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Jordan slams terrorist attacks in Yemen

Date: 2015-03-21 11:54:08 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:2211589

Jordan has strongly condemned the terrorist attacks that targeted two mosques in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Friday. It also slammed violence threatening the Yemeni people, particularly that targeting legitimate Yemeni leaders and the attempt to ....

40 victims of Yemen attacks flown to Oman for treatment

Date: 2015-03-21 11:19:07 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:2211281

Forty people injured in Friday's attacks in Yemen were flown Saturday to hospitals in Oman, 26 September news website quoted a source as saying. The unnamed source said the 40 cases are in critical condition. They were admitted to Omani ....

Unknown assailant throws grenade into Mieh Mieh Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon

Date: 2015-03-21 09:45:09 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:2210445

An unknown assailant tossed a hand grenade into al Wadi district in Mieh Mieh Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon's southern city of Sidon. The grenade targeted an apartment, which is under construction. Palestinian security forces will be ....

Libyan army attacks Islamist camp in Tripoli

Date: 2015-03-21 09:39:46 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:2210405

A military jet targeted a camp of Islamist "Operation Dawn Libya" forces in the Libyan capital on Saturday. The bombing of Nofaliya camp left no human losses, a security source said. ....

5 Daesh militants killed in Anbar

Date: 2015-03-21 09:02:27 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:2210085

Iraqi army jets bombed a gathering of Daesh militants in eastern Ramadi city, the capital of Anbar province, Saturday leaving five dead. Meanwhile, Daesh fighters staged a booby-trapped car attack against a patrol of the Shiite Popular ....

UN assistant secretary general condemns terrorist attacks in Yemen

Date: 2015-03-21 08:02:14 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:2209573

UN Assistant Secretary General and his Special Envoy to Yemen Jamal bin Omar has strongly condemned the terrorist attacks on two mosques in Yemen on Friday that killed at least 126 people and wounded several others. The terrorist attacks are ....

Libya's GNC warns of wasting time without reaching political solution

Date: 2015-03-20 18:53:53 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:2208213

Libya's General National Congress (GNC) in Tripoli on Friday warned of wasting time without achieving a comprehensive political solution in the country. In a statement on the sidelines of the national dialogue in Rabat, GNC Spokesman Omar ....

Essebsi calls on Tunisians to unify ranks against terror

Date: 2015-03-20 18:50:24 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:2208201

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi called on all political powers to close their ranks to fight terrorism. In a keynote speech on Friday on the 59th anniversary of Independence Day, Essebsi stressed that winning the battle against terrorism is ....

British official condemns Netanyahu for ruling out two-state solution

Date: 2015-03-20 13:12:32 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:2206337

Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has described the Israeli prime minister’s pledge that he will not agree to the creation of an independent Palestinian state as alarming, The Guardian reported Friday. Clegg said that it may lead a ....

Washington closely follows up situation in Yemen

Date: 2015-03-20 07:38:52 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:2204089

Spokesperson for the US Department of State Jen Psaki said that the US is closely following up the current situation in Yemen. This comes after reports on clashes between forces supporting President Abd Rabu Mansour and former president Ali ....