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  • Syrian jets bomb Idlib

    Syrian jets bomb Idlib

    Date: 2014-01-04 08:00:39 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:478177

    Syrian regime jets shelled several areas in Idlib, northwest of Syria, leaving several people dead and injured. Meanwhile, the opposition Free Syrian Army clashed with a regime battalion in Daraa’s countryside in the south, Sky News quoted Syrian ....

  • PM approves firm right to explore for gold in Red Sea desert

    PM approves firm right to explore for gold in Red Sea desert

    Date: 2014-01-04 07:58:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:478176

    Prime Minister Hazem Beblawy has agreed to grant gold exploration concessions for a local mining firm, said authorities in the Red Sea governorate on Friday. The Red Sea-based Shalateen Mining Company will explore for the precious metal in desert ....

  • Pro-Morsi alliance calls for week of protests

    Pro-Morsi alliance calls for week of protests

    Date: 2014-01-04 07:55:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:478172

    The so-called National Alliance in Support of Legitimacy, which includes supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, called Friday for staging a week of demonstrations. It called also in a statement to stage protests on Wednesday morning in ....

  • Abbas meets Kerry in Ramallah

    Abbas meets Kerry in Ramallah

    Date: 2014-01-04 07:53:46 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:478169

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Friday evening with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Ramallah. The meeting took up means of boosting peace efforts, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported giving no further details. On Thursday, ....

  • Egypt's amb. in Paris urges Egyptian expatriates to partake in constitution referendum

    Egypt's amb. in Paris urges Egyptian expatriates to partake in constitution referendum

    Date: 2014-01-04 07:52:50 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:478166

    Egypt's ambassador in Paris called on members of the Egyptian community in France to positively take part in the upcoming referendum on the country's new constitution, slated for January 8-12 for Egyptian expatriates. Mohamed Mostafa Kamal ....

  • 13 killed, 57 injured during Friday protests: Health Ministry

    13 killed, 57 injured during Friday protests: Health Ministry

    Date: 2014-01-04 07:51:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:478163

    The death toll from Friday's protests rose to 13 while 57 others were injured in clashes between members of the Muslim Brotherhood and security forces in Cairo and other governorates, a senior health ministry official said. The casualties were in ....

  • MB members stage night rallies in Alexandria

    MB members stage night rallies in Alexandria

    Date: 2014-01-04 07:50:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:478140

    Dozens of members of the Muslim Brotherhood staged three marches Friday night in Alexandria after two people were killed in earlier clashes. The group's protests come as escalation against the State ahead of a referendum on the amended ....

  • Iraqi army kills Islamist leader in Anbar

    Iraqi army kills Islamist leader in Anbar

    Date: 2014-01-04 07:41:51 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:478151

    The Iraqi army has killed the leader of the al-Qaeda linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abdul Rahman Baghdadi in Anbar governorate. said a security source said on Friday. Baghdadi was targeted with 150 militants of the group in an Iraqi ....

  • Israeli police arrest Palestinian girl in Quds

    Israeli police arrest Palestinian girl in Quds

    Date: 2014-01-04 07:34:10 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:478145

    Israeli forces arrested Friday a Palestinian girl in Jerusalem for allegedly attempting to stab an Israeli soldier. In a statement, an Israeli police spokeswoman said that a soldier was lightly wounded during the arrest of the 16-year-old girl. ....

  • 30 MB elements arrested in Alex

    30 MB elements arrested in Alex

    Date: 2014-01-03 18:00:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:477725

    Alexandria police have arrested 30 supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi during clashes in Miami, Sidi Beshr and Bitash neighborhoods. They had Molotov cocktails on them, Alexandria police chief Nasser el-Abd said Friday. The ....

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