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  • Barzani: Iraq crisis could not be solved only through military option

    Date: 2014-06-20 10:54:38 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:788097

    BAGHDAD, June 20 (MENA) - President of the self-ruled northern Kurdish region of Iraq Masoud Barzani discussed on Friday with head of Mutahidoun Coalition Osama Al-Nujaifi the latest security and political developments in Iraq. Barzani stressed ....

  • 656 small mosques in Alexandria shut down for violating law

    Date: 2014-06-20 10:53:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:788075

    ALEXANDRIA, June 20 (MENA) – As many as 656 small mosques across the city of Alexandria has been shut down for violating law. The decision was taken to implement the newly-enacted law that bans performing prayers in mosques with an area less than ....

  • Abbas in Russia Tuesday for talks with Putin

    Date: 2014-06-20 10:50:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:788161

    RAMALLAH, June 20 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will visit Russia this coming Tuesday for talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The talks will focus on political developments before ....

  • Three MB members arrested in Minya

    Date: 2014-06-20 10:50:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:788167

    MINYA, Egypt, June 20 (MENA) - Minya security forces on Friday arrested three elements of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group involved in violent acts in the city following the dispersal of Rabaa Al-Adawaiya and Nahda sit-ins of MB loyalists. ....

  • 5 MB members arrested in Sohag on violence charges

    Date: 2014-06-20 10:49:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:788162

    SOHAG, Upper Egypt, June 20 (MENA) - Sohag police have arrested five Muslim Brotherhood members in Tama and Tahta areas of the Upper Egyptian city. Arrest warrants had been issued for the five members on violence charges. They are accused of ....

  • Egyptian association in Austria welcomes UK decision to ban 5 terrorist organizations

    Date: 2014-06-20 10:48:59 GMT - Austria - World - SN:24 - ID:788163

    VIENNA, June 20 (MENA) - The association of Egyptian expats in Austria has welcomed a decision by the British government to ban five terrorist organizations, atop of which the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The association told MENA ....

  • Libya PM meets US, UK envoys

    Date: 2014-06-20 10:01:55 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:787995

    TRIPOLI, June 20 (MENA) – Interim Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah Al Thani met with the UK and US envoys to Libya. They discussed the latest developments in the north African nation and the Libyan government's efforts to achieve national ....

  • Annual Door-knock mission to visit Washington Monday

    Date: 2014-06-20 10:01:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:788079

    WASHINGTON, June 20 (MENA) - The American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt (AmCham Egypt) will travel to Washington on Monday to start its annual Door-knock Mission. The mission has been seeking over the last years boosting strategic partnership ....

  • 88 suspects arrested during security campaign in Alexandria

    Date: 2014-06-20 09:56:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:788086

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, June 20 (MENA) – Police arrested 88 suspects Thursday during a security campaign across the city of Alexandria. The arrested were busted with cold weapons and large quantities of drugs in their possession. They were ....

  • 84 civilians killed, injured in car bomb blast in Hama countryside

    Date: 2014-06-20 09:55:14 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:788019

    DAMASCUS, June 20 (MENA) - Up to 34 civilians were killed and some 50 others were injured when a car bomb exploded on Friday in al-Hurra village near al-Ghab plain, in Hama countryside, according to State-run Syrian television. SANA News Agency ....

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