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  • Lebanese PM to visit Qatar Sunday

    Date: 2014-09-13 08:26:02 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:927789

    BEIRUT, Sept 13 (MENA) - Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam will head for Qatar along with a ministerial delegation to discuss the release of the kidnapped Lebanese Army soldiers and policemen. In statements to An Nahar Saturday, Salam said ....

  • Meshaal denies 'shadow government' in Gaza

    Date: 2014-09-12 21:59:43 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:126 - ID:927313

    GAZA CITY, Sept 12 (MENA) - Head of Hamas political bureau Khaled Meshaal denied Friday that his movement had a "shadow government" in the Gaza strip. In statements after his meeting with Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, Meshaal said there is ....

  • Unidentified gunmen kill 3 persons in Libya

    Date: 2014-09-12 21:52:34 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:124 - ID:927297

    TRIPOLI, Sept 12 (MENA) - Unidentified gunmen killed Friday three persons in Libya's cities of Benghazi and Derna. A source at Benghazi Medical Center said they received the boby of Salafi Sheikh Akram Saleh al-Drissi who was targeted by hail of ....

  • 10 Palestinians injured, another detained in clashes with Israeli troops in Silwad

    Date: 2014-09-12 21:14:34 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:120 - ID:927189

    RAMALLAH, Sept 12 (MENA) - At least 10 Palestinian youths were wounded, one of them badly, and another person was detained during clashes that erupted with Israeli troops during protests in the West Bank village of Silwad, near Ramallah. Local ....

  • Dialogue between Damascus, opposition needed to fight terrorism - Russian Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2014-09-12 20:52:22 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:119 - ID:927185

    MOSCOW, Sept 12 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday Russia stands for establishing a broad dialogue between the Syrian government and the opposition in order for the country to oppose terrorism and protect its territorial integrity, RIA ....

  • Syrian troops capture key central town after days of fighting

    Date: 2014-09-12 20:25:41 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:114 - ID:927089

    DAMASCUS, Sept 12 (MENA) The Syrian army and an activist group say government forces have captured a central town that has changed hands several times during the civil war, Fox News reported on Friday. By retaking the town of Halfaya in Hama ....

  • Barzani: Kurds to continue fighting Daesh until eradicated

    Date: 2014-09-12 20:25:12 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:113 - ID:926977

    BAGHDAD, Sept 12 (MENA) - The Kurdish president Massoud Barzani said that the Kurds will continue fighting Daesh until the group is eradicated, Kurdish local media reported on Friday. Earlier, Kurdish president met with French President Francois ....

  • UK Secretary of State phones Kuwaiti PM

    Date: 2014-09-12 20:21:08 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:112 - ID:927085

    KUWAIT CITY, Sept 12 (MENA) - Kuwaiti Prime Minister Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received Friday a phone call from UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Philip Hammond, KUNA reported. During the phone call, the UK ....

  • Kuwaiti Emir returns home after private visit to Rabat, New York

    Date: 2014-09-12 19:33:22 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:106 - ID:927025

    KUWAIT CITY, Sept 12 (MENA) - Kuwaiti Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and the official delegation accompanying him, returned home on Friday after a private visit to Rabat and New York. During the Emir's visit to New York, UN Secretary ....

  • Arab Parliament speaker leaves Algiers

    Date: 2014-09-12 19:00:32 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:102 - ID:926945

    ALGIERS, Sept 12 (MENA) - Arab Parliament Speaker Ahmed Al Jarwan left Algiers on Friday after a visit to Algeria. He said solidarity between the Arab peoples and their leadership would enable to overcome the current abnormal situation through ....

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