Arab world

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  • Moussa, Bouteflika discuss latest developments in Arab, African countries

    Date: 2014-05-24 20:58:52 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:150 - ID:740653

    ALGIERS, May 24 (MENA) - Former secretary general of the Arab League Amr Moussa said Saturday his meeting with Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika tackled the latest developments in the Arab and African countries. The meeting asserted the ....

  • Pope Francis urges end of Syria civil war

    Date: 2014-05-24 20:50:26 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:148 - ID:740619

    AMMAN, May 24 (MENA) - Pope Francis asserted on Saturday the necessity of ending the ongoing civil war in Syria. The pope said the world should not forget pains of the Syrians who had been suffering for more than three years. The remarks were ....

  • Nakba primary motivation for resistance - Qassam

    Date: 2014-05-24 20:36:42 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:146 - ID:740622

    GAZA CITY, May 24 (MENA) - Ezzeddin al-Qassam, the military wing of Hamas movement, said Saturday the Nakba was the primary motivation for the Palestinian resistance that would continue to fight the enemy in all the occupied Palestinian ....

  • 25 people killed, injured in Kirkuk blast

    Date: 2014-05-24 19:38:20 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:143 - ID:740608

    BAGHDAD, May 24 (MENA) – Eight people were killed while 17 others injured after a booby-trapped car exploded near a liquor store in southern Kirkuk province, 250 km north of Baghdad, an Iraqi security source said on Saturday. Security forces ....

  • Turkish Consul in Mosul survives assassination attempt in Iraq

    Date: 2014-05-24 18:57:41 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:137 - ID:740550

    BAGHDAD, May 24 (MENA) - Turkish Consul General in Mosul Ozturk Yilmaz survived an assassination attempt on Saturday when a bomb targeting his convoy exploded in eastern Mosul of Nineveh province, an Iraqi security source said. Security forces ....

  • Libyans to establish political system that adopts goals of Feb. 17 revolution: Libyan FM

    Date: 2014-05-24 18:23:50 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:131 - ID:740429

    TRIPOLI, May 24 (MENA) – Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mohamed Abdelaziz said Saturday Libyans aimed to establish a stable political system that adopted the goals of February 17 revolution which were summoned in ....

  • March 14 bloc PMs flock to parliament to elect new president

    Date: 2014-05-24 17:21:31 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:121 - ID:740433

    BEIRUT, May 24 (MENA) – Lebanon's March bloc lawmakers flocked Saturday to the parliament in a show of force against presidential vacuum. The first comer was politician Ahmad Fatfat who suggested the move. Nabih Berri also held a meeting ....

  • David Cameron appoints Jonathan Powell as official envoy to Libya

    Date: 2014-05-24 17:09:01 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:116 - ID:740401

    LONDON, May 24 (MENA) - The UK has followed the US in dispatching an official envoy to try to help resolve the crisis in Libya, the scene of escalating fighting and tensions, by promoting dialogue between rival factions, the Guardian reported on ....

  • Coronavirus death toll in Saudi Arabia climbs to 179 - statement

    Date: 2014-05-24 16:24:27 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:106 - ID:740323

    RIYADH, May 24 (MENA) – The death toll from coronavirus in Saudi Arabia rose to 179 people since the first case was reported in September 2012, the Saudi health ministry said on Saturday. A total of 558 people have been infected with the Middle ....

  • 10 ISIL elements killed, 7 arrested in security campaign in southern Mosul

    Date: 2014-05-24 15:49:48 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:96 - ID:740314

    BAGHDAD, May 24 (MENA) - Ten elements of ISIL group were killed and seven others were arrested in a security campaign in southern Mosul, 405 km north of Baghdad, security sources said on Saturday. Earlier, three police personnel were killed and ....

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