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  • Kurds refuse to integrate Peshmerga forces into Iraq Guards

    Date: 2014-09-12 18:20:36 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:94 - ID:926597

    BAGHDAD, Sept 12 (MENA) – Kurdish Politicians on Friday refused the integration of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces into the Iraqi national security guards. The establishment of a national army would be important and necessary, but Kurdistan Region ....

  • Pro-government demonstrators call for peace in Yemen

    Date: 2014-09-12 18:19:29 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:92 - ID:926513

    SANAA, Sept 12 (MENA) - A pro-Yemeni president body staged Friday a mass rally on 60th Street in downtown Sanaa to call for "national alignment" and reject recent illegal acts that led to violence in the country. Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis ....

  • 2 new cases infected with corona virus detected in Saudi Arabia

    Date: 2014-09-12 18:12:24 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:90 - ID:926457

    RIYADH, Sept 12 (MENA) - The Saudi Health Ministry said Friday that two new cases infected with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-Cov) have been detected. The number of infections with Corona virus has risen to 729 people, including 302 ....

  • Jordan King to visit France on Wednesday

    Date: 2014-09-12 17:49:18 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:87 - ID:926433

    AMMAN, Sept 12 (MENA) - Jordanian King Abdullah II will pay a working visit to France on September 17 and 18 where he will meet with French President Francois Hollande, Petra News Agency reported. The King and Hollande will discuss ....

  • Violent clashes erupt between opposition fighters, regime troops in Daraa countryside

    Date: 2014-09-12 17:38:26 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:926273

    DAMASCUS, Sept 12 (MENA) - Syrian opposition sources reported Friday violent clashes between the opposition fighters and the regime troops in the countryside of Daraa, while warplanes bombed areas in Hama province. Clashes were concentrated in a ....

  • Arab Parliament head hails Egyptian initiative to extend Gaza ceasefire

    Date: 2014-09-12 17:30:35 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:926445

    ALGIERS, Sept 12 (MENA) - Speaker of the Arab Parliament Ahmed Bin Mohamed al-Jarwan said the parliament supports an Egyptian Initiative to extend the ceasefire between the Palestinians and Israel. He called on the international community to ....

  • French president Hollande arrives in Arbil from Baghdad

    Date: 2014-09-12 16:42:08 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:926285

    BAGHDAD, Sept 12 (MENA) – France's President Francois Hollande and his accompanying delegation arrived Friday in Kurdistan's capital of Arbil from Baghdad. Kurdish President Massoud Barzani was in his reception at the airport. Hollande's plane ....

  • Cuban aid enters Gaza Strip via Rafah crossing

    Date: 2014-09-12 16:39:40 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:926437

    RAFAH, Sept 12 (MENA) - Egyptian authorities allowed the entry of aid provided by Cuba into the Gaza Strip via Rafah border crossing. The aid sent to Palestinians included six tons of medicaments, said an official at the Egyptian Red Crescent. ....

  • Germany to send 40 military trainers to Iraq to instruct Kurds in weapons use

    Date: 2014-09-12 16:34:30 GMT - Germany - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:926509

    BERLIN, Sept 12 (MENA) Germany plans to send about 40 paratroopers to Iraq to provide weapons training to Kurdish fighters battling Daesh, Fox News reported on Friday. The defense ministry says about six soldiers will accompany each shipment of ....

  • 23 killed, injured in car bomb blast east Baghdad

    Date: 2014-09-12 16:32:47 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:926505

    BAGHDAD, Sept 12 (MENA) - Two Iraqis were killed and 21 others injured on Friday in a blast targeting Maysoon square, east Baghdad. A security source said the blast was caused by a car bomb. (MENA) MSH/RE ....

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