Publication: Yahoo! Maktoob News

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Tunisia 'making progress' against terror groups

Prime Minister Ali Larayedh said on Thursday that Tunisia is making progress in its bid to dismantle "terrorist" cells despite the presence in the country of armed groups and recent clashes with Islamists. ... [Published Yahoo! Maktoob News - May 23 2013]

Entities: Tunisia, Terrorists

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Tunisia Femen activist arrested for 'immoral gestures'

A young Tunisian activist who sparked controversy in March by posting topless pictures of herself online has been arrested for allegedly making "immoral gestures," the interior ministry said on Monday. ... [Published Yahoo! Maktoob News - May 23 2013]

Entities: Tunisia

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Clashes in Tunis and Kairouan between security forces and Ansar Al-Sharia

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Clashes in Tunisia between Salafist extremists and security forces in Tunisia and Kairouan have left one Tunisian citizen dead. Eleven policemen and 3 protesters were also injured in the clashes that followed the government’s decision ... [Published Yahoo! Maktoob News - May 23 2013]

Entities: Tunis, Ansar al-Sharia, Salafism, Security

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Tunisian dies of coronavirus after KSA, Qatar visit

TUNIS/JEDDAH: A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from new coronavirus, a strain of a virus that emerged in the Middle East last year, after a visit to Saudi Arabia and Qatar, the Tunisian health ministry said on Tuesday.Ministry spokesman Ibrahim Labassi ... [Published Yahoo! Maktoob News - May 23 2013]

Entities: Coronavirus, Qatar, Virus, Tunis

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Virus strikes EP; Saudi visit costs Tunisian life

With the death of another citizen in the Eastern Province due to the coronavirus, the number of fatalities in the Kingdom has reached 16.Following the EP death, another man who had visited the Kingdom died in Tunisia from the same virus.The citizen’s ... [Published Yahoo! Maktoob News - May 23 2013]

Entities: Virus, Tunisia, Coronavirus, Hypertension, Heart Disease

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Two coronavirus deaths reported in KSA, Tunisia

The Ministry of Health said a man residing in the Eastern Province has died due to the novel coronavirus, while reports confirmed that another man who had visited the Kingdom has died in Tunisia from the same virus.The announcement has brought the number ... [Published Yahoo! Maktoob News - May 23 2013]

Entities: Coronavirus, Tunisia, Ministry of Health

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Yemenis languish in Guantanamo prison with scant hope of release

* Hunger strike refocuses attention on Guantanamo inmates* Families of inmates worried* Yemen says US cites lack of stability to justify keepinginmatesBy Mohammed GhobariSANAA, April 29 (Reuters) - Awdah al-Shabati has never seenher father Abdulrahman ... [Published Yahoo! Maktoob News - May 21 2013]

Entities: Guantanamo (Cuba), prison, United States

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Making enemies in Yemen

A group of men stand at attention in front of a raised American flag billowing in the wind. The strained sounds of America's national anthem, the Star-Spangled Banner, echo through the courtyard.$ This is not the scene of a Memorial Day celebration or ... [Published Yahoo! Maktoob News - May 21 2013]

Entities: Yemen, Tribe, Drone

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Yemen army jet crashes in Sanaa, pilot killed: military

A Russian-made Yemeni military jet crashed into a residential district of the capital Sanaa on Monday killing the pilot, an army official told AFP.The Sukhoi crashed into "Al-Aslahi residential district in southern Sanaa," the official said. The accident ... [Published Yahoo! Maktoob News - May 21 2013]

Entities: Sanaa, Yemen, Military/Armed Forces

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Libyan with explosives arrested in Tunisia: ministry

Tunisian police have arrested a Libyan "terrorist" as he was trying to enter the south of the country with a "quantity of explosives," the interior ministry said on Thursday. ... [Published Yahoo! Maktoob News - May 20 2013]

Entities: Tunisia, Terrorists, Police

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

UK, Jordan sign treaty to push Abu Qatada deportation

Britain has signed a legal treaty with Jordan giving guarantees that Islamist terror suspect Abu Qatada would face a fair trial if deported, Home Secretary Theresa May said Wednesday. ... [Published Yahoo! Maktoob News - May 18 2013]

Entities: Abu Qatada al-Filistini, Deportation, Jordan

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

Kerry says Assad would not be part of transitional government

ROME, May 9 (Reuters) - The United States still believesthat Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would not be part oftransitional government in the country, U.S. Secretary of StateJohn Kerry said on Thursday. Kerry made his comments to reporters on the sidelines ... [Published Yahoo! Maktoob News - May 18 2013]

Entities: Rome, Nasser Judeh, Bashar al-Assad

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...Europeans, seized in Sanaa on December 21, were freed by local tribesmen on the border with Oman overnight Wednesday, the official said on Thursday. "The three hostages were released overnight Wednesday and they are now with Omani authorities" said the official on condition of anonymity. "They were kidnapped by al-Qaeda militants," the official added...

Abducted European hostages freed in Yemen [Published Yahoo! Maktoob News - May 21 2013]

"Two gunmen on a motorbike intercepted the policepolice officer, a member of the political security services" in Huta, the provincial capital of Lahij, said the official

Yemen officer killed in Qaeda-style attack [Published Yahoo! Maktoob News - May 21 2013]

"Old Sanaa is an unmatched jewel that everyone should try to preserve."

Old Sanaa, an endangered UNESCO heritage site [Published Yahoo! Maktoob News - May 21 2013]

"The last time we spoke to him was eight days ago. He looked"

Yemenis languish in Guantanamo prison with scant hope of release [Published Yahoo! Maktoob News - May 21 2013]

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