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  • Death toll hits 33 from attacks in Fallujah yesterday

    Date: 2014-06-04 10:57:17 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:760132

    BAGHDAD, June 4 (MENA) – The death toll from blasts and attacks in Iraq hit 33 on Tuesday and the number of injured people reached 43. This was caused by repeated shelling on parts of Fallujah city, including a local hospital, the main markeplace ....

  • Kuwait Pm receives Al Secretary-General in Beijing

    Date: 2014-06-04 10:21:34 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:760281

    KUWAIT CITY, June 4 (MENA) – Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Nabil al-Arabi on Wednesday. The meeting, which was held in Al-Sabah residence in Beijing, ....

  • 3 killed, others injured in suicide blast near Haftar residence

    Date: 2014-06-04 09:59:37 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:760133

    TRIPOLI, June 4 (MENA) – Three people were killed and several others were injured on Wednesday after a suicide bomber targeted a villa near the residence of the ex-general Khalifa Haftar, in a bid to assassinate him. Khalifa Haftar, who has led ....

  • Sisi win revives Palestinians' statehood hopes - Palestinian official

    Date: 2014-06-04 07:42:05 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:759931

    RAMALLAH, June 4 (MENA) – The landslide victory achieved by Abdel-Fatah el-Sisi in the Egyptian presidential election revive the hopes of many Palestinians that his win could help them establish an independent, viable Palestinian state. "Riding ....

  • Berri warns of continued boycott of parliament sessions

    Date: 2014-06-04 07:24:32 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:759958

    BEIRUT, June 4 (MENA) - Chamber of Deputies Speaker Nabih Berri has warned lawmakers against continuing their boycott of Parliament sessions, threatening to take serious measures against them. “It is no longer possible to remain silent about what ....

  • Sultan Qaboos cogratulates Sisi on polls win

    Date: 2014-06-04 07:18:28 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:759944

    MUSCAT, June 4 (MENA) - Sultan Qaboos ben Saeed congratulated President-elect Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for his sweeping victory in presidential elections. In a cable, Qaboos wished that Sisi would succeed in materializing Egyptians' aspirations for ....

  • Yemen raids Houthi hideouts in Omran province

    Date: 2014-06-04 05:28:33 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:759747

    SANAA, June 4 (MENA) - Yemeni warplanes launched air strikes against the strongholds of Houthis in Omran province in northern the country, local sources said. The raids are part of the ongoing confrontations between the Yemeni army and the ....

  • Libyan cabinet headquarters attacked by RPG

    Date: 2014-06-04 04:38:21 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:759703

    TRIPOLI, June 3 (MENA) - Unidentified gunmen fired RPGs at the cabinet headquarters Monday midnight but no casualties were reported. The attack comes shortly after newly-elected Prime Minister Ahmed Matiq took over the cabinet headquarters ....

  • Abbas congratulates Sisi on polls win

    Date: 2014-06-04 04:22:27 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:759693

    RAMALLAH, June 4 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas cabled his congratulations to Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for his landslide victory in Egypt's presidential elections, saying Egypt will always remain a main supporter of Palestine and the ....

  • Iraq PM congratulates Sisi on election win

    Date: 2014-06-03 21:12:48 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:195 - ID:759611

    BAGHDAD, June 3 (MENA) – Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki congratulated Egypt's president-elect Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi. The website of the Iraqi premier said, in a statement, that Maliki sent a congratulatory cable to Sisi for his election as ....

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