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  • Arab coalition protects Arab world against Iran threat, OEG director tells MENA

    Arab coalition protects Arab world against Iran threat, OEG director tells MENA

    Date: 2015-04-15 10:52:33 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:2383037

    Charles Saint-Prot, director of the Observatory of Geopolitical Studies (OEG), has praised efforts by the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia to counter threats of Iranian practices and extremist political-religious groups. Armed militias are ....

  • Mahlab reviewes one-million-feddan development project

    Mahlab reviewes one-million-feddan development project

    Date: 2015-04-15 10:51:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2383645

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab held a meeting here on Wednesday on the one-million-feddan development project attended by the ministers of planning and housing to review the various aspects of the project which aims at expanding urban communities in ....

  • More than 26mn pills of counterfeit drugs seized at Alex. port

    More than 26mn pills of counterfeit drugs seized at Alex. port

    Date: 2015-04-15 10:13:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:2383181

    Alexandria Port police have foiled an attempt to smuggle more than 26 million pills of counterfeit medicine into Egypt. The seized drugs, whose source is unknown, do not meet the standards. Acting on a tip, the port police searched a shipment ....

  • Egyptian plane carrying aid to Syrian refugees arrives in Beirut

    Egyptian plane carrying aid to Syrian refugees arrives in Beirut

    Date: 2015-04-15 10:09:39 GMT - Lebanon - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:2383137

    An Egyptian plane, carrying a second batch of humanitarian assistance to Syrian refugees, arrived at Beirut Airport earlier in the day. Egypt's Military Attache in Lebanon Brigadier General Mohammad Galal , on behalf of the Egyptian ambassador ....

  • Iraqi forces foil attack by Daesh in Ramadi

    Iraqi forces foil attack by Daesh in Ramadi

    Date: 2015-04-15 10:08:13 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:2383125

    The joint Iraqi forces repelled an attack by the Daesh militant group in Ramadi, Anbar governorate, early Wednesday. The Iraqi forces arrested 16 terrorists in central Ramadi. Security and local sources said the terrorists were arrested during ....

  • Four arrested at Manchester Airport on suspicion of terrorism

    Four arrested at Manchester Airport on suspicion of terrorism

    Date: 2015-04-15 10:06:07 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:10 - ID:2383097

    Four people have been arrested at Manchester Airport on suspicion of terrorism, the BBC said Wednesday. Two others were arrested on Tuesday as part of the same investigation, launched after nine people were stopped on the Turkey-Syria border on ....

  • John Kerry thanks Russia for rescuing US citizens from Yemen air strikes

    John Kerry thanks Russia for rescuing US citizens from Yemen air strikes

    Date: 2015-04-15 10:03:27 GMT - Russia - International - SN:9 - ID:2383081

    The US government has thanked the Russian authorities for their help in evacuating Americans from Yemen, after the US State Department said it had no plans to evacuate its citizens from the war-torn country, leaving hundreds stranded, Sputnik ....

  • 20 army soldiers killed during clashes in Benghazi

    20 army soldiers killed during clashes in Benghazi

    Date: 2015-04-15 10:01:58 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:2383061

    Three soldiers were killed and 17 injured in fierce clashes between the Libyan army and Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council troops in several areas in Benghazi. In statements to MENA, Media Spokesman of Al Galaa Hospital Fadia Al Borghazi said ....

  • Iran backs Russia’s decision for S300 delivery: Zarif

    Iran backs Russia’s decision for S300 delivery: Zarif

    Date: 2015-04-15 09:35:31 GMT - Iran - International - SN:6 - ID:2382781

    Iranian FM has said Russia’s decision for missile system delivery to Iran is a positive step in the right direction, Mehr News Agency reported. During a joint press conference with Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo in Madrid, ....

  • Israeli troops infiltrated into southern Gaza Strip

    Israeli troops infiltrated into southern Gaza Strip

    Date: 2015-04-15 08:26:23 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:2382161

    Israeli troops infiltrated into the southern Gaza Strip Wednesday. Four Israeli bulldozers were seen in eastern Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, local sources said. Backed by Israeli military jets, the bulldozers entered through al Matbaq ....

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