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Baghdad Operations Command: 6 killed, 40 injured in recent Baghdad blasts

Date: 2014-05-15 11:32:44 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:722894

BAGHDAD, May 15 (MENA) – The toll from central Baghdad's recent suicide bombings rose to 46 killed and injured, Baghdad Operations Command said on Thursday. Spokesman for the Command, Brigadier Saad Maan said in a statement that the first attack ....

2 Libyans commandos killed

Date: 2014-05-15 11:18:53 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:722911

TRIPOLI, May 15 (MENA) - Two Libyan army commandos were shot dead Thursday by unidentified gunmen. The assailants opened fire while driving a vehicle, killing the two soldiers at once, Spokesman for the Special Forces in Benghazi Miloud Azwai ....

Activists: dozens of soldiers killed in camp blast in Idlib

Date: 2014-05-15 10:41:39 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:722628

DAMASCUS, May 15 (MENA) – Dozens of soldiers were killed and injured in a blast targeting camps of Syrian military forces deployed in Idlib, Syrian activists said on Thursday. Sky News Arabia Quoted the Syrian observatory for human rights as ....

3 killed, 7 wounded in Baghdad blast

Date: 2014-05-15 10:35:43 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:722613

BAGHDAD, May 15 (MENA) – Three people were killed and seven others wounded in a car bomb blast in central Baghdad on Thursday. A police source said the blast occurred in the Baghdad neighborhood of Karada. No group immediately claimed ....

Palestinians mark 66th anniversary of Nakbah

Date: 2014-05-15 09:07:07 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:722497

RAMALLAH, May 15 (MENA) - Palestinians mark on Thursday the 66th anniversary of Nakbah Day, which marks the anniversary of the forcible eviction of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homeland by Israeli troops in 1948. On May 15, ....

Egyptians in Algeria start vote in presidential polls

Date: 2014-05-15 08:56:00 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:722619

ALGIERS, May 15 (MENA) - Egyptians in Algeria started on Thursday voting in presidential polls at the Egyptian Embassy in Algiers city. Voters will have to choose between Nasserist politician Hamdeen Sabahy and former Minister of Defense Abdel ....

Moroccan, Sudanese ministers arrive Cairo to attend AL meeting

Date: 2014-05-15 08:50:12 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:722517

CAIRO, May 15 (MENA) - Moroccan Minister of Communication and government Spokesman Mustapha El Khalfi and Sudanese Federal Minister of Information and Communications Ahmed Bilal arrived here on Thursday to attend the 45th session of the Arab ....

Yemen denies defense minister's advisor killed

Date: 2014-05-15 07:58:53 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:722408

RIYADH, May 15 (MENA) – A Yemeni military official denied reports claiming an advisor of the defense minister was killed along with four soldiers. Saudi Okaz daily said anti-terror forces arrested suspected Al-Qaeda militants and leaders in the ....

Pentagon announces $1 billion deal with Iraq

Date: 2014-05-15 07:19:41 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:722403

WASHINGTON, May 15 (MENA) - The Pentagon has cleared a nearly $1 billion package of aircraft trainers, surveillance aerostats and up-armored Humvees for the Iraqi military, CNN reported. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified ....

Abbas says Palestinian issue on top of world leaders' agenda

Date: 2014-05-14 21:43:19 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:209 - ID:722089

RAMALLAH, May 14 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asserted Wednesday that the Palestinian issue is among the key topics on the world leaders' agenda given its significance as a national liberation cause of a great country. In a speech ....