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  • AL observers head for Tunisia Monday to monitor legislative election

    Date: 2014-10-16 11:14:32 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:1136861

    CAIRO, Oct 16 (MENA) - A team of observers of the Arab League will head for Tunisia Monday to monitor the legislative election due at the end of October. The observers are led by assistant AL secretary general Wagih Hanafi. Tunisia will have ....

  • Libya's army retakes strategic Benina area

    Date: 2014-10-16 11:01:46 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:1136909

    TRIPOLI, Oct 16 (MENA) - The Libyan army took over Benina area in Benghazi after fierce clashes with militants of the so-called Benghazi Revolutionaries' Shura Council. "The army managed to retake the city after long and fierce clashes with the ....

  • UN worried about Lebanon stability - De Mistura

    Date: 2014-10-16 11:00:32 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:1136917

    BEIRUT, Oct 7 (MENA) - UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura voiced on Thursday the UN's concern about Lebanon's stability in light of the ongoing war in Syria. "We are following up what is going on along the Lebanese borders and we know ....

  • OIC secretary general, German FM confer on combating terror

    Date: 2014-10-16 08:09:52 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:1135249

    JEDDAH, Oct 16 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Madani conferred with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier means to combat terror and handle Islamophobia. Both sides discussed regional ....

  • Al-Qaeda claims responsibility. for Ibb's attack

    Date: 2014-10-16 07:14:58 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:1135069

    SANAA, Oct 16 (MENA) - Al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Asharia terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the attack on AL-Odain city in Ibb province in southern Yemen. The attack resulted in a number of casualties. The terrorist group also said it ....

  • US calls for permanent ceasefire in Libya

    Date: 2014-10-15 21:26:47 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:144 - ID:1134217

    WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (MENA) - The US Department of State has called for permanent ceasefire in Libya, calling on all conflicting parties to engage into political dialogue to get the country out of its current crisis, said spokeswoman Jen ....

  • Algerian medical delegation crosses Rafah into Gaza

    Date: 2014-10-15 21:23:41 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:142 - ID:1133913

    RAFAH, Egypt, Oct 15 (MENA) – An Algerian medical delegation crossed Wednesday the Rafah border crossing into the Gaza Strip, a source at the terminal said. The 12-member delegation went to the Gaza Strip to take part in treatment of those ....

  • Baghdad Operations Command denies clashes with Daesh near Baghdad airport

    Date: 2014-10-15 20:56:58 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:138 - ID:1133809

    BAGHDAD, Oct 15 (MENA) - Baghdad Operations Command has denied media reports alleging that clashes erupted between Iraqi security forces and Daesh militants near Baghdad International Airport, the US-funded Radio Sawa reported. These reports are ....

  • Yemen's Hodeidah port not under Houthis control: official

    Date: 2014-10-15 19:40:08 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:133 - ID:1133865

    SANAA, Oct 15 (MENA) – Director of Yemen's Hodeidah international airport on Wednesday denied reports that Shi'ite Muslim Houthi movement has extended its control to the Red Sea port of Hodeidah. These reports are groundless and totally false, ....

  • US to continue supporting Yemen: Ambassador

    Date: 2014-10-15 19:34:48 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:129 - ID:1133289

    SANAA, Oct 15 (MENA) - U.S. ambassador to Yemen Matthew Tueller on Wednesday stressed his country's continuous support to Yemen in all development and economic fields. In a press conference after a meeting with USAID Mission Director in Yemen ....

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