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DFLP clings to Egypt's role in truce negotiations

Date: 2014-08-16 16:09:52 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:876871

GAZA CITY, Aug 16 (MENA) - Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) asserted Saturday that Egypt would be sponsor of indirect negotiations between Palestine and Israel to stop the occupation forces' aggression on Gaza. In a ....

25 terrorists killed in S. Baghdad military op

Date: 2014-08-16 15:54:39 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:876864

BAGHDAD, Aug 16 (MENA) – As many as 25 terrorists have been killed and their hotbeds destroyed amid a military operation southern Baghdad, a military source said Saturday. Iraq is facing a deteriorating security situation after militants of the ....

Algeria foreign ministry denies military interference in Libya

Date: 2014-08-16 12:02:49 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:876550

ALGIERS, Aug 16 (MENA) - Algeria's Foreign Ministry denied Saturday news fanned about its military interference in Libya two days ago. "There are no air strikes launched against Libya by Algeria," Algerian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdel Aziz bin ....

Kuwait regrets UN curbs against 2 citizens over ISIL, ANS

Date: 2014-08-16 11:23:58 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:876455

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 16 (MENA) – Kuwait has regretted inclusion of two Kuwaiti citizens' names in a list attached to United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) No. 2170 enforcing sanctions on extremist Islamic groups in Syria and Iraq. In a ....

Syrian army most capable of helping Lebanon in fighting terrorism-amb.

Date: 2014-08-16 10:20:25 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:876374

BEIRUT, Aug 16 (MENA) – Syrian ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdul-Karim said Saturday that his country's army was the most capable of helping its Lebanese counterpart in fighting terrorism. Abdul-Karim stressed the urgent cooperation between the two ....

Spanish FM: Meeting on Libya to be held in Madrid on Sept. 17

Date: 2014-08-16 10:08:07 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:876335

TRIPOLI, Aug 16 (MENA) - Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel García-Margallo said his country will call for a meeting on Libya in Madrid on September 17 to be attended by Mediterranean countries. In statements following the European Union ....

Egypt supports Arab countries in all circumstances - ambassador

Date: 2014-08-16 09:48:49 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:876320

CAIRO, Aug 16 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador in Sanaa Ashraf Aql said that Egypt supports Arab countries in all circumstances, as this is a protection to its national security as well. The ambassador made the remark during his meeting with Yemeni ....

Mortar shell falls in Reef Damascus, 14 injured

Date: 2014-08-16 07:51:39 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:876137

DAMASCUS, Aug 16 (MENA) - Fourteen people were injured when mortar shells fell in Jaramana in Reef Damascus. Meanwhile, fighting between the armed opposition and the Syrian Army are going on in Al-Maliha in Damascus. Syria has been ....

Clashes continue around Tripoli airport

Date: 2014-08-16 06:52:34 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:875983

TRIPOLI, Aug 16 (MENA) – Fierce clashes and heavy bombing were reported in the early hours of Saturday in the Libyan capital. Tripoli International Airport has been exposed to violent armed clashes between Zantan revolutionaries, who control the ....

77 killed across Syria Friday

Date: 2014-08-16 06:00:13 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:875982

DAMASCUS, Aug 16 (MENA) – Seventy-seven persons were killed during violent attacks across Syria on Friday, the Syrian Revolution General Commission said. Factions of the armed opposition deterred attacks by regime forces in several areas in Aleppo, ....