Arab world

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  • Bahraini PM meets Kuwaiti defense min.

    Date: 2018-01-11 11:43:25 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:7185349

    MANAMA, Jan 11 (MENA) - Bahraini Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa met on Thursday with visiting Kuwaiti Defense Minister Nasser Sabah al Ahmad al Jaber al Sabah. During the meeting, the Bahraini prime minister asserted the ....

  • UN political chief pushes for 2018 elections in Libya

    Date: 2018-01-11 10:39:40 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:7185114

    NEW YORK, Jan 10 (MENA) - The United Nation's political chief pushed Wednesday in Libya for the country to hold credible elections this year in a bid to ensure a peaceful shift from a failed unity deal, The Daily Mail reported. "The goal is a ....

  • UN lauds swift response of Jordan to allow urgent aid supplies to Syrian refugees

    Date: 2018-01-11 09:54:40 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:7185087

    AMMAN, Jan 10 (MENA) - The UN office here lauded the swift response of Jordan to allow urgent UN aid supplies to the Syrian refugees in Rukban region after the Syrian side delayed approving its entrance. The UN office in Jordan filed an urgent ....

  • 35 Syrian army troops killed in Abu al Duhur Military Airbase attack

    Date: 2018-01-11 09:30:38 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:7184877

    LONDON, Jan 11 (MENA) - More than 35 Syrian army troops were killed in a fierce attack by militants on Abu al Duhur Military Airbase in Idlib, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday. Another 14 were captured, it ....

  • UAE FM urges Qatar to change pro-terror policy

    Date: 2018-01-11 07:55:10 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7184832

    ABU DHABI, Jan 11 (MENA) - UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash has called on Qatar to change its pro-terror policy as a precondition to solve its issue with the Arab countries fighting terrorism. The Qatari crisis will not be ....

  • Parl't committee urges Sudan to reconsider recent stances against Egypt

    Date: 2018-01-10 19:25:13 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:7184503

    CAIRO, Jan 10 (MENA) - The parliament's Arab affairs committee urged on Wednesday Sudan to reconsider its recent attitudes against Egypt. In a statement, the committee cited recent unfriendly remarks by Sudanese officials about Egypt and a ....

  • Seven people killed in booby-trapped motorbike explosion in Syria

    Date: 2018-01-10 17:41:18 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:7184464

    DAMASCUS, Jan 10 (MENA) - Seven people were killed on Wednesday after a booby-trapped motorbike exploded at al-Kussur district in the northern Syrian governorate of Idlib. The motorbike was rammed into a vehicle owned by a Syrian opposition group ....

  • UAE Defense Ministry probes with NATO Parliamentary Assembly delegation military coop.

    Date: 2018-01-10 16:37:44 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:7184348

    ABU DHABI, Jan 10 (MENA) - Assistant Under-Secretary for Policy and Strategic Affairs at the UAE Ministry of Defense Major General Falah al Qahtani met Wednesday with a delegation representing the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, currently visiting ....

  • Abul Gheit: Terror most dangerous threat to Arab region 2 last Cairo

    Date: 2018-01-10 15:32:33 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:7184297

    Abul Gheit said that countries, like Egypt whose population represents one quarter of the Arab countries' population, is subject to a water shortage and that represents a threat to the national security of Arab states, calling for resolving this ....

  • Yemeni vice president: Legitimacy forces on outskirts of Sanaa

    Date: 2018-01-10 14:44:01 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:7184134

    ADEN, Jan 10 (MENA) - Yemeni Vice President Ali Mohsen Saleh said Wednesday that the legitimacy forces have a clear goal namely; fighting terrorism and overcoming the coup. The state outlines the needed plans for that goal by the support of the ....

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