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  • Arab League chief flies to Geneva for Syria talks

    Arab League chief flies to Geneva for Syria talks

    Date: 2013-06-16 12:40:49 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:157764

    Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi left for Geneva on Sunday for talks on preparations for the Geneva 2 conference on Syria. Arabi said, in earlier statements, that the possibility of holding the Syria conference is still existing ....

  • Regime heavy shelling of Damascus sparks fire in various districts - activists

    Regime heavy shelling of Damascus sparks fire in various districts - activists

    Date: 2013-06-16 11:59:32 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:157699

    Heavy shelling of regime forces has sparked fire in various districts of Damascus and Rif Dimashq, Syrian activists said Sunday. In statements to Aljazeera news channel, activists said the shelling coincided with clashes between regime and ....

  • Sudanese opposition starts to launch 100-day plan to topple regime

    Sudanese opposition starts to launch 100-day plan to topple regime

    Date: 2013-06-15 18:19:00 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:156690

    KHARTOUM (MENA) - The National Consensus Forces (NCF), an umbrella of opposition parties, will start Saturday to launch a 100-day plan aims at overthrowing the regime of president Omer Hassan al-Bashir. Spokesman for the Communist Party, Siddiq ....

  • Number of protesters referred to prosecution for fomenting strife

    Number of protesters referred to prosecution for fomenting strife

    Date: 2013-06-15 16:28:01 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:156753

    KUWAIT CITY (MENA) - The Kuwaiti government has referred a number of demonstrators to the public prosecution for fomenting strife among the different Muslim denominations. Dozens of demonstrators on Tuesday started a sit-in in front of the ....

  • Deputy chairman of Tunisia Ennahada movement hints at resignation

    Deputy chairman of Tunisia Ennahada movement hints at resignation

    Date: 2013-06-15 16:09:35 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:156733

    TUNIS (MENA) - Sheikh Abdel-Fattah Moro, the second man in the Ennahada movement, has said he is thinking of resigning over mistreatment. Moro was dismayed at the way supporters of the movement now ruling Tunisia disregarded his speech at the ....

  • 10 people killed by Syrian regime troops

    10 people killed by Syrian regime troops

    Date: 2013-06-15 15:54:08 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:156700

    DAMASCUS (MENA) - The Syrian Network for Human Rights said at least 10 people were killed Saturday by Syrian regime forces, mostly in Damascus, Rif Dimashq and Aleppo. The news was carried by Al Jazeera channel. Syria has been engulfed by ....

  • Yemen urges intl help to fight terrorism

    Yemen urges intl help to fight terrorism

    Date: 2013-06-15 15:42:08 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:156676

    SANAA (MENA) - Yemen called for rallying international efforts to support it in combating terrorism, which took advantage of the hard economic conditions in the country since 2011. Counselor at Yemen's Permanent Mission to the United Nations ....

  • FSA vows to oust Assad in 6 months

    FSA vows to oust Assad in 6 months

    Date: 2013-06-15 11:36:13 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:156184

    The Free Syrian Army vowed to topple President Bashar al-Assad within six months should the necessary arms were provided. Leader of the Supreme Military Council of the FSA General Salim Idriss urged Western countries to provide the FSA with ....

  • Attacks on army sites to be strongly countered, Defense Ministry warns

    Attacks on army sites to be strongly countered, Defense Ministry warns

    Date: 2013-06-15 11:19:52 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:156145

    The Libyan Defense Ministry has warned that it will strongly respond to any attacks on army camps, stressing this would be an attack on national legitimacy. Any such attacks will not be tolerated and will be countered on the spot, said Defense ....

  • Syria regime forces shell Damascus, Deir al-Zor

    Syria regime forces shell Damascus, Deir al-Zor

    Date: 2013-06-15 10:03:51 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:156022

    Syrian regime forces shelled several neighborhoods in Damascus, Rif Dimashq and Deir al-Zor on Saturday. Meanwhile, violent clashes erupted between the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and the regime army at the entrance of Yarmouk Camp in Damascus at ....

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