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Minister hails Saudi King initiative on donors conf. for supporting Egypt

Date: 2014-06-05 08:35:44 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:762025

RIYADH, June 5 (MENA) – Egypt's Minister of Trade and Industry Munir Fakhry Abdel-Nour has welcomed a call by Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdel Aziz Al Saud to hold a conference of donors for supporting Egypt. "This event will help solve the economic ....

UNSMIL delivers mine detector to Libya

Date: 2014-06-05 07:52:40 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:761923

TRIPOLI, June 5 (MENA) - Head of Arms and Ammunition Advisory Section at the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Diek Engelbrecht handed over a mine detector to Libya on Thursday. This came during a ceremony held at the UNSMIL ....

Abbas, al-Hamdallah to visit Gaza before Ramadan - Fatah member

Date: 2014-06-05 07:29:37 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:761920

RAMALLAH, June 5 (MENA) - A Fatah Movement member said on Thursday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Rami al-Hamdallah are due to visit the Gaza Strip before the holy month of Ramadan if matters were to run as ....

Forces of Haftar target weapons-carrying bulldozer off western Benghazi

Date: 2014-06-05 07:01:55 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:761874

TRIPOLI, June 5 (MENA) – Forces loyal to Libyan general Khalifa Haftar targeted a bulldozer loaded with ammunition and weapons off western Benghazi, a military spokesman said. "The air force targeted the bulldozer which was coming from the west ....

400 trucks enter Gaza Strip via Karm Abu Salem crossing

Date: 2014-06-05 06:45:41 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:761931

GAZA CITY, June 5 (MENA) - Israel decided on Thursday to let in 400 trucks into Gaza Strip via Karam Abu Salem trade crossing, south east of the strip. Raed Fattouh, chairman of the coordination committee for the entry of goods into the Gaza ....

55 killed Wednesday in Syria clashes: Sources

Date: 2014-06-05 06:18:58 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:761809

DAMASCUS, June 5 (MENA) – Fifty-five people were killed Wednesday in deadly clashes between the Syrian Assad troops and the opposition militants, local coordination committees said. Deadly clashes erupted between the Syrian state troops and the ....

Arab agriculture ministers congratulate Sisi on Egypt presidency

Date: 2014-06-05 06:15:12 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:761818

CAIRO, June 5 (MENA) - The Arab agriculture ministers sent a message of congratulations to Egypt's president-elect Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on the occasion of his landslide victory in the polls. The message was delivered to Prime Minister Ibrahim ....

Tensions in Tripoli after declaring Assad's victory

Date: 2014-06-04 21:30:49 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:185 - ID:761648

BEIRUT, June 4 (MENA) – Tripoli regions of Lebanon has witnessed tensions between Sunni Muslim residents of the Bab-al-Tibbaneh and Alawite Muslim residents of the Jabal Mohsen districts after declaring the victory of Bashar el Assad in the Syrian ....

Coronavirus death toll hits 284 in Saudi Arabia

Date: 2014-06-04 21:15:08 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:182 - ID:761669

RIYADH, June 4 (MENA) – A new case of Coronavirus has been detected raising the death toll in Saudi Arabia to 284 people since the first case was reported in September 2012, the Saudi health ministry said on Saturday. A total of 691 people have ....

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad wins third term

Date: 2014-06-04 20:55:32 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:178 - ID:761631

DAMASCUS, June 4 (MENA) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has won a third term in office after securing 88.7% of votes in Tuesday's presidential election, the parliamentary speaker has announced. "I declare the victory of Dr Bashar Hafez ....