Arab world

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  • Ansar Sharia outposts in Benghazi attacked by Haftar forces

    Date: 2014-06-30 09:00:45 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:804523

    TRIPOLI, June 30 (MENA) - A number of sites of the militant Ansar al-Sharia group in Benghazi were attacked by forces loyal to general Khalifa Haftar, who is leading a military operation codenamed as "Operation Dignity" to crush militants, a ....

  • Libyan army colonel assassinated in Benghazi

    Date: 2014-06-30 08:58:50 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:804556

    TRIPOLI, June 30 (MENA) - A Libyan army colonel was assassinated by unidentified gunmen on Monday in Hawary area in Benghazi, a spokesman for the Joint Security Room Ibrahim Shara told MENA. The attackers targeted the car of Colonel Moussa ....

  • Palestine's Sharia courts halt work over chief justice attack

    Date: 2014-06-30 08:32:56 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:804430

    RAMALLAH, June 30 (MENA) - Sharia courts in Palestine have been ordered to halt work in protest against an assault on the chief sharia justice at Aqsa Mosque. The assault on Mahmoud Habash, who is also the Palestinian president's religious affairs ....

  • Tunisian FM confirms release of abducted diplomats

    Date: 2014-06-30 08:20:25 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:804449

    TRIPOLI, June 30 (MENA) - Tunisian Foreign Minister al-Munji al-Hamdi Monday confirmed news that two Tunisian diplomats kidnapped in the Libyan were released and are on their way back home. Tunis did not hold direct negotiations with the ....

  • Tunisians kidnapped in Libya released

    Date: 2014-06-30 08:17:31 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:804429

    TRIPOLI, June 30 (MENA) - A source with the Tunisian Embassy in Tripoli said Monday that a diplomat and an embassy staffer kidnapped weeks ago in the Libyan capital were released. The two Tunisians are in good condition, the source said, adding ....

  • Jordanian ministry denies any connection to dispatch of workers to Eilat hotels

    Date: 2014-06-30 08:16:38 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:804432

    AMMAN, June 30 (MENA) - Jordanian Ministry of Labor asserted that it has nothing to do with sending Jordanian workers to hotels in the Israeli city of Eilat. "There is no cooperation between the ministry and Israel in this respect," an official ....

  • Korean consortium to provide medical system to Saudi Arabia

    Date: 2014-06-30 07:31:21 GMT - south korea - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:804356

    SEOUL, June 30 (MENA) - The Seoul National University Bundang Hospital and SK Telecom Co. have said their consortium succeeded in clinching a deal to provide a medical information system to Saudi Arabian hospitals. The deal, worth 70 billion won ....

  • 1,282 people cross borders between Egypt, Palestine

    Date: 2014-06-29 21:54:51 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:138 - ID:804207

    RAFAH, June 29 (MENA) - As many as 1,282 pilgrims, stranded people and humanitarian cases crossed on Sunday the borders between Egypt and the Gaza Strip via the Rafah land crossing. The Palestinian pilgrims will take a flight from Cairo ....

  • No corona virus case reported in Saudi Arabia - health ministry

    Date: 2014-06-29 21:31:32 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:133 - ID:804140

    RIYADH, June 29 (MENA) - The Saudi Ministry of Health asserted on Sunday that there is no new case of corona virus detected for the second day in a row. The Ministry said in statement that about 379 cases were discharged from hospitals while 40 ....

  • Kidnapped Tunisian embassy workers freed in Libya - Tunisia's envoy

    Date: 2014-06-29 21:29:50 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:132 - ID:804183

    TRIPOLI, June 29 (MENA) - A Tunisian diplomat and an embassy worker kidnapped earlier this year by unknown gunmen in Libya have been freed, the Star Online quoted Tunisian ambassador to Tripoli as saying on Sunday. With Libya's government weak ....

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