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Libya ready to present guarantees to Egypt, Tunisia on airports' safety

Date: 2014-08-22 06:04:20 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:885534

TRIPOLI, Aug 22 (MENA) - The Libyan government expressed full readiness to present all guarantees to Egypt and Tunisia to assure the safety of the Libyan airports of Mitiga and Misrata for the resumption of flights from both states in accordance ....

MENA to open new Rabat office in Oct.

Date: 2014-08-22 05:56:12 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:885549

CAIRO, Aug 22 (MENA) - The Middle East News Agency (MENA) will open a new office in Rabat, Morocco, in October. The office will be opened in early October and allocated to young journalists to give them a chance to gain experience, MENA Board ....

Jordan King calls for clear, sustainable socio-economic strategy

Date: 2014-08-21 20:33:53 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:144 - ID:885407

AMMAN, Aug 21 (MENA) - Jordan King Abdullah II on Thursday stressed the importance of a clear and sustainable social and economic strategy to address economic challenges facing Jordan, Petra news agency reported. Such strategy, he said, should be ....

Libya's special forces advance as Ansar Al-Sharia militants pull back

Date: 2014-08-21 19:15:22 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:137 - ID:885312

TRIPOLI, Aug 21 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Libyan special forces said on Thursday that troops backed by forces of renegade Libyan General Khalifa Haftar made progress in fight against militant groups in Tripoli. The forces are shelling the sites ....

US conducts 6 airstrikes against ISIL near Mosul dam

Date: 2014-08-21 18:39:30 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:134 - ID:885285

WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (MENA) – U.S. military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in support of Iraqi Security Force operations, using fighter and attack aircraft to conduct six airstrikes in the vicinity of the Mosul Dam, according to a U.S. ....

Berri receives Egyptian amb. to Lebanon

Date: 2014-08-21 17:58:54 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:130 - ID:885233

BEIRUT, Aug 21 (MENA) - Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri received on Thursday Egyptian Ambassador to Lebanon Ashraf Hamdy at the end of his tenure. The meeting tackled the latest development in the region. Egypt has nominated Mohamed ....

Syria's death toll tops 180,000 - activists

Date: 2014-08-21 17:40:57 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:128 - ID:885220

DAMASCUS, Aug 21 (MENA) - More than 180,000 people have been killed in Syria's armed fight, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Among them were 58,805 civilians, including 9,428 children and 6,036 women, Radio Sawa quoted a statement by ....

Tunisia calls off flights from Libyan airports

Date: 2014-08-21 17:37:09 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:127 - ID:885230

TRIPOLI, Aug 21 (MENA) - The Tunisian Transport Ministry cancelled Thursday all flights coming from the Libyan airports of Mitiga, Misrata and Sirte until further notice. In a statement released today, the ministry stressed its keenness on the ....

Arab team holds meeting on developing AL charter

Date: 2014-08-21 14:57:53 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:111 - ID:884887

CAIRO, Aug 21 (MENA) - The first Arab team concerned with revising the Arab League (AL) charter and developing the framework of Arab joint action held its sixth meeting under Omani Ambassador here and the AL permanent representative Sheikh Khalifa ....

Oman free of Ebola virus - health ministry

Date: 2014-08-21 14:50:07 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - Arab world - SN:109 - ID:884932

MUSCAT, Aug 21 (MENA) - Oman’s Heath Ministry said on Thursday that the sultanate is free of Ebola virus, which affected many West African countries, including Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. The ministry asserted that all precautionary ....