Arab world

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  • Kuwaiti deputy FM asserts depth of ties with Arabia

    Date: 2017-09-26 07:34:50 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7009408

    KUWAIT CITY, Sept 26 (MENA) - Kuwait Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled al Jarallah asserted that Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have been bound by close and distinguished ties, adding that Kuwait is looking forward to boosting ties between both ....

  • Jordanian security court issues verdicts in several terror cases

    Date: 2017-09-25 16:53:20 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:7008943

    AMMAN, Sept 25 (MENA) - The Jordanian Security Court (SSC) on Monday issued verdicts in cases against 21 defendants, convicting them of attempting to join Daesh terrorist group, Petra news agency reported Monday. The sentences ranged between ....

  • Iraqi parliament votes for closing all border crossings with Kurdistan

    Date: 2017-09-25 14:00:36 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:7008264

    BAGHDAD, Sept 25 (MENA) - The Iraqi parliament voted on several decisions about Kurdistan province after conducting the Kurdish independence referendum, topped by closure of all border crossings with Kurdistan, the Iraqi news agency reported Monday. ....

  • Fierce clashes between regime forces, opposition factions in Damascus countryside

    Date: 2017-09-25 11:18:08 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:7007944

    LONDON, Sept 25 (MENA) – The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that fierce clashes took place Monday between the regime forces and the opposition factions in Damascus countryside and eastern Ghouta. A woman was seriously ....

  • Sisi arrives in UAE on official visit

    Date: 2017-09-25 09:44:54 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:7007841

    ABU DHABI, Sept 25 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi arrived here on Monday on an official two-day official visit to UAE. Sisi was welcomed by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed al ....

  • Terrorist cell planning attacks in Yemen's Lahij busted

    Date: 2017-09-25 09:22:15 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:7007738

    ADEN, Sept 25 (MENA) - The Yemeni police managed to arrest a terrorist cell that was planning to carry out attacks on security headquarters in Al Houta district in Lahij province, Sky News reported on Monday. Chief of Lahij Police Saleh al Sayyed ....

  • Abul Gheit meets with Indian FM

    Date: 2017-09-25 08:49:21 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:7007616

    CAIRO, Sept 25 (MENA) – Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit met on Monday with Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on the sidelines of the meetings of the 72nd round of the UNGA in New York. The meeting took up aspects of cooperation ....

  • Kirkuk governor casts vote in Kurdistan referendum

    Date: 2017-09-25 08:32:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:7007625

    BAGHDAD, Sept 25 (MENA) - Kirkuk governor Nejm al Din Karim cast his vote in the Kurdistan referendum earlier Monday. Ballot stations opened in the early hours of the day, Sumaria News reported, adding that voting will end at 6.00 p.m. About ....

  • Barzani casts vote in Kurdistan independence referendum

    Date: 2017-09-25 07:44:33 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:7007598

    BAGHDAD, Sept 25 (MENA) - President of the Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani casted his ballot in the referendum on independence of the autonomous region on Monday. Earlier in the day, Kurdish voters started going to polling stations to cast their ....

  • Voting begins in Kurdistan region independence referendum

    Date: 2017-09-25 07:02:11 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7007536

    BAGHDAD, Sept 25 (MENA) – Kurdish voters started on Monday going to polling stations to cast their ballot in the independence referendum of self-ruled Kurdistan region of Iraq, Al Sumaria News TV reported. No further details were given about the ....

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