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Saudi FM arrives in Kuwait for Gulf Summit

Date: 2017-12-05 12:07:10 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:7124467

KUWAIT CITY, Dec 5 (MENA) - Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al Jubair arrived here on Tuesday leading his country's delegation to the 38th session of the Arab Gulf Summit. The summit will kick off later in the day. (MENA) A S E/M O H ....

Several people killed, wounded in terrorist attack in Syria's Homs

Date: 2017-12-05 11:52:56 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:7124173

DAMASCUS, Dec 5 (MENA) - Two persons were killed and nine other wounded in a powerful explosion that hit central Syrian city of Homs, media sources reported on Tuesday. The terrorist bombing has targeted a passenger bus in the Akrema district, ....

Saudi King receives former US state secretary Rice

Date: 2017-12-05 11:45:40 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:7124413

RIYADH, Dec 5 (MENA) - King Salman bin Abdel Aziz on Tuesday received former US state secretary Condoleezza Rice, who is now visiting Saudi Arabia. According to the Saudi press agency, the two sides took up several issues of common concern. ....

Russia ME envoy holds talks with Sudanese ambassador in Moscow

Date: 2017-12-05 11:27:54 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:7124382

MOSCOW, Dec 5 (MENA) - Special Presidential Envoy for the Middle East and North Africa Mikhail Bogdanov on Tuesday had talks with Sudanese Ambassador here Nader Babaker at the request of the latter. The meeting took up means of promoting ....

Assassination of Saleh reveals criminal nature of Houthis: Abul Gheit

Date: 2017-12-05 09:37:44 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:7124006

CAIRO, Dec 5 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Abul Gheit urged the international community to swiftly intervene to contain the deteriorating situation in Yemen, adding that the assassination of former Yemeni president Ali Abullah ....

Arab coalition jets shell Houthi sites in central Sanaa

Date: 2017-12-05 08:37:17 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7123891

ADEN, Dec 5 (MENA) - Arab coalition warplanes shelled on Tuesday military sites of Houthi militias in Sabeen Square in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, Al Arabiya news channel reported. On Monday, Houthi militias shot Yemeni former president Ali ....

Houthi militias kill guards of al Saleh mosque in Sanaa

Date: 2017-12-05 08:36:40 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:7123893

ADEN, Dec 5 (MENA) - Houthi militias mowed down the guards of al Saleh mosque in Sanaa after controlling it, Sky News reported on Tuesday. The militias also killed 200 of the captives of the General People's Congress party that was led by slain ....

Houthis consider not holding official funeral for Saleh is prerequisite for handing over his body

Date: 2017-12-05 08:35:19 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7123830

SANAA, Dec 5 (MENA) - Sources in the General People's Congress (GPC) in Sanaa said Tuesday that Houthi militias asked the tribes of Sinhan district to bury the body of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh in his hometown of Sinhan on the condition ....

Israeli warplanes raid village in southern Syria

Date: 2017-12-04 22:28:25 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:7123754

DAMASCUS, Dec 4 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes on Monday struck Jamraya village in the Qudsaya district of Rif Dimashq province in southern Syria. The area was bombed more than once before, Russia Today reported, adding that powerful explosions shook ....

Kuwait, US top diplomats discuss regional, int'l developments

Date: 2017-12-04 20:21:08 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:7123700

KUWAIT, Dec 4 (MENA) - Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al Hamad Al Sabah received Monday a phone call from US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on regional and international developments, and means of ....