Arab world

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  • War crimes court wants Gadhafi son for trial

    Date: 2014-05-22 10:48:38 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:736229

    TRIPOLI, May 22 (MENA) - Appeals judges reaffirmed that a case against the son of the country's former dictator, Moammar Gadhafi, for alleged crimes against humanity can proceed at the International Criminal Court, ABC News reported on ....

  • Libyan interior ministry denies joining Operation Dignity

    Date: 2014-05-22 09:24:05 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:736066

    TRIPOLI, May 22 (MENA) - Libyan Interior Minister denied on Thursday media reports that the ministry has joined Operation Dignity launched by retired general Khalifa Haftar against militants and Islamists. In press statements, the minister said ....

  • 13 Daash elements killed in Anbar

    Date: 2014-05-22 08:44:20 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:735892

    BAGHDAD, May 22 (MENA) – Iraqi security forces have killed 13 Daash elements, including three snipers, in Anbar province, some 110 km west Baghdad, according to a security forces' statement. The statement added that Iraqi anti-explosives unit ....

  • Syrian troops reach besieged prison in Aleppo

    Date: 2014-05-22 08:34:50 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:735791

    LONDON, May 22 (MENA) - Syrian troops reached a besieged prison Thursday in the northern city of Aleppo, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. It said government forces entered the prison at dawn, ending a siege that began ....

  • France names envoy to Libya

    Date: 2014-05-22 08:26:06 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:735889

    PARIS, May 22 (MENA) - French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius issued a decision Thursday naming current ambassador to Iraq Dennis Jouyet as France's special envoy to Libya. This move aims at boosting efforts exerted by the UN and international ....

  • US won't present new peace initiative, waiting for Israeli, Palestinian ideas

    Date: 2014-05-22 08:14:58 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:735888

    GAZA CITY, May 22 (MENA) - The United States does not intend to present a new peace initiative in the Middle East, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Thursday. "A lot of things are happening in the world and Secretary of State John ....

  • Soldier wounded by gunmen in Benghazi

    Date: 2014-05-22 08:13:55 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:735923

    TRIPOLI, May 22 (MENA) - A Libyan army soldier was wounded by unidentified gunmen in Benghazi on Thursday, the media official at el-Galaa hospital said. Unidentified gunmen driving a car opened fire at the soldier in Hawari area in Benghazi, she ....

  • 420 trucks enter Gaza via Karm Abu Salem

    Date: 2014-05-22 08:03:45 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:735894

    GAZA CITY, May 22 (MENA) - Israeli occupation decided on Thursday to let in 420 trucks to Ga 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 ....

  • Operation Dignity commander calls for forming presidential council

    Date: 2014-05-22 07:43:30 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:735846

    TRIPOLI, May (MENA) - Commander of Operation Dignity Khalifa Haftar called on Thursday for forming a presidential council to run the country after the failure of the parliament. At a press conference late on Wednesday, Haftar, a retired general ....

  • Benghazi district attacked by mortar shell

    Date: 2014-05-22 07:33:12 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:735825

    TRIPOLI, May 22 (MENA) - A mortar shell fell on a residential district in Benghazi on Thursday with no casualties reported, a security source said. The shell was fired from Shebna land area, casing panic among residents and damaging one of the ....

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