Arab world

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  • UN envoy meets Libyan MP

    Date: 2014-08-30 08:34:20 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:897683

    TRIPOLI, Aug 30 (MENA) – Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Bernardino Leon met with Libyan MP Abdel-Rahman al-Soweilhi of Misrata. The meeting with the UN delegation probed the political turmoil in Libya and means to ....

  • Daesh publishes video for captured Lebanese soldiers

    Date: 2014-08-30 07:58:33 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:897575

    BEIRUT, Aug 30 (MENA) - The "so-called" Daesh group posted a taped video message of the nine Lebanese soldiers, who were captured by the group at the beginning of this month. The group said they the soldiers have only have three days to live if ....

  • Resigned govt urges armed groups to leave Libyan cities

    Date: 2014-08-30 06:10:46 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:897457

    TRIPOLI, Aug 30 (MENA) – Libya's resigned government urged all armed groups to withdraw from Libyan cities and institutions, especially airports, to allow the army and police perform their duties. In a statement, the resigned government held the ....

  • Two Palestinians succumb to wounds sustained during Israeli aggression on Gaza

    Date: 2014-08-29 21:30:32 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:106 - ID:897372

    GAZA CITY, Aug 29 (MENA) - Two Palestinians died Friday due to deadly wounds sustained during the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. Mohamed Khalil, 23, died as he was under medical care in Gaza, sources said. Old lady Wedad Abu Zied, 64, ....

  • UN Security Council urges Yemen's Houthis to end hostilities

    Date: 2014-08-29 21:04:36 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:99 - ID:897346

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The UN Security Council called on Yemen's Houthis to end hostilities against the government and warned foreign countries not to interfere by encouraging instability in the impoverished Arab state. "The Security Council ....

  • Russia concerned about US decision to make reconnaissance flights over Syria — FM

    Date: 2014-08-29 20:54:48 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:98 - ID:897339

    MOSCOW, Aug 29 (MENA) - Russia is concerned about the US decision to authorize reconnaissance flights over Syria, ITAR-TASS quoted the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying on Friday. The ministry urged Washington to act in accordance with ....

  • UN says more than 3m have fled war in Syria

    Date: 2014-08-29 19:31:38 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:897285

    NEW YORK, Aug 29 (MENA) - The UNHCR said Syria is now "the biggest humanitarian emergency of our era" with almost half of all Syrians forced to flee their homes, the BBC reported on Friday. The majority of refugees have fled to countries ....

  • 7 immigrants rescued off Mostaganem coast, 12 arrested in Algeria

    Date: 2014-08-29 19:03:59 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:897253

    ALGIERS, Aug 29 (MENA) - Seven Algerian would-be immigrants were rescued by units of the Algerian Naval Forces north of Sidi-Lakdar in Mostaganem (355-km west of Algiers) while twelve others, including a French-Algerian, were arrested off Cap Figalo ....

  • 6 injured in fire erupted in Mecca

    Date: 2014-08-29 18:36:57 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:897237

    MECCA, Aug 29 (MENA) - Saudi firefighters contained a fire that erupted in a site of extension projects of the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca. According to a civil defense sector in Mecca, six people were injured in the fire. The ....

  • New corona virus case reported in Saudi Arabia

    Date: 2014-08-29 18:29:17 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:897252

    RIYADH, Aug 29 (MENA) – The Saudi Ministry of Health reported a new corona-virus case on Friday The number of infections rose to 726, including 302 deaths, the ministry said The first case was reported in the kingdom in September 2012. As many ....

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