Arab world

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  • Palestinian Airlines appreciates Egypt's role in transporting pilgrims

    Date: 2014-09-17 21:14:49 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:154 - ID:960845

    RAMALLAH, Sept 17 (MENA) - Director General of the Palestinian Airlines Walid Tamim on Wednesday hailed efforts exerted by the Egyptian authorities to facilitate the entry procedures to the Egyptian territories of Palestinian pilgrims on their way ....

  • Egypt elected regular member in ALO Board of Directors

    Date: 2014-09-17 20:35:39 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:147 - ID:960725

    CAIRO, Sept 17 (MENA) – Egypt was elected Wednesday as a regular member at the Board of Directors of the Arab Labor Organization (ALO) during the period from 2014 to 2016. The 41st session of the Arab Labor Conference under the auspices of ....

  • Egypt, Palestine Awqaf ministers discuss promoting ties

    Date: 2014-09-17 20:11:40 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:145 - ID:960665

    CAIRO, Sept 17 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa on Wednesday received his Palestinian counterpart Youssef Daees to discuss boosting ties. During the meeting, Daees warned of the Israeli attempts to Judaize al Quds as well as ....

  • Hamas says indirect truce negotiations to be resumed before Sept 24

    Date: 2014-09-17 20:07:49 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:144 - ID:960057

    RAMALLAH, Sept 17 (MENA) - Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzouk said indirect negotiations about the ceasefire with Israel will start in Cairo before September 24. He said the date for resuming the indirect talks has not been set yet, but it would most ....

  • 29 illegal Egyptian migrants deported from Libya

    Date: 2014-09-17 20:04:57 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:143 - ID:960661

    TRIPOLI, Sept 17 (MENA) - A Libyan security patrol stopped 29 illegal Egyptian migrants, who were hiding inside a truck traveling on Al Sawawa road in Sirte, according to a security source. They were deported to Egypt through the concerned ....

  • Tunisia PM says he will not run for presidency

    Date: 2014-09-17 19:56:22 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:140 - ID:960557

    TUNIS, Sept 17 (MENA) - Tunisia's interim Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa said Wednesday that he will not run for presidency in the country's October elections. In a press conference Wednesday, Jomaa said he would not run and would instead hold to ....

  • Libya denies car explosion in Sirte

    Date: 2014-09-17 19:05:26 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:133 - ID:960397

    TRIPOLI, Sept 17 (MENA) – A Libyan security source denied Wednesday reports of a car explosion in front of a party-halls compound in the Libyan city of Sirte. It was a road accident that caused a car to be set ablaze, the source told the Libyan ....

  • Iraqi army launches attack on Daesh sites near Baghdad

    Date: 2014-09-17 19:00:43 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:132 - ID:960133

    BAGHDAD, Sept 17 (MENA) – A unit of the Iraqi army launched an attack Wednesday on sites for Daesh militants under cover by US Air Forces warplanes near the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. According to a statement by the Iraqi army, the US warplanes ....

  • Parties not taking part in elections have "personal motives" - Tunisian parliamentarian

    Date: 2014-09-17 18:57:20 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:131 - ID:960029

    TUNIS, Sept 17 (MENA) - Tunisian parties that announced that they will not take in the upcoming parties have personal motives and not political or legal reasons, said Secretary General of Tunisia's National Building Party Riyad al-Shoeibi. In an ....

  • Dozens of Palestinians suffer suffocation during clash with Israeli occupation forces

    Date: 2014-09-17 18:52:45 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:130 - ID:960121

    RAMALLAH, Sept 17 (MENA) – Dozens of Palestinians suffered suffocation Wednesday after inhaling tear gas during clashes with Israeli occupation forces in Jenin. The clashes erupted when squads of Israeli forces stormed the town of Yabed city, ....

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