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Several Houthis killed, injured in car explosion in Yemen

Date: 2014-11-08 08:59:37 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:1288289

SANAA, Nov 8 (MENA) - A suicide bomber from Yemen's Rada'a district blew up a car at the medical center in Bakifah, which is the premises of Ansar Allah, the military wing of the Shiite Houthis Movement. The explosion left dozens dead and injured. ....

Libyan army makes progress in Benghazi

Date: 2014-11-08 08:23:38 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:1288265

TRIPOLI, Nov 8 (MENA) - The Libyan army is continuing to make gains in a number of areas in Benghazi. Armed civilians have fought alongside Haftar's forces in a new offensive to retake Benghazi, which fell into the hands of militias last July, ....

500 killed, wounded in Kakla clashes

Date: 2014-11-08 07:01:35 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:1287921

TRIPOLI, Nov 8 (MENA) - A hundred people have so far been killed and more than 400 others injured in clashes that started two weeks ago between Libyan military troops and "Fajr Libya" militants in the city of Kakla, west of the capital ....

Libyan soldier killed, 4 injured in Benghazi

Date: 2014-11-07 22:45:55 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:128 - ID:1287573

TRIPOLI, Nov 7 (MENA) - A Libyan soldier was killed on Friday while four others were injured in clashes between the army and Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries in Benghazi. According to a military source, the Shura council forces suffered ....

Moroccan authorities blocking human rights activities 'right and left' - HRW

Date: 2014-11-07 22:11:57 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:127 - ID:1287565

NEW YORK, Nov 7 (MENA) - Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Moroccan authorities Friday to stop blocking the efforts of advocacy groups, a practice that has recently become commonplace in the country, RIA Novosti news agency reported. "Morocco was ....

Chinese ambassador in Amman hails Jordan role in Mideast

Date: 2014-11-07 22:07:56 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:126 - ID:1287577

AMMAN, Nov 7 (MENA) – Chinese Ambassador in Amman Gao Yusheng said that Jordan's role in Middle East is essential because it is marked with wisdom and rationality towards all issues. He told Petra News Agency that the head of national committee of ....

Libya's premier receives Iranian envoy

Date: 2014-11-07 22:06:10 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:125 - ID:1287537

TRIPOLI, Nov 7 (MENA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani held a meeting on Friday with Iranian envoy to Libya Hossein Akbari. The meeting took up bilateral relations and cooperation in the ....

No power can force me to leave Yemen - Saleh

Date: 2014-11-07 21:50:31 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:123 - ID:1287545

SANAA, Nov 7 (MENA) - Former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh on Friday said he will die in Yemen as no power can force him to leave homeland. Saleh, who chairs the General People's Congress (GPC) party received supporters who marched to his ....

US delivers night vision goggles worth $1 million to Tunisia

Date: 2014-11-07 21:48:55 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:122 - ID:1287541

TUNIS, Nov 7 (MENA) - The National Defence Ministry received, Friday, a delivery of military equipment from the United States of America, consisting in a cargo of night vision goggles. US Ambassador to Tunisia Jacob Walles said the cargo was ....

Dozens of Palestinians injured in Quds clashes

Date: 2014-11-07 20:51:33 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:115 - ID:1287321

RAMALLAH, Nov 7 (MENA) - Dozens of residents were injured in clashes erupted on Friday with occupation forces in different parts of occupied Al Quds. Some 37 Palestinians were injured with rubber-coated bullets, while 150 others suffocated by ....