Arab world

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  • Israel raids West Bank, arrests 388 Palestinians in search for missing teens in week

    Date: 2014-06-20 20:17:50 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:105 - ID:789049

    RAMALLAH, June 20 (MENA) - Israel has arrested about 388 Palestinians in its hunt for the abductors of three teenagers who went messing eight days ago, read a statement by the Palestinian prisoners club. The counting including people who were ....

  • UN: Al-Qaeda remains 'real and lethal threat' to Yemen

    Date: 2014-06-20 19:42:07 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:99 - ID:789008

    NEW YORK, June 20 (MENA) - The militant Al-Qaeda network in the Arabian Peninsula remains "a real and lethal" threat to Yemen as people try to forge ahead with political transition in the country, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on ....

  • France condemns Lebanon attack, asserts support for Lebanese people

    Date: 2014-06-20 19:25:31 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:98 - ID:789005

    PARIS, June 20 (MENA) – France condemns the suicide-attack that targeted a security checkpoint in Lebanon's Eastern Bekaa Valley on Friday morning, said Roman Nadal, spokesman for French Foreign Ministry, in a segment. In the statement, Nadal ....

  • Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi mocks Bashir's call for national dialogue as 'fake dawn'

    Date: 2014-06-20 19:23:37 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:97 - ID:788962

    KHARTOUM, June 20 (MENA) – Former Sudanese Prime Minster and head of the Umma Party Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi attacked President Omar al-Bashir after his call to hold national dialogue describing the step as fake and not real dawn for change. Speaking to ....

  • New MERS case reported in Saudi Arabia

    Date: 2014-06-20 18:23:58 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:91 - ID:788955

    RIYADH, June 20 (MENA) - The Saudi Ministry of Health reported a new coronavirus case on Friday. The number of infections with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) rose to 706, including 290 deaths, the ministry said. The first case was ....

  • Russian FM arrives in Jeddah

    Date: 2014-06-20 18:23:36 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:90 - ID:788954

    JEDDAH, June 20 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived here Friday at the oust of his visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Lavrov's visit is meant to discussing situation in Syria, Iraq and the whole region with top Saudi ....

  • Lebanon security plan is strong: interior Minister

    Date: 2014-06-20 17:56:45 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:788902

    BEIRUT, June 20 (MENA) – Lebanese Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk said Friday that today's attack is a major breakthrough in the state's security plan. Machnouk said d that the attack also asserts the strength of the security plan and the ....

  • UN cheif sets out six-point strategy to save Syria

    Date: 2014-06-20 17:53:13 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:788899

    NEW YORK, June 20 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon offered Friday a six-point strategy to end the violence and address the crisis in Syria. Ki-moon delivered a strong rebuke to the world's indifference to the bloodshed and ....

  • Putin speaks to Iraqi PM, expresses support

    Date: 2014-06-20 17:02:35 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:788870

    MOSCOW, June 20 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken by phone to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, expressing Moscow’s support for his action against the militant offensive, The Washington Post reported on Friday. The Kremlin ....

  • Security situation in Lebanon under control: army commander

    Date: 2014-06-20 16:25:43 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:788828

    BEIRUT, June 20 (MENA) – Lebanese Army Commander General Jean Qahwagi said that that the security situation is under control and security measures are ongoing," the National News Agency said Friday. "Security forces are carrying out their work," ....

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