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Sudan discusses ways of promoting relations with UAE, Iraq, Djibouti

Date: 2017-08-15 22:37:14 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:6946698

KHARTOUM, Aug 15 (MENA) – Sudanese officials on Tuesday discussed the ways to promote relations with the UAE, Iraq and Djibouti. In a meeting, Sudan’s Minster of the Presidency Fadul Abdalla Fadul conferred with the UAE ambassador to Sudan ways ....

4 Syrians killed, 14 injured in Nusra attack on Aleppo

Date: 2017-08-15 21:35:05 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:6946722

ALEPPO, Aug 15 (MENA) - Four civilians were killed in a rocket attack launched by Al Nusre Front on al Akramiyeh neighborhood in the Syrian city of Aleppo, SANA reported Tuesday. It added that militants positioned in the western outskirts of ....

UN keen on supporting South Sudan refugees, says official

Date: 2017-08-15 20:58:39 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:6946625

KHARTOUM, Aug 15 (MENA) - The UN is keen on continuing efforts to support South Sudanese refugees living in Sudan, the UN high commissioner for refugees said. During a tour of Al-Nimir camp in the Sudanese state of East Darfur on Tuesday, Filippo ....

FM of Libya's interim government escapes unhurt in road accident

Date: 2017-08-15 20:36:51 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:6946654

BAYDA, Libya, Aug 15 (MENA) - Foreign Minister of Libya's interim government Mohammed Al Dairi has escaped a road accident east of Bayda, a source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the interim government told a ....

Saudi crown prince meets US envoy

Date: 2017-08-15 20:17:43 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:6946676

RIYADH, Aug 15 (MENA) - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud met on Tuesday with the US Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter Daesh Brett McGurk, currently on a visit to the Kingdom. They discussed ....

Libya army commander says UN envoy to to succeed in mission

Date: 2017-08-15 20:03:43 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:6946623

MOSCOW, Aug 15 (MENA) – Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar has expected UN Libya envoy Ghassan Salame to succeed in his mission in the North African country. The former UN envoys to Libya failed to reach reconciliation among the Libyan ....

Military aircraft crashes in Syria

Date: 2017-08-15 18:15:20 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:6946516

DAMASCUS, Aug 15 (MENA) - The Syrian army said on Tuesday that one of its military aircraft fell down south of Syria. A probe was launched into the incident, Sky News TV channel quoted the army as saying. The announcement comes after the Free ....

5 takfiris arrested in southern Tunisia

Date: 2017-08-15 17:31:06 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:6946514

TUNIS, Aug 15 (MENA) - At least five takfiri elements have been arrested in southern Tunisia. The five elements had plotted to attack security and military units deployed in the south of Tunisia, a statement by the Interior Ministry here said ....

ICC issues arrest warrant for Libyan army officer Werfalli

Date: 2017-08-15 16:22:50 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:6946425

TRIPOLI, Aug 15 (MENA) - Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant of arrest for Mahmoud Mustafa Busayf al Werfalli allegedly responsible for murder as a war crime in the context of the non-international armed ....

Algerian president sacks prime minister

Date: 2017-08-15 16:10:06 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:6946397

ALGIERS, Aug 15 (MENA) - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has fired Abdelmadjid Tebboune as prime minister, the official news agency said Tuesday. The APS news agency, citing a presidential statement, said Tuesday that former Prime ....