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  • Libya scholars' league condemns attack on Tripoli's mosque

    Date: 2014-10-08 12:14:04 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:1083177

    TRIPOLI, Oct 8 (MENA) - The League of Libyan Scholars has condemned the attack on a mosque in Tripoli. Such attacks aim at distorting the revolutionaries' image, and portray the country as unsafe, the league said in a statement on Wednesday. It ....

  • Israel: Hezbullah using Lebanese soldiers to test Israeli defenses

    Date: 2014-10-08 11:48:10 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:1083097

    WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (MENA) - Hizbullah has been using the Lebanese Army to threaten Israel, The World Tribune newspaper reported. Military sources said Hezbullah was sending Lebanese soldiers to the Israeli border in an effort to stage a ....

  • EU pledges more support for Lebanon to cope up with incoming Syrian refugees

    Date: 2014-10-08 11:43:40 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:1082841

    BEIRUT, Oct 8 (MENA) – The European Union has pledged maintaining support for Lebanon to cope up with the increasing Syrian refugees flocking into the country fleeing armed conflict in their own country, said the EU envoy here on Wednesday. ....

  • More than 30 Daesh militants killed in air raids in Tikrit

    Date: 2014-10-08 10:24:12 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:1082457

    BAGHDAD, Oct 8 (MENA) - Up to thirty Daesh militants were killed in air raids by the Iraqi forces in central Tikrit, the capital of Saladin Province, said a security source in a statement. The operation was carried out upon an intelligence ....

  • Turkish PM calls his Iraqi counterpart

    Date: 2014-10-08 09:24:41 GMT - Turkey - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:1082021

    ANKARA, Oct 8 (MENA) - Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has phoned his Iraqi counterpart Haider al-Abadi over the latest developments in the area, reported sources in the Turkish cabinet. The two sides agreed on increasing mutual official ....

  • Aqsa Mosque under Palestinian control -- official

    Date: 2014-10-08 09:00:40 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:1081693

    RAMALLAH, Oct 8 (MENA) - All Muslim and Christian places of worship in East Jerusalem, including the Al-Aqsa Mosque, are under Palestinian control, said Mahmoud al-Habbash, an adviser to the Palestinian president for religious affairs, Wednesday. ....

  • Israeli forces close Ibrahimi Mosque during Jewish feast

    Date: 2014-10-08 08:57:50 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:1081677

    RAMALLAH, Oct 8 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday briefed head of Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron of a decision to fully close the mosque to Muslims during the Jewish feasts on Sunday and Monday. The Israeli authorities have ....

  • Kuwait close to buy new Boeing, Airbus aircraft

    Date: 2014-10-08 08:38:36 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:1081621

    KUWAIT CITY, Oct 8 (MENA) - Kuwait Airways is to sign within the coming two weeks a deal to buy 10 Boeing jets in a deal valuated at $3.2 billion at list prices, sources at the Kuwaiti Airways said. The contract was approved after being revised ....

  • Libya crude oil production declines from 900,000 barrel/day

    Date: 2014-10-08 08:21:54 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:1081473

    TRIPOLI, Oct 8 (MENA) - Libya's daily production of crude oil declined from 900,000 barrel per day because of sit-ins and riots demanding jobs in Sirte Oil Company. Libya's oil production had jumped to 925,000 barrel per day but went back again ....

  • Biden apologizes to Saudi FM

    Date: 2014-10-08 05:40:53 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:1080873

    WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (MENA) - US Vice President Joe Biden apologized Tuesday to Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faysel for remarks last week suggesting key U.S. allies destabilized Syria by sending arms and money to extremists. Biden previously ....

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