Arab world

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  • 7 Iraqi soldiers killed, injured in bombing in northern Babel

    Date: 2014-05-06 10:27:01 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:705930

    BAGHDAD, May 6 (MENA) - Four Iraqi soldiers were killed and three injured in a blast in northern Babel Tuesday, a security source said. An explosive device on the side of the road targeting an Iraqi army patrol, the source said. A security force ....

  • West fears Iran is supplying chlorine bombs to Syria, says paper

    Date: 2014-05-06 09:57:48 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:705974

    LONDON, May 6 (MENA) - Western security officials are investigating allegations that Iran supplied Chinese-made bombs filled with chlorine gas to the Syrian regime after satellite images emerged of a Syrian supply flight at Tehran’s main airport, ....

  • Egyptians give world peaceful change lesson: Saudi daily

    Date: 2014-05-06 08:45:43 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:705696

    RIYADH, May 6 (MENA) – A leading Saudi newspaper said Egyptians gave the world a lesson on peaceful change, adding that Egyptians are mostly gathered around one presidential candidate after two revolutions. "Egyptians toppled the Mubarak rule after ....

  • Violent clashes between Assad, opposition troops

    Date: 2014-05-06 07:04:59 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:705561

    DAMASCUS, May 6 (MENA) – Fierce clashes erupted Tuesday between the Syrian regime army and opposition militants in Aleppo and Rif Idlib. Sky news quoted activists as saying that clashes in Aleppo, northern Syria left at least 21 opposition ....

  • US, Jordan sign second loan guarantee deal

    Date: 2014-05-05 22:29:53 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:203 - ID:705409

    WASHINGTON, May 5 (MENA) - The United States Monday re-affirmed its strong commitment to the people of Jordan by signing a second sovereign loan guarantee agreement with Jordan, said a statement by the US State Department. The United States’ loan ....

  • Security Council decries terrorist attack in Yemeni capital

    Date: 2014-05-05 22:16:08 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:198 - ID:705441

    NEW YORK, May 5 (MENA) - The United Nations Security Council strongly condemned today’s deadly terrorist attack in Sana’a, as well as other recent terrorist attacks in Yemen, and stressed its support for President Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi and his ....

  • Libya's parliament discusses latest security situation

    Date: 2014-05-05 21:30:17 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:190 - ID:705411

    TRIPOLI, May 5 (MENA) - Libya's General National Congress (parliament) in Tripoli held an urgent meeting on Monday to discuss the latest security situation in Libya and its repercussions internally and externally. The meeting took up the ongoing ....

  • Sudan's port receives two Iranian warships

    Date: 2014-05-05 21:13:52 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:188 - ID:705299

    KHARTOUM, May 5 (MENA) – Port Sudan received two Iranian warships, said spokesman for Sudan's Armed Forces Al-Sawarmy Khaled Saad. The Iranian military vessels have docked in the port for refueling and exchange of information with the Sudanese ....

  • Sudanese Social Security minister to participate in Arab Women Organization meetings in Cairo

    Date: 2014-05-05 21:00:52 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:184 - ID:705297

    KHARTOUM, May 5 (MENA) - Sudanese Social Security Minister Mashaer Al-Dawlab left here Monday to head her country's delegation in the Extraordinary Meeting of the Executive Council of the Organization of Arab Women in Cairo. Meetings will discuss ....

  • OIC chief: inter-civilizations dialogue helps face intolerance, discrimination

    Date: 2014-05-05 20:55:56 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:183 - ID:705331

    JEDDAH, May 5 (MENA) – Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)'s Secretary-General Iyad Madani, now in Bahrain to participate in the Dialogue among Civilizations and Cultures Conference, said that the OIC is committed to supporting dialogue among ....

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