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Turkish FM: Ankara informed Washington, Moscow about Syria's Afrin operation
Date: 2018-01-30 14:27:02 GMT - Turkey - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:7218210
ANKARA, Jan 30 (MENA) - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that his country notified Washington and Moscow about its military operation in the Syrian region of Afrin before launching it. Cavusoglu added that Turkey has contacted with ....
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Egypt ready for transfering its health, pharmaceutical expertise to Iraq -- minister
Date: 2018-01-30 14:00:21 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:7218463
CAIRO, Jan 30 (MENA) - Minister of Health and Population Ahmed Emad Eddin Rady asserted Tuesday that Egypt is ready for transferring its health and pharmaceutical expertise to Iraq. The minister made the remarks to Iraqi officials he met during a ....
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Arab Monetary Fund raises alarm about jobless in Arab region
Date: 2018-01-30 13:40:16 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:7218494
MARRAKESH, Morocco, Jan 30 (MENA) - Head of the Arab Monetary Fund Abdel Rahaman Al Hamidy has warned that unemployment is the most serious and difficult challenge to economy and policy makers in Arab countries, especially after the increase of ....
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AP speaker congratulates Kuwaiti emir on 12th anniv. in office
Date: 2018-01-30 13:30:06 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:7218212
CAIRO, Jan 30 (MENA) - Speaker of the Arab Parliament Meshaal al Salami congratulated Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah on the occasion of his 12th anniversary in office. In a press release issued by Salami's office in Cairo ....
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UAE Armed Forces strike Houthi vehicles
Date: 2018-01-30 11:31:42 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:7218144
ABU DHABI, Jan 30 (MENA) - UAE Armed Forces on Tuesday carried out air strikes targeting two military vehicles belonging to the Iranian-backed Houthi militias in the west of the Yemeni district of Hayes. The first strike resulted in the ....
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AL seeks enhancing role in regional conflict management
Date: 2018-01-30 10:16:27 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:7218002
CAIRO, Jan 30 (MENA) - The Arab League (AL) is seeking to play a greater role in conflict management in the region, said an AL senior official on Tuesday. AL Assistant Secretary General for Media Affairs Ambassador Haifaa Abu Ghazala said in a ....
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14 soldiers killed in suicide attack on Shabwa checkpoint
Date: 2018-01-30 08:12:57 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7217714
SANAA, Jan 30 (MENA) - Fourteen soldiers have been killed and others wounded in a suicide car bomb attack on a checkpoint in southeastern Yemen run by local forces backed by the UAE. Gunmen, believed to belong to al Qaeda organization, opened ....
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Over 30 Houthis killed in counter-attack in Saada - military source
Date: 2018-01-30 07:27:25 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:7217652
ADEN, Jan 30 (MENA) - At least 30 Houthi militias were killed and scores others injured as Yemeni national army forces hit back at Houthis who were spearheading an attack on Adiyaq mountain in Saada, northern Yemen, Yemeni military sources said on ....
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Turkish force withdraws from Rif Aleppo after Syrian artillery shelling
Date: 2018-01-30 07:24:25 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7217664
DAMASCUS, Jan 30 (MENA) - A Turkish military force that had entered Rif Aleppo withdrew Tuesday from al Ais town after artillery shelling by the Syrian army. The Turkish force fired back at the Syrian troops, while two Turkish jets flew in the ....
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Moscow concerned over clashes in Aden
Date: 2018-01-29 18:52:31 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:7217359
MOSCOW, Jan 29 (MENA) - Moscow is concerned over armed clashes between those supporting the independence of South Yemen and government troops in Aden, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, adding that Moscow was ready to help broker ....