Arab world

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  • 4 killed, injured; 2 bodies found in Baghdad

    Date: 2014-05-11 11:12:49 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:714925

    BAGHDAD, May 11 (MENA) - One person was killed and three were injured when an explosive device went off in northern Baghdad Sunday, a security source said. Bodies of two unknown men with bullets in the head and the chest were found here. The ....

  • Daash control over Deir Izzor displaces more than 100,000 persons

    Date: 2014-05-11 10:27:06 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:714795

    DAMASCUS, May 11 (MENA) - More than 100,000 civilians displaced by ongoing clashes in western and eastern Reef Deir Izzor between the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) or better known as Daash group and the Free Syrian Army, ....

  • 4 booby-trapped cars seized in western Baghdad

    Date: 2014-05-11 10:18:28 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:714814

    BAGHDAD, May 11 (MENA) - A security force here seized four booby-trapped cars and arrested a gunman who tried to flee in one of the cars, an Iraqi police source said Sunday. A force of the combating explosives unit dismantled the cars. ....

  • Israel declares Quneitra Crossing with Syria closed military area

    Date: 2014-05-11 10:16:57 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:714691

    GAZA CITY, May 11 (MENA) - The Israeli army declared on Sunday the Quneitra Crossing with Syria a closed military zone in light of growing clashes between Assad forces and rebels, Voice of Israel radio reported. No further details were ....

  • Palestinian FM meets delegation from national campaign for the return of Al-Mahd deportees

    Date: 2014-05-11 10:16:19 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:714779

    RAMALLAH, May 11 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Maliki met here Sunday with a delegation of the National Campaign for the Return of Al-Mahd (Church of Nativity) Deportees “Ahya”, under Kefah Harb, and in the presence of the family of ....

  • Iraqi parliament defense committee accuses Israel of arming Daash group

    Date: 2014-05-11 08:48:29 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:714538

    BAGHDAD, May 11 (MENA) - The Iraqi parliament security and defense committee has accused Israel of providing the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant or better known as Daash with arms to fight the Iraqi army in the ongoing battles in ....

  • Libya court resumes trial of 37 Qaddafi-regime officials

    Date: 2014-05-11 08:41:13 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:714545

    TRIPOLI, May 11 (MENA) - South Tripoli court resumed on Sunday the trial of 37 Gaddafi-era officials, including his son Saif al-Islam, ex-intelligence chief Abdullah Sanoussi and former premier al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi. They face charges of ....

  • 7 Sahwa elements killed in Baqouba

    Date: 2014-05-11 08:37:07 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:714539

    BAGHDAD, May 11 (MENA) - Seven Sahwa elements were killed in an armed attack in Baqouba on Sunday, a security source said. The source, who declined to be identified, said gunmen belonging to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant known as Daash ....

  • 350 trucks allowed into GS via Karm Abu Salem crossing

    Date: 2014-05-11 08:03:43 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:714468

    GAZA CITY, May 11 (MENA) - Israeli forces re-opened Karm Abu Salem crossing Sunday after the weekend allowing 350 commodity trucks into Gaza. The trucks are loaded with goods for the commercial and agricultural sectors as well as aid supplies, ....

  • Egypt made great contributions to Arab nation, says gov't spokesman

    Date: 2014-05-11 08:02:49 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:714384

    AMMAN, May 11 (MENA) - Jordanian Minister of Information Affairs and Jordanian government spokesman Mohammad al-Momani asserted that Egypt has made great contributions to the Arab nation and defended its causes. In statements to MENA, Momani ....

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