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  • Takfiri cell active in Tunisia’s Nabeul broken up: interior ministry

    Date: 2017-09-19 18:33:36 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:6999591

    TUNIS, Sept 19 (MENA) – The Tunisian Interior Ministry (IM) said on Tuesday that a Takfiri cell, active in the governorate of Nabeul, Tunisia, was broken up and three of its members were arrested. According to Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP), the ....

  • Saudi, British defense ministers confer on bilateral relations

    Date: 2017-09-19 17:48:41 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:6999582

    JEDDAH, Sept 19 (MENA) - Saudi Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz met here Tuesday with UK Defense Secretary Michael Fallon. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral relations between the two countries, particularly the ....

  • AL Secretary General meets UN envoy to Iraq

    Date: 2017-09-19 17:40:20 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:6999360

    NEWYORK, Sept 19 (MENA) - Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Abul Gheit met Tuesday with Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq Jan Kubis on the sidelines of the 72nd session of the UN general assembly ....

  • Iraqi PM announces start of operation to retake western Anbar

    Date: 2017-09-19 14:44:39 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:6998969

    BAGHDAD, Sept 19 (MENA) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi announced on Tuesday the start of a military operation to liberate west of al Anbar from the remains of Daesh terrorist group. "Operations to liberate western Anbar began near Anah at ....

  • Abul Gheit, De Mistura probe latest developments of Syrian crisis

    Date: 2017-09-19 13:47:26 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:6998912

    NEW YORK, Sept 19 (MENA) – Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit underlined the importance of pooling efforts in such a critical stage in order to hammer out an appropriate political settlement for the Syrian crisis. This settlement ....

  • Kuwait FM participates in AHLC meeting on Palestine

    Date: 2017-09-19 12:27:03 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:6998566

    KUWAIT CITY, NEW YORK, Sept 19 (MENA) - Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khaled al-Hamad al-Sabah chaired his country's delegation participating in the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting on Palestine. ....

  • Tunisia: Takfiri element held on charges of joining terrorist organization

    Date: 2017-09-19 12:04:34 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:6998710

    TUNIS, Sept 19 (MENA) - The Tunisian security bodies arrested a Takfiri element in Sousse city over charges of joining a terrorist organization, the Tunisian interior ministry said in a Tuesday statement. The person detained has confessed to ....

  • Abbas, Abul Gheit confer on steps taken to end Palestinian division

    Date: 2017-09-19 11:10:46 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:6998504

    NEW YORK, Sept 19 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas conferred with Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit on the latest developments of the Palestinian issue topped by the current steps taken to end the Palestinian division, ....

  • One killed, five wounded in explosion in northern Baghdad

    Date: 2017-09-19 10:14:03 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:6998354

    BAGHDAD, Sept 19 (MENA) - One person was killed and five others were wounded, when a bomb blast hit an area at Tarmiyah district in northern Baghdad, Al Sumaria channel quoted an Iraqi security source as saying Tuesday. The roadside bomb was ....

  • 2nd round of Chinese-Arab women forum inaugurated

    Date: 2017-09-19 09:39:21 GMT - China - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:6998226

    BEIJING, Sept 19 (MENA) – The 2nd round of the Chinese-Arab women forum was inaugurated here on Tuesday within the framework of China-Arab Cooperation Forum. The four-day event is held under the rubric of “rallying women powers, reviving Silk ....

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