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  • Jordan advises citizens not to travel to troubled areas in Iraq

    Jordan advises citizens not to travel to troubled areas in Iraq

    Date: 2014-06-14 06:55:37 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:776812

    The Foreign Ministry of Jordan has called on its citizens in Iraq not to travel to places that witness deteriorating security conditions. In a statement on Friday, the ministry spokeswoman Sabah el-Rafaei said that contacts are underway with ....

  • Palestinian security has no control on area of kidnapped settlers: spokesman

    Palestinian security has no control on area of kidnapped settlers: spokesman

    Date: 2014-06-14 06:54:36 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:776810

    A Palestinian spokesman said the area in which three young Israeli settlers were kidnapped is witnessing detentions and security activities by the Israeli side and that the Palestinian security has no control on this area. In statements to MENA ....

  • "Libyan Revolutionaries" claims responsibility for shelling Haftar troops

    Date: 2014-06-14 06:45:54 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:776796

    The Libyan Revolutionaries Joint Operations Room claimed responsibility Friday for an operation against troops of Libya's renegade General Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi. The room said in a Facebook statement that Benghazi Revolutionaries targeted ....

  • UN: Iraq witnesses dramatic deterioration including executions and extrajudicial killings

    UN: Iraq witnesses dramatic deterioration including executions and extrajudicial killings

    Date: 2014-06-14 06:44:29 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:776794

    The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, has expressed extreme alarm at the dramatic deterioration of the situation in Iraq, including reports of summary executions and extrajudicial killings. Reports suggest that the number of ....

  • New MERS case reported in Saudi Arabia

    New MERS case reported in Saudi Arabia

    Date: 2014-06-13 17:26:53 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:776486

    The Saudi Ministry of Health reported a new coronavirus case on Friday. The number of infections with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) rose to 702, including 287 deaths, the ministry said. The first case was reported in the ....

  • Lebanon arrests 5 Syrians over terrorism charges

    Lebanon arrests 5 Syrians over terrorism charges

    Date: 2014-06-13 17:17:44 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:776466

    Five Syrians have been arrested in Lebanon's border town of Arsal for joining a terrorist group, the National News Agency reported Friday. "The army launched today wide raid operations in Arsal outskirts and arrested "Zaher Abdul Aziz al-Ahmad ....

  • Israeli forces storm Aqsa mosque, arrest Palestinians

    Israeli forces storm Aqsa mosque, arrest Palestinians

    Date: 2014-06-13 13:52:29 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:776176

    Israeli occupation forces arrested Friday two Palestinians and inflicted injuries to six other worshipers when the troops raided to Al-Aqsa Mosque's courtyards. The move came in an Israeli attempt to suppress worshipers who were hand in glove ....

  • Berri calls for unity to confront region's 'storms'

    Berri calls for unity to confront region's 'storms'

    Date: 2014-06-13 08:49:50 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:775599

    Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri renewed his warning against the paralysis of state institutions and hoped that the move of Jihadists on Baghdad would trigger unity among the Lebanese rival parties to confront any possible ....

  • Foreign Ministry following up situation in Iraq's Mousel

    Foreign Ministry following up situation in Iraq's Mousel

    Date: 2014-06-12 20:51:06 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:775230

    Egypt is following up the situation in the Iraqi city of Mosul and its repercussions on Egyptians living there, said Foreign Minister Assistant for Consulate Affairs and Egyptian Expatriates Ali el-Ashiri. "Our embassy in Baghdad is making ....

  • UK rules out taking military action in Iraq

    UK rules out taking military action in Iraq

    Date: 2014-06-12 20:45:15 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:775220

    The UK will not be getting militarily involved in Iraq, despite Islamist militants gaining control of more of the country, Foreign Secretary William Hague has said. The Foreign Secretary was quoted by the BBC as saying that the UK was considering ....

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