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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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, ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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. ....
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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 ....