Arab world

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  • 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 ....

  • UAE spends most to develop relationships within US: report

    Date: 2014-05-16 18:14:41 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:111 - ID:725485

    WASHINGTON, May 16 (MENA) - Foreign governments spent millions in 2013 to develop relationships within the United States with members of Congress, federal agencies and even the media, according to an analysis from the ever-informative Sunlight ....

  • 13 ISIL militants killed, 5 injured in clashes with security forces in Baghdad

    Date: 2014-05-16 15:53:08 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:94 - ID:725310

    BAGHDAD, May 14 (MENA) – Thirteen members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were shot dead while 5 others were injured in clashes with security forces. Iraqi police were conducting a crackdown under air force cover in Babil ....

  • Non-army forces banned from Air Defense bases

    Date: 2014-05-16 15:36:10 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:92 - ID:725262

    TRIPOLI, May 16 (MENA) – Libyan chief of Staff Abdel-Salam Gadallah al-Obeidi has banned any forces that do not belong to the army from entering Air Defense bases in Benghazi, northeastern Libya. Obeidi said commanders of the air defense will be ....

  • Iraqi Deputy PM to lead delegation to CICA Conference in China

    Date: 2014-05-16 15:24:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:89 - ID:725296

    BAGHDAD, May 16 (MENA) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki apologized Friday for not being able to attend the CICA conference for energy affairs in Shanghai. The Iraqi delegation will be led by Deputy Prime Minister Hussain ....

  • 4 killed, 2 injured in Iraq blast

    Date: 2014-05-16 15:16:04 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:725298

    BAGHDAD, May 16 (MENA) – Four Iraqi soldiers were killed and two others injured in a bomb blast in Abu Ghraib area in the west of the capital Baghdad, a well-placed security source said Friday. A bomb targeted an army patrol in Abu Ghraib, ....

  • No military forces allowed to determine Libyans' destiny- official

    Date: 2014-05-16 14:03:27 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:725178

    TRIPOLI, May 16 (MENA) – A Libyan military official said on Friday that the forces which raided Benghazi early in the day are 'small groups' belonging to former commander of Libya's land forces Khalifa Haftar. "They are some military men who seek ....

  • Spain King to visit Saudi Arabia Saturday

    Date: 2014-05-16 11:57:53 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:724962

    JEDDAH, May 16 (MENA) -- King Juan Carlos of Spain will arrive in Jeddah Saturday on a three-day visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Saudi official news agency (SPA) carried the news Friday without giving further details. (MENA) MI/MA ....

  • Injuries reported in shelling of 17 February Brigade HQ in Libya

    Date: 2014-05-16 11:34:56 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:724826

    TRIPOLI, May 16 (MENA) – A number of people were wounded Friday after the HQ of the 17 February Brigade and camps of other brigades of Ansar al-Sharia were shelled in Benghazi, northeastern Libya. Sounds of heavy weapons could be heard during the ....

  • 8 soldiers injured in Benghazi clashes

    Date: 2014-05-16 11:26:19 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:724816

    TRIPOLI, May 16 (MENA) – Eight Libyan soldiers were injured during fierce clashes that erupted in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi Friday. The clashes erupted between the Libyan army and militants near a cement factory in the coastal city, said ....

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