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  • EgyptAir cancels Benghazi-bound flights

    Date: 2014-05-17 08:36:47 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:725973

    CAIRO, May 17 (MENA) - EgyptAir, the national flag carrier, cancelled all its flights to Benghazi, Libya's second largest city, over the deteriorating security situation. EgyptAir flights bound for the Libyan capital, Tripoli, however, will go as ....

  • UAE papers shed ligh on Iraq violence

    Date: 2014-05-17 07:32:23 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:725879

    ABU DHABI, May 17 (MENA) - The UAE press addressed the growing violence in Iraq. Sectarian violence has become a source of concern for Iraqi citizens especially with its growing pace after the legislative elections in the country, the newspapers ....

  • Egyptians persistent to carry out road map - Saudi paper

    Date: 2014-05-17 07:21:51 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:725844

    RIYADH, May 17 (MENA) - A Saudi newspaper said the high voter turnout seen among Egyptian expatriates worldwide in the presidential elections was the real indicator about the Egyptian people's choice. In an editorial Saturday, "Al-Watan" ....

  • Libyan govt assures citizens about situation in southern Tripoli

    Date: 2014-05-17 06:56:34 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:725846

    TRIPOLI, May 17 (MENA) - The Libyan government has assured citizens about the security situation in areas southern Tripoli, stressing a state of calm is prevailing and everything is under control. The government urged revolutionaries not to give ....

  • Trouble in Tripoli as militias controlling main bridge

    Date: 2014-05-16 21:23:38 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:144 - ID:725676

    TRIPOLI, May 16 (MENA) - Parts of southern Tripoli are witnessing security trouble as militias are controlling a a bridge over the airport road, local media reported on Friday. Residents in these areas of the capital were scared after the ....

  • Israeli drone violates Lebanese air-space

    Date: 2014-05-16 20:54:24 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:138 - ID:725649

    BEIRUT, May 16 (MENA) - An Israeli drone penetrated into the Lebanese airspace and flew over parts of the country for 16 hours, a statement by the Lebanese Army Command said. The drone circled over Riyaq, Baalbek, Jeb Jennine, Jezzine and Chouf ....

  • 16 ISIL militants killed in Iraq – official

    Date: 2014-05-16 19:53:51 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:128 - ID:725563

    BAGHDAD, May 16 (MENA) – Sixteen members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were shot dead while 5 vehicles carrying machine guns were destroyed in a wide scale security campaign in Babil, the security chief of Babil said. Iraqi ....

  • 18 killed in Libya clashes

    Date: 2014-05-16 19:51:31 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:126 - ID:725566

    TRIPOLI, May 16 (MENA) – As many as 18 people were killed and 91 others wounded, including eight in critical conditions, during clashes that erupted in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Friday. The toll is not final and could rise during the ....

  • Sporadic clashes between Israeli forces, Palestinian youths Al Quds

    Date: 2014-05-16 19:30:15 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:120 - ID:725600

    RAMALLAH, May 16 (MENA) – Sporadic clashes erupted on Friday between Israeli forces and Palestinian youths in Al Quds (occupied East Jerusalem). The youths were protesting against suppressing a peaceful rally in solidarity with the ....

  • Mauritania to take part in Arab awqaf conference in Cairo

    Date: 2014-05-16 18:28:28 GMT - Mauritania - Arab world - SN:113 - ID:725497

    NOUAKCHOTT, May 16 (MENA) - Mauritania is scheduled to take part in an Arab awqaf conference in Cairo on Tuesday. Mauritanian Awqaf Minister Ahmed Ould Nini will lead his country's delegation during the conference. Egyptian ambassador in ....

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