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Sisi arrives in Jeddah
Date: 2014-08-10 18:15:19 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:134 - ID:867557
RIYADH, Aug 10 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi arrived Sunday in Jeddah to start a two-day official visit to Saudi Arabia. Sisi is scheduled to meet with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz to discuss the regional situation, particularly ....
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Militants kill at least 500 Yazidis in Iraq
Date: 2014-08-10 17:17:34 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:124 - ID:867442
BAGHDAD, Aug 1 (MENA) - Islamic State militants have killed at least 500 members of Iraq's Yazidi ethnic minority during their attack on the northern city of Sinjar, RTE News quoted Iraq's human rights minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani as saying ....
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ISIL leader's cousin arrested in Iraq
Date: 2014-08-10 16:09:34 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:114 - ID:867351
BAGHDAD, Aug 10 (MENA) – The cousin of leader of the terrorist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was arrested along with three others south of Tikrit city. Mohamad Herdan, the cousin of Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi, was arrested along with ....
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KSA jails 4 on charges linked to Syria conflict
Date: 2014-08-10 15:37:10 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:108 - ID:867302
RIYADH, Aug 10 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia has jailed four of its citizens for up to nearly three years after convicting them of joining or trying to join the conflict in Syria. Two of the men, who were not named, had traveled to Yemen and then Turkey ....
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Egypt eases return of nationals from Libya: Foreign Ministry
Date: 2014-08-10 15:23:51 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:106 - ID:867268
CAIRO, Aug 10 (MENA) – Egypt's Foreign Ministry announced easing measures for the return of nationals who lost their ID papers from Libya. The ministry is working on facilitating the return of all Egyptians from violence-hit Libya, even those who ....
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12 terrorists killed in Mosul
Date: 2014-08-10 14:48:02 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:94 - ID:867196
BAGHDAD, Aug 10 (MENA) - As many as 12 armed men were killed, including militant battalion commander Abu-Mohamed el-Adnani, a Saudi national, in an Iraqi airstrike, which targeted his place in Mosul. In a statement, the National Media Center said ....
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Hariri thanks Egypt for its role in solving Lebanon's Ifta House crisis
Date: 2014-08-10 14:45:15 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:93 - ID:867186
BEIRUT, Aug 10 (MENA) - Former Lebanese prime minister Saad al-Hariri extended thanks to Egypt, which contributed, through its embassy in Beirut, to solving a crisis at the Iftaa House in Lebanon. Egypt's efforts led Lebanese Prime Minister ....
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France FM : Iraq needs national unity government
Date: 2014-08-10 14:32:38 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:90 - ID:866998
BAGHDAD, Aug 10 (MENA) – French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Sunday that Iraq is in dire need of a national unity government that represents all political Iraqi spectra. Forming an Iraqi unity government would help Iraqis in fighting ....
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Kuwait sends second aid-loaded plane to Gaza people
Date: 2014-08-10 13:40:04 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:867005
KUWAIT, Aug 10 (MENA) - Kuwait sent a second humanitarian aid plane to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip on Sunday. The plane has left Abdullah Al-Mubarak air force base in Kuwait early Sunday heading for Ismailia Airport in Egypt, Deputy Chairman of ....
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No place for division - new Lebanese mufti
Date: 2014-08-10 12:58:41 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:866979
BEIRUT, Aug 10 (MENA) – New Lebanese Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdel-Latif Derian said there was no place for division between Islamic institutions in Lebanon. “There is no place after today for any division between the mufti and the Higher Islamic ....
