Arab world

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  • One killed, four people wounded in Tripoli blast

    Date: 2014-08-06 20:32:45 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:177 - ID:861973

    BEIRUT, Aug 6 (MENA) – One person was killed and four others were wounded in a bomb explosion that hit the Lebanese city of Tripoli on Wednesday. The roadside bomb was exploded in Muharram district near a Lebanese army checkpoint. Army troops ....

  • Bomb wounds two in explosion in Lebanon's Tripoli

    Date: 2014-08-06 20:09:44 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:174 - ID:861952

    BEIRUT, Aug 6 (MENA) – An explosive bomb exploded in the Lebanese city of Tripoli on Wednesday wounding two people. Further details were not immediately available. (MENA) AB/NA ....

  • Berri calls for supporting Lebanese army

    Date: 2014-08-06 20:05:34 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:173 - ID:861970

    BEIRUT, Aug 6 (MENA) - Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri underlined the need of providing all the necessary support to the Lebanese Army. He, meanwhile, said that it is important to attain security in the country, adding that achieving ....

  • Tunisia denies deporting Libyan activist, talk show host

    Date: 2014-08-06 18:52:30 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:162 - ID:861851

    TRIPOLI, Aug 6 (MRNA) - Tunisia Ministry of Foreign Affairs dismissed reports claiming the deportation of Libyan activist Mohamed Ba'yo and talk show host Nazem el Tayery. The two were reported exiled by the Tunisian government over a talk show ....

  • Jordan's King, French president discuss Gaza, Mideast issues over phone

    Date: 2014-08-06 18:32:34 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:160 - ID:861834

    AMMAN, Aug 6 (MENA) - Jordan's King Abdullah II and French President Francois Hollande discussed Wednesday over phone the latest developments in the Middle East, mainly efforts to ensure that the stop in the Israeli aggression against Gaza continues ....

  • Jordan exerts non-stop efforts to end Israel aggression on Gaza: king

    Date: 2014-08-06 18:29:07 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:159 - ID:861867

    AMMAN, Aug 6 (MENA) – Jordanian King Abdullah has stressed that his country will continue its efforts with the international community in order to bring an end to the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, Petra News Agency reported Wednesday. ....

  • Lebanon's PM praises Saudi King decision to donate $ 1 billion to army

    Date: 2014-08-06 17:49:57 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:155 - ID:861832

    BEIRUT, Aug 6 (MENA) - Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam has praised a decision by Saudi King Abdullah II to donate one billion dollars to the Lebanese Army. In a press release Wednesday, Salam described as "noble" the Saudi decision ....

  • Mass grave of ISIL dead members uncovered in Iraq

    Date: 2014-08-06 17:40:57 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:153 - ID:861604

    BAGHDAD, Aug 6 (MENA) – A mass grave of corps of 45 members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) was discovered Wednesday in Fallujah, 69 kilometers west of Baghdad. According to the Iraqi News Agency, grim discovery of the bodies were ....

  • 3 kidnapped Lebanese army personnel released

    Date: 2014-08-06 17:40:22 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:152 - ID:861747

    BEIRUT, Aug 6 (MENA) – Three Lebanese army personnel, who were kidnapped by militants, have been released during a 24- hour ceasefire in Arsal town, northern Lebanon, the Committee of Muslim Scholars said Wednesday. The committee which brokered ....

  • Clashes renewed in east Lebanon's Arsal after ceasefire extension announced

    Date: 2014-08-06 17:39:18 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:150 - ID:861812

    BEIRUT, Aug 6 (MENA) - Clashes renewed on Wednesday in Arsal on the axis of Ras Sirij, Ain Atta and Wadi Reayan between the elements of the Lebanese army and gunmen of different nationalities, the Lebanese National News Agency reported. Earlier, ....

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