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  • Ma'rib power plant disrupted after attack

    Date: 2014-09-12 15:38:55 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:925525

    SANA'A, Sept 12 (MENA) – Ma'rib power plant broke down Friday after it was hit by mortar shells amid fierce clashes in the governorate. Ma'rib governorate is witnessing fierce skirmishes between the Yemeni army and tribes on one side and Houthis ....

  • PM: situaion in Libya complicated

    Date: 2014-09-12 08:59:26 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:923153

    TRIPOLI, Sept 12 (MENA) – Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah Al Thinni said on Friday that the situation in Libya is highly complex in light of the seizure of Tripoli city by a group called " Libya Dawn". He also added that the situation in ....

  • Regional meeting for Arab foreign ministers, Turkey, US concludes in Jeddah

    Date: 2014-09-11 21:52:13 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:130 - ID:922441

    Jeddah, Sept 11, (MENA) - Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council member states, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey with the participation of the US Secretary of State concluded the regional meeting which was held in Jeddah on ....

  • Egypt to host Arab investment conference on Nov. 23

    Date: 2014-09-11 21:44:03 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:128 - ID:922545

    KHARTOUM, Sept 11 (MENA) – Egypt will host the 16th conference for the Arab investment, said Chairman of Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce (FEDCOC) Ahmad el-Wakil. The two-day conference would be held on November 23, el-Wakil told MENA. ....

  • PA ready to take part in Gaza donors conference in Cairo: Abbas

    Date: 2014-09-11 21:08:15 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:125 - ID:922373

    RAMALLAH, Sept 11 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that the Palestinian Authority is currently preparing for the participation in the international donors conference due on October 12 in Cairo that aims to reconstruct ....

  • 759 cross Rafah terminal

    Date: 2014-09-11 19:24:18 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:118 - ID:922369

    RAFAH, Sept 11 (MENA) - As many as 759 people crossed Rafah terminal between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on Thursday, an official with the crossing said. As many as 298 people arrived in Egypt from Gaza, while 461 others left for the opposite side. ....

  • Reporters Without Borders expresses concern over fate of Iraqi journalist

    Date: 2014-09-11 18:10:25 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:108 - ID:922013

    PARIS, Sept 11 (MENA) - Reporters Without Borders expressed on Thursday its grave concern over the fate of Raad Mohamed Al-Azaoui, an Iraqi journalist taken prisoner by the al-Qaeda off-shoot in Iraq and Syria (Daesh) on September 7 and threatened ....

  • Jordan's PM, UN official discuss Syrian refugees

    Date: 2014-09-11 18:01:22 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:106 - ID:921685

    Amman, Sept 11 (MENA) - Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour discussed on Thursday with UN emergency relief coordinator Valerie Amos aspects of cooperation between Jordan and the UN, mainly with regard to Syrian refugees and the humanitarian ....

  • Libyan lawmaker denies sacking envoys to Turkey, Jordan

    Date: 2014-09-11 16:40:20 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:94 - ID:921353

    TRIPOLI, Sept 11 (MENA) - A Libyan lawmaker denied on Thursday social media reports that ambassadors to Turkey and Jordan were sacked. "Five ambassadors were summoned to Libya over issues concerning their embassies," member of Libya's House of ....

  • Assad: Syria ready to provide coop. to make de Mistura’s mission successful

    Date: 2014-09-11 16:22:06 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:93 - ID:921409

    DAMASCUS, Sept 11 (MENA) – Syria's President Bashar al-Assad expressed to UN Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura the Syrian government’s readiness to continue work with him and provide the necessary support and cooperation to make his mission ....

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