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US intelligence official urges Obama to work with AL to stop violence in Iraq
Date: 2014-06-15 20:39:16 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:152 - ID:779893
WASHINGTON, June 15 (MENA) - Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence said Sunday the uprising in Iraq by an Islamic militant group is “as dangerous as it gets,” and that the Obama administration must reunite ....
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48 militants killed in clashes with Haftar troops in Benghazi
Date: 2014-06-15 20:05:45 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:148 - ID:779846
TRIPOLI, June 15 (MENA) – At least 48 members of Ansar Al-Sharia militant group were killed and 68 others injured during clashes with troops of rogue general Khalifa Hater in Benghazi. A number of the group leaders was captured, said Haftar's ....
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Jordan's border guards arrest 22 infiltrators on Syria border
Date: 2014-06-15 18:58:37 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:138 - ID:779723
AMMAN, June 15 (MENA) - the Jordanian border guards arrested in the past 48 hours 22 persons who tried to infiltrate the Kingdom's border with Syria from several locations, an official Jordan Armed Forces source told Petra News Agency Sunday. The ....
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Jordan rejects bids impeding work of UNRWA
Date: 2014-06-15 18:54:44 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:137 - ID:779711
AMMAN, June 15 (MENA) – Jordan rejects any attempt that would impede the work of the Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), said Director of Palestinian affairs department at Jordan Foreign Ministry Mahmoud Aqrabawi. The remarks ....
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Sudan's state security prosecutor issues statement on releasing Sadiq al-Mahdi
Date: 2014-06-15 18:14:04 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:133 - ID:779716
KHARTOUM, June 15 (MENA) - The Sudanese Sate Security Prosecution issued Sunday a statement on the reasons behind releasing National Umma Party leader Sadiq al-Mahdi of Kober prison in Khartoum. Chairman of the State Security Prosecution Yasser ....
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Federation of Arab Journalists conference to be held in Ramallah June 20 - PJS
Date: 2014-06-15 18:04:44 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:131 - ID:779677
RAMALLAH, June 15 (MENA) - The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said Sunday the a Federation of Arab Journalists conference is scheduled to kick off in Ramallah on June 20 and run for three days. In a press conference in Ramallah, journalists ....
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Death toll from Benghazi clashes reaches 4
Date: 2014-06-15 17:58:04 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:128 - ID:779713
TRIPOLI, June 15 (MENA) – The death toll from violent clashes between troops of Libya's rogue general Khalifa Haftar and Ansar l-Sharia militants on Sunday hit four while the number of injured reportedly reached 13. Fierce clashes erupted Sunday ....
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Ambassador al-Azzawi: Iraq has no need of foreign intervention to fight terrorist groups
Date: 2014-06-15 17:26:59 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:123 - ID:779350
CAIRO, June 15 (MENA) - Iraq's permanent delegate to the Arab League Ambassador Qais al-Azzawi admitted that Arab countries experience difficulties in reaching a strong stance towards the current situation in Iraq. At the end of an AL emergency ....
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OAPP demands designating Daash as terrorist organization
Date: 2014-06-15 17:10:17 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:119 - ID:779191
CAIRO, June 15 (MENA) - The Organization of Arab Peoples and Parliaments (OAPP), under Abdel-Aziz Abdullah, condemned the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant group, also known as Daash, for killing, looting and vandalism acts in Iraqi ....
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Corona death toll in Saudi Arabia hits 289
Date: 2014-06-15 17:05:44 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:117 - ID:779676
RIYADH, June 15 (MENA) – The number of Corona-virus deaths has hit 289 of 703 infected cases in Saudi Arabia, said the Saudi health ministry on Sunday. Two persons died and two new cases were reported within the past 24 hours, said the ministry ....