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  • Tunisian FM meets with UNGA chief in New York

    Date: 2017-09-22 11:35:24 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:7003570

    TUNIS, Sept 22 (MENA) - Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui met on Friday with Miroslav Lajcak, the new Slovak UN General Assembly President, on the sidelines of the 72nd UN General Assembly meetings in New York. Jhinaoui voiced ....

  • SANA: 5 killed, injured in Hama in terrorist shelling

    Date: 2017-09-22 11:12:19 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:7003562

    DAMASCUS, Sept 22 (MENA) - A woman was killed and four others were injured on Friday in Hama in shelling missiles by Daesh terrorists, SANA news agency reported. A source at Hama Police Command said that terrorists targeted the road between ....

  • Iraq lauds UN resolution authorizing probe into Daesh war crimes

    Date: 2017-09-22 11:04:26 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:7003302

    BAGHDAD, Sept 22 (MENA)- The Iraqi Presidency praised the United Nations decision authorizing the establishment of an investigation team to hold Daesh terrorist group accountable for acts that may amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity and ....

  • AL chief urges int'l community to shoulder responsibility towards Syria

    Date: 2017-09-22 11:02:58 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:7003468

    NEW YORK, Sept 22 (MENA) - Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit urged the international community to shoulder its responsibility for getting Syria out of its crisis and for alleviating the suffering of the Syrian people. Addressing ....

  • US announces nearly $700m in aid for Syrians

    Date: 2017-09-22 10:02:47 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:7003263

    WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (MENA) - The United States announced $697 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Syrians, State Department Bureau of Population, Migration, and Refugees Acting Assistant Secretary Simon Henshaw said at the UN General ....

  • Jordanian king back home after participating in UNGA meetings

    Date: 2017-09-22 09:26:52 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:7003382

    AMMAN, Sept 22 (MENA) - King Abdullah II returned back home on Friday after his working visit to New York where he led Jordan's delegation to the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly. During his visit, King Abdullah held a series of meetings ....

  • Tunisian FM asserts support for inclusive political settlement in Libya

    Date: 2017-09-22 09:20:54 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:7003360

    TUNIS, Sept 22 (MENA) - Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui stressed his country's support for an inclusive political settlement in Libya, in line with Skhirat deal that was reached in December 2015. Jhinaoui made the remarks during his ....

  • Lavrov: Situation in Syria gives grounds for cautious optimism

    Date: 2017-09-22 09:05:15 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:7003262

    MOSCOW, Sept 22 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the current developments in Syria give grounds for cautious optimism, the Russian news agency Tass reported on Friday. "The development of the situation in Syria gives ....

  • Russia does not reject France's initiative on Syria

    Date: 2017-09-22 08:46:03 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:7003260

    MOSCOW, Sept 22 (MENA) - Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said that Russia does not reject France's initiative on the Syrian peace process, but needs to look into what kind of additional input they can bring to the revitalization of the talk ....

  • SOHR: Agreement reached to end Daesh presence in Hama

    Date: 2017-09-22 07:55:06 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:7003186

    LONDON, Sept 22 (MENA) - The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Friday that an agreement ending Daesh terrorist group presence in Hama governorate has been reached between the Syrian national army and Daesh on ....

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