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10 killed, injured in suicide attack in Yemen
Date: 2014-06-14 09:09:50 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:777030
Four Yemeni soldiers were killed in a car bomb which targeted an army site in a city in Yemen's Abyan province. A car bomb exploded in an army site in Mahfad city in Yemen , killing four soldiers and injuring four others. ....
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Sudan opposition chief's daughters held at protest
Date: 2014-06-14 07:06:27 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:776828
Sudanese police on Friday detained four daughters of opposition leader Sadiq al-Mahdi as they violently broke up a protest demanding freedom for political prisoners. "Police used violence and arrested 17 people including four daughters of Umma ....
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Situation in Libya is disastrous: Haftar
Date: 2014-06-14 07:03:19 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:776823
Libya's renegade General Khalifa Haftar said Friday that cooperation between the Operation Karama (Dignity) and Egypt is underway to deliver the terrorist elements who are wanted by Egypt. Speaking to Egyptian journalist and TV host Mustafa ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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"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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....