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Jordanians protest against Israeli offensive in Gaza

Date: 2014-08-22 18:43:15 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:93 - ID:886416

AMMAN, Aug 22 (MENA) - Scores of Jordanians participated in protests across the country on Friday against Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip. In the capital Amman, activists demonstrated outside Al Husseini Mosque against the Israeli aggression ....

6 soldiers killed, injured in armed attack in Iraq

Date: 2014-08-22 16:59:08 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:886431

BAGHDAD, Aug 22 (MENA) – Two soldiers were killed while four others were injured when unidentified armed men riding a vehicle opened fire at a checkpoint on Friday in Ramadi of Al Anbar governorate, an Iraqi security source said. Security forced ....

Hamas condemns PA "suppression" of West Bank protests

Date: 2014-08-22 16:57:53 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:886437

GAZA, Aug 22 (MENA) – The Islamist Hamas movement on Friday condemned as "shameful" the Palestinian Authority's dispersal of West Bank protests to show solidarity with the Gaza Strip. "The Palestinian Authority's suppression of the rallies in the ....

Saudi confirms new death of coronavirus

Date: 2014-08-22 16:49:56 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:886401

RIYADH, Aug 22 (MENA) – The Saudi Health Ministry on Friday confirmed a new death of coronavirus in Riyadh, bringing the toll to 301. The first case of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) was reported in the kingdom in September 2012, the ....

House of Mosul senior police official bombed

Date: 2014-08-22 14:58:17 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:886241

BAGHDAD, Aug 22 (MENA) – Unidentified militants blew up Friday the house of Brigadier General Khedr Ahmed Slou, a senior police official in Mosul, Nineveh province. The militants had planted explosive devices inside Slou's house before detonating ....

AL chief, Kuwaiti FM meet with UNHCR chief to discuss Arab refugees issues

Date: 2014-08-22 14:27:53 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:886197

CAIRO, Aug 22 (MENA) – Arab League (AL) chief Nabil el-Arabi and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah met Friday with António Guterres, the UN High Commissioner for refugees in Geneva to discuss conditions of refugees in ....

Yemeni Houthis to start 2nd stage of "escalation" against government

Date: 2014-08-22 13:32:55 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:886129

SANAA, Aug 22 (MENA) - Leader of the Yemeni Houthi Group Abdulmalik Al-Houthi said Friday that the second stage of "escalation" against the government will start today. Houthi called on his followers to continue their protests in the center of ....

30 killed in attack on Sunni mosque in Iraq

Date: 2014-08-22 13:29:48 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:886132

BAGHDAD, Aug 22 (MENA) - At least 30 people have been killed after a Shia Muslim armed group opened fired inside an Iraqi Sunni mosque in the country's eastern Diyala province, Al-Arabiya cited medical sources as saying. A security source said ....

Iraqi, Kurdish forces regain control over 2 towns in north of Iraq

Date: 2014-08-22 12:27:07 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:886003

BAGHDAD, Aug 22 (MENA) – Iraqi and Kurdish forces have regained control over the northeastern towns of Jalula and Sa'dya from the Islamic Militants, Sky News reported Friday. The Iraqi forces were backed by US warplanes. The Kurdish forces ....

CBL denies stopping special transactions of Libyan Parl't

Date: 2014-08-22 11:52:32 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:885912

TRIPOLI, Aug 22 (MENA) – Spokesman for the Central Bank of Libya Essam al-Oul denied on Friday media reports on stopping special transactions of the Libyan House of Representatives. In statements, Oul said those reports are completely baseless, ....