Arab world

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  • EU to announce Saturday rejection to setting alternative institutions in Libya

    Date: 2014-08-29 18:28:09 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:897239

    TRIPOLI, Aug 29 (MENA) - European Union leaders will officially announce on Saturday their rejection to setting alternative institutions for the legitimate ones in Libya, Libyan Al Wasat newspaper reported on Friday. The European Union only ....

  • Pro-Gaza rally staged in Jordan

    Date: 2014-08-29 17:28:51 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:897185

    AMMAN, Aug 29 (MENA) - A pro-Gaza rally was staged in Amman after Friday prayers with participation of popular and youth groups. The marchers praised Gaza's steadfastness and resistance and called on the international community to shoulder its ....

  • Lebanese FM urges US Ambassador to help Beirut to combat terrorism

    Date: 2014-08-29 17:27:58 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:897182

    BEIRUT, Aug 29 (MENA) - Lebanese Foreign Minister,Gebran Bassil urged Friday the United States to provide the necessary assistance to Lebanon and to provide all the available information to help the country fight terrorism, in accordance with ....

  • 50 Iraqi soldiers killed, injured in bomb explosion in Tikrit

    Date: 2014-08-29 17:04:54 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:897127

    BAGHDAD, Aug 29 (MENA) - As many as 50 Iraqi soldiers were killed and injured in a blast that targeted a fuel station in Tikrit. According to a statement by the military council of Tikrit revolutionists," the soldiers were deployed at the place ....

  • US begins weapon deliveries to Lebanon Army

    Date: 2014-08-29 16:50:25 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:897175

    BEIRUT, Aug 29 (MENA) - Friday’s shipment of rocket launchers and assault rifles from the United States to the Lebanese Army will be followed by unspecified heavy weaponry, the Daily Star quoted US Ambassador to Lebanon David Hale as saying at a ....

  • Clashes erupt in Arsal, over 200 families flee fire

    Date: 2014-08-29 15:58:37 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:897115

    BEIRUT, Aug 29 (MENA) - Lebanese army battalion engaged on Friday in deadly clashes with a group of militants in the northeastern border region of Arsal, Lebanon. More than 200 families moved from Arsal during the past two days, an official told ....

  • Reporters Without Borders concerned about targeting Libyan media men

    Date: 2014-08-29 15:19:43 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:897085

    TRIPOLI, Aug 29 (MENA) – The Reporters Without Borders' organization has voiced its concern over targeting the Libyan media institutions. In statements, Reporters Without Borders assistant research director Virginie Dangles said that Libya is ....

  • Haftar aircraft targeted after attacking terrorists

    Date: 2014-08-29 15:00:37 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:896976

    TRIPOLI, Aug 29 (MENA) - Commander of the Libyan Tobruk air base Ibrahim Abdrabu , loyal to General Khalifa Haftar, was killed Friday after his military warplane was targeted. Before being targeted, Abdrabu launched air strikes on suspected al ....

  • Syrian army, rebels clash in Damascus

    Date: 2014-08-29 14:47:51 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:897057

    DAMASCUS, Aug 29 (MENA) – Fierce clashes erupted Friday between the Syrian army and armed rebels near Damascus. Several towns in eastern Damascus underwent heavy airstrikes today, Syrian activists told Sky New TV. A number of deaths and ....

  • Peshmerga forces recapture 5 villages in Iraq

    Date: 2014-08-29 14:46:25 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:897054

    BAGHDAD, Aug 29 (MENA) - Kurdish Peshmerga forces on Friday recaptured five villages northern of the Iraqi city of Mosul. Peshmerga forces liberated the villages after fierce clashes with elements of the terrorist al- Qaeda splinter group of Daesh, ....

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