Arab world

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  • Hamas describes Abbas speech on reconciliation as positive

    Date: 2014-04-26 18:14:33 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:112 - ID:689057

    GAZA CITY, April 26 (MENA) - Palestinian resistance movement Hamas described a speech delivered by President Mahmoud Abbas on a reconciliation deal inked by Fatah and Hamas as positive stressing no cover for negotiation with Israel would be granted. ....

  • 9 wounded in Lebanon bomb blast

    Date: 2014-04-26 18:08:04 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:111 - ID:689046

    BEIRUT, April 26 (MENA) – As many as seven Lebanese soldiers, and two civilians were injured in a bomb blast in the northern city of Tripoli. The assailant hurled a bomb on a sit-in staged by people who protested against the raids carried out by ....

  • Egypt's information minister in Kuwait for forum

    Date: 2014-04-26 17:31:56 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:100 - ID:689139

    KUWAIT CITY, April 26 (MENA) - Egypt's Information Minister Doriya Sharafeddin arrived in Kuwait Saturday on a three-day visit. She will partake in an Arab information forum that will kick off on Sunday.(MENA) AH/AI ....

  • Sudanese govt takes measures to deal with security chaos in south Darfur

    Date: 2014-04-26 16:22:06 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:89 - ID:689083

    KHARTOUM, April 26 (MENA) - The Sudanese government is taking all necessary measures to deal with the security chaos in south Darfur, said Sudanese Interior Minister Abdel-Wahed Youssef. The measures include spreading police in the area, he said ....

  • Syrian government airstrike on northern town kills at least 5 people, including 2 children

    Date: 2014-04-26 16:16:09 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:689096

    DAMASCUS, April 26 (MENA) - Syria activists said a makeshift bomb dropped from a Syrian government helicopter has killed at least five people, including two children, Fox News reported. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory said the air raid took ....

  • 14 killed in army shelling of Iraq's Fallujah

    Date: 2014-04-26 15:50:58 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:688981

    BAGHDAD, April 26 (MENA) – As many as 14 persons were killed and wounded when the Iraqi army shelled six districts of Fallujah city in Anbar province, about 110 km west of Baghdad, a source of operations command said. Over the last four months, ....

  • 4 soldiers killed, injured in northern Tikrit

    Date: 2014-04-26 15:49:02 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:689029

    BAGHDAD, April 26 (MENA) - As many as four soldiers in the Iraqi army were killed and injured when an explosive charge, targeting their patrol, went off in Tikrit, according to a source in Salah Eldin operations on Saturday. The explosive charge ....

  • OIC welcomes Palestinian reconciliation deal

    Date: 2014-04-26 15:11:43 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:688920

    JEDDAH, April 26 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Ameen Madani welcomed Saturday the agreement signed by the Palestinian rivals on a resolution based on agreements reached in Makkah Al-Mukarramah, ....

  • Geagea, US ambassador assert necessity of holding Lebanese elections as scheduled

    Date: 2014-04-26 14:45:49 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:688953

    BEIRUT, April 26 (MENA) - Lebanese Forces President Dr. Samir Geagea conferred on on Saturday with US Ambassador here David Hale on the Middle East political conditions and the situation in Lebanon. A press statement issued by Geagaa office said ....

  • Military prosecution imprisons 64 persons for illegal infiltration attempt

    Date: 2014-04-26 13:46:58 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:688777

    MARSA MATROUH, April 26 (MENA) - Siwa military prosecution decided on Saturday to imprison 64 persons for four days pending investigations for their presence in a military area where it is banned for civilians to be there without permission. The ....

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