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Libya's interim gov't submits resignation to parliament

Date: 2014-08-28 21:51:52 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:140 - ID:896255

TRIPOLI, Aug 28 (MENA) - The interim Libyan government on Thursday tendered its resignation to the House of Representatives. In a statement on its website, the government said that it submitted its resignation according to a constitutional ....

Ten Daesh militants killed in airstrike in Syria

Date: 2014-08-28 18:46:43 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:113 - ID:895964

DAMASCUS, Aug 28 (MENA) – Ten Daesh militants were killed in an airstrike launched by the Syrian regime forces in the city of Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said Thursday. Some Syrians, Arabs, and ....

Iraqi airstrike kills, injures Daesh terrorists northern Babel

Date: 2014-08-28 18:39:22 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:111 - ID:895900

BAGHDAD, Aug 28 (MENA) - The Iraqi Air force killed and injured a number of terrorists belonging to Al-Qaeda offshoot in Iraq and Syria (Daesh) in northern Babel province on Thursday. The Iraqi Air Force bombarded the Daesh terrorists' hideouts in ....

Oman sends new aid convoy to Gaza

Date: 2014-08-28 17:54:37 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - Arab world - SN:106 - ID:895863

MUSCAT, Aug 28 (MENA) - Oman sent a new convoy of humanitarian aid to the displaced and affected people of the Gaza Strip. An aid convoy of six trucks carrying about 60 tonnes of medicines and other supplies headed via Rafah crossing on Thursday, ....

Saudi confirms new death of coronavirus

Date: 2014-08-28 17:51:00 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:105 - ID:896030

RIYADH, Aug 28 (MENA) - One more person has died in Saudi Arabia of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS), the Saudi health ministry said Thursday. No new cases were reported on Thursday, the ministry said in a ....

US amb. to Libya says Washington will listen to all sides, only recognises democratically-elected House

Date: 2014-08-28 16:40:28 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:96 - ID:895883

TRIPOLI, Aug 28 (MENA) - The US will listen to all sides in Libya but will only recognize the democratically elected House of Representatives, US ambassador to Libya Deborah Jones said Thursday. In statements to Times of Malta paper, Jones ....

Abu Marzouk arrives in Gaza via Rafah crossing

Date: 2014-08-28 15:38:54 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:895644

GAZA CITY, Aug 28 (MENA) - Member of the political bureau of Hamas movement Moussa Abu Marzouk arrived Thursday in the Gaza Strip via Rafah border crossing. The Hamas' member was received by a number of Hamas leaders including the movement's ....

'Daesh' plans to establish Caliphate in N. Africa

Date: 2014-08-28 12:57:35 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:895542

ALGIERS, Aug 28 (MENA) – The so-called militant group of "Daesh" has started contacting Jihadist Salafist elements in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco and Al-Qaeda in North Africa to establish an "Islamic state," a human rights organization ....

Gaza fishermen sail 6 miles into sea

Date: 2014-08-28 11:16:58 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:895341

GAZA CITY, Aug 28 (MENA) – Gaza fishermen sailed six miles into the Mediterranean Sea under an Egypt-brokered ceasefire agreement reached Tuesday between Palestinian factions and Israel. The fishermen started Wednesday sailing six miles in the ....

Qatar Emir to attend Erdogan's inauguration

Date: 2014-08-28 11:15:26 GMT - Qatar - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:895324

DOHA, Aug 28 (MENA) – Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani leaves for Turkey Thursday to attend the inauguration ceremony of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Qatari Emir and his accompanying delegation will partake in the ceremony at an ....