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UN offers up new strategy to advance peace, stability in Libya

Date: 2017-09-21 11:22:55 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:7002218

TRIPOLI, Sept 21 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has launched a United Nations strategy to help bring about peace and stability in Libya and end a protracted crisis that has caused immense suffering and contributed to ....

AL chief welcomes 'action plan' introduced by UN envoy for Libya

Date: 2017-09-21 10:58:13 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:7002027

CAIRO, Sept 21 (MENA) – Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit underscored the importance of pooling up the international community’s efforts to hammer out an appropriate peaceful settlement for the Libyan crisis, AL spokesman Mahmoud ....

Int'l coalition halts Raqqa liberation process as Syrian forces advance: Russian military official

Date: 2017-09-21 08:13:14 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:7001880

MOSCOW, Sept 21 (MENA) - Amid the Syrian troops’ success, the US-led international coalition and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have halted the operation on liberating Raqqa, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on ....

Arab Parl't urges postponing Kurdish referendum

Date: 2017-09-21 07:25:35 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7001785

CAIRO, Sept 21 (MENA) - Arab Parliament Speaker Mishaal Al Salami called Thursday on President of the Iraqi Kurdistan region Masoud Barzani for deferring the Kurdish independence referendum in view of the current regional and international ....

Moscow warns US of shelling of SDF areas

Date: 2017-09-21 07:07:46 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:7001797

MOSCOW, Sept 21 (MENA) - Moscow has firmly notified the US that any attempt to shell areas where Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are present will be repulsed. Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Russian special operations ....

Abadi: First stage of Hawija liberation operation launched

Date: 2017-09-21 05:57:26 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7001755

BAGHDAD, Sept 21 (MENA) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi announced on Thursday the launch of the first stage of the Hawija liberation operation. In a statement aired by Alsumaria news channel, Abadi said Iraq began an offensive to retake ....

5 killed, injured in Baghdad explosion

Date: 2017-09-20 20:01:49 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:7001493

BAGHDAD, Sept 20 (MENA) – One person was killed and four others were injured when a roadside bomb went off on Wednesday in western Baghdad. The scene was cordoned off and the injured were moved to a hospital for treatment. (MENA) M I N/M A ....

Syrian tribes hail Egypt's efforts to settle crisis

Date: 2017-09-20 19:32:02 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:7001424

CAIRO, Sept 20 (MENA) - Syrian Arab tribes and political powers have thanked Egypt and President Abdel Fattah El Sisi for Cairo's efforts to solve the Syrian crisis, to stop the bloodshed in Syria and to assert the country's territorial ....

Jordanian monarch, US president discuss ties, Mideast issues

Date: 2017-09-20 18:14:11 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:7001345

AMMAN/NEW YORK, Sept 20 (MENA) - Jordanian King Abdullah II on Wednesday held talks with US President Donald Trump, focusing on efforts to revive the peace process and the overall developments in the Middle East. During the talks, the two leaders ....

Iraqi PM arrives at Qayyarah Airfield West in southern Mosul

Date: 2017-09-20 12:29:25 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:7000586

BAGHDAD, Sept 20 (MENA) - Iraqi Prime Minister Heidar Al Abadi arrived at Qayyarah airfield in southern Mosul, Iraqi army said in a statement, Iraqi news agency reported Wednesday. Al Abadi will meet with the leaders of Iraqi army and ....