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Turkish strikes kill 8 civilians in Afrin region: monitor

Date: 2018-01-21 20:20:24 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:107 - ID:7203455

LONDON, Jan 21 (MENA) – Turkish air raids killed eight civilians Sunday in the northern Syrian enclave of Afrin, the Daily Star quoted an activist group as saying. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the dead, who included ....

5 Houthi militants killed in Yemen's Bayda

Date: 2018-01-21 20:03:19 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:106 - ID:7203492

ADEN, Jan 21 (MENA) - Five Houthi militants were killed and others wounded in clashes with the Yemeni army amid a Houthi attempt to infiltrate into the army's positions in Nati' district in Al Bayda governorate, a Yemeni military source was quoted ....

5 Houthis killed, plot to plan navel mines foiled

Date: 2018-01-21 18:16:36 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:100 - ID:7203451

SANAA, Jan 21 (MENA) - The Yemeni army said Sunday five Houthi militants were killed and a sixth was arrested during their attempt to plant naval mines in the Red Sea. Sky News which carried the news gave no more details. (MENA) M S H/M A F ....

OIC warns of Yemen becoming haven for terrorist organizations

Date: 2018-01-21 16:17:07 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:93 - ID:7203124

JEDDAH, Jan 21 (MENA) - The OIC Contact Group on Yemen held a meeting on the sidelines of the Emergency Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the OIC Member States (CFM) on Sunday in Jeddah under the chairmanship of the OIC Secretary ....

Bahraini-Egyptian relations strategic - Bahraini parl't speaker

Date: 2018-01-21 15:00:03 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:85 - ID:7202976

MANAMA, Jan 21 (MENA) - Speaker of the Council of Representatives, Ahmed bin Ibrahim al Mulla, has stressed the long-standing strong relations between the Bahraini-Egyptian leaderships, governments and peoples, describing bilateral ties as ....

France calls for UN Security Council meeting over Syria

Date: 2018-01-21 14:53:19 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:7203056

Paris, Jan 21 (MENA) - The French foreign ministry said France is calling for a U.N. security council emergency meeting over the deteriorating situation in Syria, Daily Mail reported. France's call comes Sunday after Turkish troops and Syrian ....

AWO agrees on allowing support visits to Al Quds

Date: 2018-01-21 14:04:21 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:7202876

CAIRO, Jan 21 (MENA) - Chairperson of the Arab Women Organization (AWO) Mervat Tallawy said Sunday that the higher and executive councils of AWO have agreed on allowing visits to Al-Quds to express support for its Arab identity and backing to the ....

Kuwaiti FM receives US presidential envoy

Date: 2018-01-21 13:42:24 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:7202839

KUWAIT CITY, Jan 21 (MENA) - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Khaled al Hamad al Sabah received on Sunday US Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat the so called Daesh Brett McGurk. They ....

Paid dues of Arab states cover only 50% of Arab League budget - Abul Gheit

Date: 2018-01-21 10:40:01 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:7202356

CAIRO, Jan 21 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit said on Monday Arab governments only pay 50 percent of their due financial shares to the budget of the pan-Arab body. The budget of the Arab League and its affiliated bodies is ....

Saudi FM meets Syrian opposition negotiating commission delegation

Date: 2018-01-21 10:37:08 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:7202370

RIYADH, Jan 21 (MENA) - Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel bin Ahmed al Jubeir on Sunday received at the Saudi Ministry's headquarters a delegation of the Syrian Opposition Negotiating Commission headed by Nasr al Hariri, the Saudi Press Agency ....