stances supportive of Egypt and its people. "These honorable stances are not strange to the Jordanian kingdom and its ....
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Tunisia's pres. sends condolence cable to Abbas over minister death
Date: 2014-12-11 17:46:26 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:119 - ID:1519413
TUNIS, Dec 11 (MENA) – Tunisia's interim President Moncef Marzouki on Thursday sent a cable of condolence to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas over the death of a Palestinian cabinet minister. In a statement by the Tunisian presidency, Marzouki ....
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Jordan, Egypt stress need of joint action to curb terrorism
Date: 2014-12-11 17:44:44 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:118 - ID:1519353
AMMAN, Dec 11 (MENA) - Jordan's King Abdullah II and Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El Sisi underlined the importance of having a joint and comprehensive strategy to counter terrorism. During a meeting in Amman, the two leaders discussed ways of ....
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Egyptian amb. meets Lebanon's Michel Aoun
Date: 2014-12-11 17:34:53 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:116 - ID:1519409
BEIRUT, Dec 11 (MENA) – Egypt's Ambassador to Lebanon Mohamed Badr Eddine Zayed met on Thursday with Free Patriotic Movement leader and Lebanese presidential candidate Michel Aoun. The meeting comes part of the ambassador's keenness to ....
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Lebanon, Egypt media relations talks
Date: 2014-12-11 17:01:54 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:111 - ID:1519049
BEIRUT, Dec 11 (MENA) - Director General of Lebanese Information Ministry Hassan Faliha met Thursday Media Counselor at the Egyptian Embassy in Beirut Mostafa Abdel-Gawad. During the meeting, the two sides discussed ways of boosting bilateral ....
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Sudan’s defence min. renews pledge to crush rebellion
Date: 2014-12-11 16:20:38 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:107 - ID:1518929
KHARTOUM, Dec 11 (MENA) - Sudan’s Defense Minister Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Hussein has stressed that the Sudanese armed forces will continue their “Decisive Summer” campaign which aims at eradicating the insurgency in the country. He underscored the ....