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  • Iraqi FM discusses with French ambassador security, political conditions

    Iraqi FM discusses with French ambassador security, political conditions

    Date: 2014-02-02 13:48:41 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:533564

    Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiar Zebari discussed on Sunday with French Ambassador in Baghdad Denys Gauer the security and political situation in Iraq and efforts to combat terrorism and contain the Anbar crisis. The two officials tackled relations ....

  • Iraqis dead, wounded in Ramadi clashes, preparations for storming Fallujah

    Iraqis dead, wounded in Ramadi clashes, preparations for storming Fallujah

    Date: 2014-02-02 12:43:51 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:533368

    Armed clashed renewed between Iraqi security forces and Daesh militants in Ramadi on Sunday, leaving a number of people killed and wounded. The number of casualties is yet to be known, a security source said. Meanwhile, security forces are ready ....

  • Security Council, Ban condemn 'heinous' terrorist attack in northern Lebanon

    Security Council, Ban condemn 'heinous' terrorist attack in northern Lebanon

    Date: 2014-02-02 07:58:17 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:532704

    United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council have strongly condemned the “heinous” terrorist attack that took place on Saturday evening in Hermel, Lebanon, a town near the country's northern border, which killed at least ....

  • 4 killed in Lebanon blast -- minister

    4 killed in Lebanon blast -- minister

    Date: 2014-02-01 18:42:32 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:532368

    Lebanon's Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said the death toll from a car explosion that occurred Saturday evening in the city of Hermal rose to four. In a phone call with LBCI TV Channel, Charbel said that preliminary findings had revealed that ....

  • 'Egyptians have approved their constitution, will choose their president, deputies,' Jarwan says

    'Egyptians have approved their constitution, will choose their president, deputies,' Jarwan says

    Date: 2014-02-01 18:23:58 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:532346

    President of the Arab Parliament Ahmed Al-Jarwan has affirmed the Egyptian people are capable of overcoming current conditions in the country. “Egyptians have approved their constitution and will choose their president and deputies,” Jarwan said ....

  • Brahimi gives briefing on Geneva talks - Russian Foreign Ministry

    Brahimi gives briefing on Geneva talks - Russian Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2014-02-01 17:02:24 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:532224

    The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, US Secretary of State John Kerry, and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon heard UN Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi at a tripartite meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on January 31, the ....

  • 6 killed, injured in roadside bomb south of Baghdad

    6 killed, injured in roadside bomb south of Baghdad

    Date: 2014-02-01 11:51:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:531611

    Six people were killed and wounded in a roadside bomb south of Baghdad, according to an Iraqi security source. The source added that an explosive device went off on the side of the road south of Baghdad on Saturday, killing one person and ....

  • US renews Lebanon travel warning

    US renews Lebanon travel warning

    Date: 2014-02-01 11:16:09 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:531551

    The US Embassy here renewed its travel warning for Lebanon, voicing concern over the recent spate of car bombings in the country. “As the warning states, the Department [of State] is concerned about recent security-related incidents in the ....

  • 1 killed, 2 injured in Saladin Province in Iraq

    1 killed, 2 injured in Saladin Province in Iraq

    Date: 2014-02-01 10:16:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:531316

    A civil servant with the Iraqi Interior Ministry was killed Saturday, and two others were injured in separate incidents in Saladin Province, north of Baghdad. The civil servant was found dead in Samarra after he had been abducted by militants in ....

  • Syrian shells land in northern Lebanon

    Syrian shells land in northern Lebanon

    Date: 2014-02-01 07:55:55 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:531117

    Shells fired from Syria landed Friday in Lebanon's Akkar region, local media reported. Two shells struck the border villages of Shedra and Habl Khalisa while three others hit the village of Mashta Hassa. Hundreds of stray shells from the war ....

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