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  • 37 killed, injured in clashes in Yemen

    Date: 2018-01-23 17:22:51 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:7207278

    ADEN, Jan 23 (MENA) - Twelve Houthi militants were killed, 25 others were wounded in clashes with the Yemeni army in northern Taiz, a Yemeni military source was quoted by Yemeni news agency as saying Tuesday. The Yemeni army destroyed Houthi ....

  • Kuwaiti defense min. meets Iraqi, US military chiefs

    Date: 2018-01-23 15:41:06 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:7207014

    KUWAIT CITY, Jan 23 (MENA) - Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sheikh Nasser Sabah al Ahmad al Sabah held talks Tuesday with top Iraqi and US military officers, focusing on issues of mutual concern, KUNA reported. The ....

  • Russian military deploys latest batch of S-400 air defense systems to Syria

    Date: 2018-01-23 15:38:31 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:7207006

    MOSCOW, Jan 23 (MENA) - The Russian military has delivered new units of its state-of-the-art S-400 anti-aircraft systems to Syria, RT reported on Tuesday. The weapons have assumed combat duty in Russian army compounds in the country. Videos ....

  • Parl't speaker voices Egypt's support to Bahrain

    Date: 2018-01-23 15:36:26 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:7206940

    MANAMA, Jan 23 (MENA) - Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal stressed on Tuesday Egypt's commitment to supporting the Bahraini perspectives at all international forums within the framework of Bahrain's right to take the measures needed to maintain its ....

  • Safadi, Erekat address repercussions of US decision on Quds

    Date: 2018-01-23 15:21:00 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:7206945

    AMMAN, Jan 23 (MENA) - Minister of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs Ayman Safadi late Monday discussed with Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Secretary-General Saeb Erekat efforts to contain consequences of Trump's ....

  • Iraq reconstruction conf. in Kuwait good int'l humanitarian gesture

    Date: 2018-01-23 14:06:49 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:7206690

    BAGHDAD, Jan 23 (MENA) - Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al Jaafari said on Tuesday that a conference on the reconstruction of Iraq due to be hosted by Kuwait in February is a good international humanitarian gesture. Jaafari's remarks came on the ....

  • New meeting of executive office of Arab Water Ministers Council to kick off Wed.

    Date: 2018-01-23 13:58:06 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:7206651

    CAIRO, Jan 23 (MENA) - The 12th round of talks the executive office of the Arab Water Ministers Council will start on Wednesday at the headquarters of the Arab League. Representatives of water ministries and bodies concerned from Jordan, Saudi ....

  • Saudi cabinet welcomes comprehensive humanitarian aid plan in Yemen

    Date: 2018-01-23 13:08:06 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:7206684

    RIYADH, Jan 23 (MENA) - The Saudi cabinet on Tuesday welcomed, during its meeting under the chairmanship of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud, the announcement of the comprehensive humanitarian aid plan in Yemen, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) ....

  • Kuwaiti emir, Lebanese president discuss bilateral relations

    Date: 2018-01-23 12:28:08 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:7206514

    KUWAIT CITY, Jan 23 (MENA) - Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al Ahmad al Jaber al Sabah received on Tuesday visiting Lebanese President Michel Aoun and his accompanying delegation at Bayan Palace. During the meeting, both sides discussed bilateral ....

  • Pentagon delegation in Ankara for talks on Syria's Afrin operation

    Date: 2018-01-23 12:23:03 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:7206517

    WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (MENA) - Pentagon officials are currently in Ankara as part of a US delegation to discuss security issues, including in Syria's Afrin, Major Adrian Rankine-Galloway, a Pentagon spokesman, said. He said "increased violence in ....

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