Arab world

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  • 650 Palestinian pilgrims arrive in Cairo airport on way to Gaza

    Date: 2014-04-20 11:15:53 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:678147

    CAIRO, April 20 (MENA) - As many as 650 Palestinian pilgrims coming from Saudi Arabia arrived at Cairo International Airport Sunday on way to the Gaza Strip. Egyptian authorities opened the Rafah crossing for two days to allow the ....

  • Toll of attack on Imam Kadhim University rises to 18 killed, injured

    Date: 2014-04-20 11:14:17 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:678177

    BAGHDAD, April 20 (MENA) - The number of casualties in the attack against University of Imam Kadhim, in Ur neighborhood, north of Baghdad, rose to 18 killed and injured. Iraqi security sources said two gunmen were killed in clashes with security ....

  • Palestinian Foreign Ministry warns of seriousness of repeated Israeli storming into Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2014-04-20 10:53:56 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:678172

    RAMALLAH, April 20 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry warned on Sunday of the seriousness of the repeated Israeli storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound amid an international silence towards these provocations. In a statement released on ....

  • Iraqi security forces kill 2 suicide bombers in university violence in Baghdad

    Date: 2014-04-20 10:35:12 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:678068

    BAGHDAD, April 20 (MENA) - Security forces killed two suicide bombers wearing explosive belts inside Imam al-Kadhum University in eastern Baghdad, said an Iraqi police source Sunday. The security forces restored control over the university, the ....

  • 14 military men killed in terrorist attack in Tizi Ouzou

    Date: 2014-04-20 09:54:49 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:678048

    ALGIERS, April 20 (MENA) - Fourteen Algerian military men were killed in a terrorist attack in Tizi Ouzou province late on Saturday, All About Algeria website reported. The attack took place as army men were preparing to leave an area in the ....

  • Egypt, Tunisia discuss security deterioration in Libya

    Date: 2014-04-20 09:39:00 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:677987

    TUNIS, April 20 (MENA) - Egypt and Tunisia discussed on Sunday continued deterioration of security in Libya and the challenges it poses to national security of both Egypt and Tunisia. This came in a meeting between Tunisian Foreign Minister Monj ....

  • 10 killed, injured in university storming in eastern Baghdad

    Date: 2014-04-20 09:35:08 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:677961

    BAGHDAD, April 20 (MENA) - A person was killed and nine others injured in the breaking-in of Imam al-Kadhum University building in eastern Baghdad, an Iraqi police source said Sunday. A suicide bomber detonated himself outside the building, the ....

  • Gunmen break into univ. in eastern Baghdad

    Date: 2014-04-20 09:14:39 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:677915

    BAGHDAD, April 20 (MENA) - Unidentified gunmen broke into Imam al-Kadhum University in eastern Baghdad, killing and injuring a number of people, an Iraqi police source said. A person wearing an explosive belt blew himself up on Sunday in front of ....

  • Iraq starts wide-scale military operation in Ramadi

    Date: 2014-04-20 09:05:03 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:677870

    BAGHDAD, April 20 (MENA) - Iraqi security forces began on Sunday a wide-scale military operation in southern Ramadi to crush operatives of the militant Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant group, known as Daash a security source said. The operation ....

  • Miles of Smiles convoy arrives in Cairo on way to Gaza

    Date: 2014-04-20 08:58:47 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:677840

    CAIRO, April 20 (MENA) - The "Miles of Smiles 26" aid convoy arrived in Cairo Sunday on way to Gaza Strip via Rafah border crossing to offer humanitarian assistance to the besieged Gazans. The delegation comprises 15 members. The delegation ....

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