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  • Jordan has no plans to ban MB group: Jordanian PM

    Jordan has no plans to ban MB group: Jordanian PM

    Date: 2014-08-16 17:36:16 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:877064

    Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour asserted that the government has no plans to disband the Muslim Brotherhood group. "We guarantee the right of the Brotherhood to operate legally in the country," he added. Local media reported that ....

  • Abadi underlines importance of Germany's assistance in fighting terror

    Abadi underlines importance of Germany's assistance in fighting terror

    Date: 2014-08-16 09:37:25 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:876344

    Iraqi Premier Designate Haider al-Abadi underlined the importance of Germany's assistance to Iraq in its fight against terrorism. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, for his part, congratulated Abadi on assigning him as Iraq's new ....

  • ISIL militants killed, injured in Mosul air strikes

    ISIL militants killed, injured in Mosul air strikes

    Date: 2014-08-16 08:42:29 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:876223

    A number of militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were killed and injured in air strikes that targeted their HQ in southern Mosul. Fighter jets carried out the strikes on Al-Qayara and Al-Mafkouk towns in Mosul, leaving ....

  • Clashes continue around Tripoli airport

    Clashes continue around Tripoli airport

    Date: 2014-08-16 07:42:39 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:876148

    Fierce clashes and heavy bombing were reported in the early hours of Saturday in the Libyan capital. Tripoli International Airport has been exposed to violent armed clashes between Zantan revolutionaries, who control the airport, and Islamist-led ....

  • EU foreign ministers agree to arm Kurds in Iraq

    EU foreign ministers agree to arm Kurds in Iraq

    Date: 2014-08-16 06:52:04 GMT - Belgium - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:876075

    EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels have agreed to arm Kurdish fighters battling Islamist militants in northern Iraq, Sky News reported on Friday. Prior to the meeting, France, Germany, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands all said they ....

  • Kurdistan to probe defeat in fight against militants

    Kurdistan to probe defeat in fight against militants

    Date: 2014-08-15 18:17:08 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:875775

    Kurdistan president Masoud Barzani said on Friday that a committee will be formed to punish officials who failed to defend Sinjar Mountain in a fight against Islamist militants. In statements quoted by the Iraqi news agency, Barzani asserted that ....

  • Tunisian president meets Hamas delegation

    Tunisian president meets Hamas delegation

    Date: 2014-08-15 18:15:00 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:875774

    Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki met on Friday with a Palestinian delegation from Hamas movement. During the meeting, the delegation briefed Marzouki on the latest developments in the Gaza Strip, which has been under Israeli attacks since July ....

  • Sudan's Bashir leaves hospital after second knee surgery

    Sudan's Bashir leaves hospital after second knee surgery

    Date: 2014-08-15 14:18:49 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:875553

    Sudan’s President Omar Al Bashir checked out of a hospital in Khartoum on Friday after undergoing his second knee operation in three months on Monday. The same Sudanese medical team which performed surgery on his right knee at Royal Care Hospital ....

  • Palestinian support moral, humanitarian, national duty, says Algerian president

    Palestinian support moral, humanitarian, national duty, says Algerian president

    Date: 2014-08-15 12:00:57 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:875321

    Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika asserted his country's support to the Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip which has been hit by Israeli airstrikes for more than a month before the Palestinians and Israel reached a five-year ....

  • Nasrallah: ISIL would be in Beiruit if Hezbollah not intervened in Syria

    Nasrallah: ISIL would be in Beiruit if Hezbollah not intervened in Syria

    Date: 2014-08-15 11:55:56 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:875315

    Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that if Hezbollah hadn’t intervened in Syria at the right time, ISIL would be in Beirut now. During an interview with a Lebanese newspaper, Nasrallah said intervention in Syria aimed at ....

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