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  • 22 soldiers killed, wounded in armed attack in Mosul

    Date: 2014-05-11 07:38:08 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:714412

    BAGHDAD, May 11 (MENA) - Twenty two people were killed and wounded in an armed attack on a military barrack in southern Mosul on Sunday, a security source said. The source, who declined to be identified, said gunmen driving a four-by-four vehicle ....

  • Algerian solidarity convoy to visit Gaza via Rafah

    Date: 2014-05-10 21:20:11 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:111 - ID:714199

    GAZA CITY, May 10 (MENA) - President of the Weaam Charity and General Coordinator of the "Algeria - Gaza 2" convoy Mohammed Abu Mareei said Saturday the Algerian solidarity convoy reached Port Said as it was contagious. In a statement, he ....

  • Jordan air force helicopter engages smugglers' vehicles on Syrian borders

    Date: 2014-05-10 19:03:38 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:97 - ID:714061

    AMMAN, May 10 (MENA) - A Joradnian Air Force helicopter destroyed Saturday two pick-ups trying to cross the border from Syria carrying smuggled items, an Armed Forces source said. Meanwhile, the border guards received, in the past 24 hours, 263 ....

  • Eritrea's president wraps up Sudan visit

    Date: 2014-05-10 18:55:14 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:95 - ID:714006

    KHARTOUM, May 10 (MENA) – Eritrea's President Isaias Afewerki asserted Saturday that Sudanese-Eritrean relations were deep and solid before he wrapped up a visit to Khartoum. In a press release at Khartoum Airport, Afewerki said he discussed ....

  • Israel closes Nabi Salih village for 2nd day in row

    Date: 2014-05-10 18:48:21 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:94 - ID:713999

    RAMALLAH, May 10 (MENA) - Israeli troops closed the main entrance to Nabi Salih village in north western Ramallah for the second day in a row. The occupation forces fired gas bombs towards citizens who tried to enter the village, a source in the ....

  • Arab Maghreb Union FMs urge addressing regional threats

    Date: 2014-05-10 18:32:38 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:90 - ID:713926

    RABAT, May 10 (MENA) - The foreign ministers of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) called Saturday on Arab world to firmly address all cross-border threats that face the region. In the communiqué of its 32nd round, the union called for intensifying ....

  • 139 deaths of coronavirus in Saudi Arabia: ministry

    Date: 2014-05-10 17:59:13 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:714001

    RIYADH, May 10 (MENA) – The death toll from coronavirus in Saudi Arabia rose to 139 people since the first case was reported in September 2012, the Saudi health ministry said on Saturday. A total of 480 have been infected with the Middle East ....

  • Palestinian MADA center urges int'l bodies to protect journalists

    Date: 2014-05-10 15:59:41 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:713858

    RAMALLAH, May 9 (MENA) - Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) called on the the international official and right bodies to protect journalists and pressure on the Israeli occupation forces to halt violations that have been ....

  • 1 killed, 3 wounded in Iraq’s Babel bomb blast

    Date: 2014-05-10 15:57:22 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:713824

    BAGHDAD, May 10 (MENA) - One police officer was killed and three others wounded when a bomb went off in northern Babel province, located about 85 km south of Baghdad, a provincial security source said. A roadside bomb targeted a police vehicle left ....

  • Police officer, 12 Daesh members killed in military operation in Babel

    Date: 2014-05-10 15:20:42 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:713744

    BAGHDAD, May 10 (MENA) - A police officer and 12 Daesh members were killed on Saturday in a military operation in northern Babel province, according to Babel police command. Some weapon hideouts were destroyed as well, the command ....

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