August 20, 2012
Egypt will use the aid to finish stalled infrastructure projects and bolster currency reserves.
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Residents of Syria's al-Raqa and Tal Abyad describe difficulties and tensions in the area since Jabhat al-Nusra moved in.
Bahrain on Tuesday (May 21st) sent official letters to the UN, the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation, the Arab League and the European Union in ...
At least 23 people have been killed since Sunday in Syria-linked clashes in the Lebanese city of Tripoli....
The World Bank on Thursday (May 23rd) said it will provide the Jordanian government with $150 million to help the kingdom with the cost of hosting ...
Iraq has begun construction work on special centres for rehabilitating terror victims, the Iraqi government said Friday (May 24th)....
The Iraqi police in Salaheddine province on Friday (May 24th) thwarted an attack on seven power transmission towers north of Baghdad....
Unknown assailants on Friday (May 24th) killed a prominent cleric in an attack launched on his home west of Mosul, Iraqi police in Ninawa province ...
The Iraqi police in Anbar province on Thursday (May 23rd) arrested three terrorism suspects in a security operation carried out with Sahwa backing ...
A UN-funded centre to support Iraqi industry has opened in central Basra, the Federation of Iraqi Industries said Friday (May 24th)....
Yemen's Interior Ministry on Thursday (May 23rd) unveiled a "terrorist plot" by al-Qaeda-affiliated Ansar al-Sharia to capture Ghayl Ba Wazir, a to...
The Arab League said Thursday (May 23rd) it plans to submit to the UN Security Council a list of proposals for a June peace conference aimed at end...
Violence stranded thousands of Syrians seeking refuge in Jordan on Thursday (May 23rd), after at least three days of record low arrivals, The Jorda...
More than 400 Iraqi scientists returned to Iraq this year as part of a government programme to encourage expatriate professionals to return to thei...
Blasts at the houses of Sahwa members in al-Karma killed two Iraqis and wounded seven others, including a woman and three children, Anbar provincia...
Iraqi security forces this week killed the leader of Ansar al-Sunna in Kirkuk province in a shootout in Kirkuk city, the Iraqi Interior Ministry sa...
The Iraqi government announced Thursday (May 23rd) it is making easy-term loans available to women who wish to start their own businesses....
The specialised criminal court in Riyadh on Wednesday (May 22nd) sentenced eight Saudis to prison for up to 25 years for belonging to al-Qaeda and ...
These are the achievements of Iraqi government which we have been looking for; we congratulate Iraqis for that wonderful achievement because the declining of poverty ratios is considered to be grea...سلطان برجس
![Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi met with the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani on August 11th in Cairo. [Amr Dalsh/Reuters]](/shared/images/2012/08/20/egypt-qatar-aid-150_96.jpg)
![A torn poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad hangs in the northern Syrian city of al-Raqa on March 5th following days of fierce fighting. [Mohammad al-Hussein/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/04/19/Syria-assad-raqaa-90_58.jpg)
![Director Qassem al-Maamoury displays the first-place medal and certificate he won at the First International Baghdad Festival for Cinema and Television. [Photo courtesy of Qassim al-Maamoury]](http://mawtani.al-shorfa.com/shared/images/2013/05/24/Iraqi-movie-director-90_58.jpg)
![Iraqi beekeepers work on their hives. [Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP]](http://mawtani.al-shorfa.com/shared/images/2013/05/24/iraq-honey-bees-90_58.jpg)
![Thousands of Iraqi soldiers are participating in a campaign to tighten security on the border with Syria. [Mohammed al-Qaisi/Mawtani]](http://mawtani.al-shorfa.com/shared/images/2013/05/23/iraq-borders-syria-90_58.jpg)
![Iraqi patrols have increased along the Iraq-Syria border. [Mohammed al-Qaisi/Mawtani]](http://mawtani.al-shorfa.com/shared/images/2013/05/22/iraq-border-cell-90_58.jpg)
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These are the achievements of Iraqi government which we have been looking for; we congratulate Iraqis for that wonderful achievement because the declining of poverty ratios is considered to be grea...سلطان برجس