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Sisi exchanges greetings with Arab, Muslim leaders on Eid

Date: 2017-06-24 19:27:56 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:6868617

CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Saturday exchanged cables of greetings with leaders of Arab and Islamic countries on Eid El Fitr. The president also sent his greetings to the Egyptian Muslims abroad on the Eid. He ....

Tunisia arrests seven illegal migrants

Date: 2017-06-24 19:18:37 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:6868594

TUNIS, June 24 (MENA) – The Tunisian naval guard has thwarted an illegal migration attempt from the rocky coast of Jouabi of Bizerte province, the Tunisian news agency TAP reported. Seven youths, 17-35, originally from El Alia, were arrested as ....

Eid El Fitr to start on Sunday in Palestinee

Date: 2017-06-24 18:59:43 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:6868592

RAMALLAH, June 24 (MENA) - The Grand Mufti of Al-Quds Mohammad Hussein has announced that Sunday, June 25, will be the first day of Eid El Fitr in Palestine, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, WAFA news agency reported on Monday. The ....

Eid El Fitr to be celebrated Sunday in Sudan, Lebanon, Iraq

Date: 2017-06-24 18:08:03 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:6868569

ARAB CAPITAL CITIES, June 24 (MENA) – Sudan and Lebanon have announced that Eid El Fitr will be celebrated Sunday after the moon crescent was sighted in both countries on Saturday. In Iraq, the Sunni Endowment Diwan and Fiqh Council announced it ....

Eid El Fitr on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar

Date: 2017-06-24 17:55:38 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:6868550

ABU DHABI, RIYADH, June 24 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar have confirmed that Eid El Fitr will begin on Sunday after the crescent moon was sighted, AlArabiya television reported on Saturday. Oman’s Ministry of ....

Sarraj holds phone call with new UN envoy to Libya

Date: 2017-06-24 15:36:35 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:6868388

TRIPOLI, June 24 (MENA) - The Head of Libyan Presidency Council Fayez Sarraj held a phone call n Saturday with new United Nations (UN) special envoy to Libya Ghassan Salamé on coordination and cooperation between the council and the international ....

UAE's Gargash slams Qatar's disrespect for mediation efforts by leaking demands 2 last Abu Dhabi

Date: 2017-06-24 12:41:22 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:6868116

UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said there is no Gulf state hampering Gulf security except Qatar. He said it is hard to maintain normal ties with the double-standard foreign policy of Doha. Gargash said Qatar has an ....

UAE's Gargash slams Qatar's disrespect for mediation efforts by leaking demands

Date: 2017-06-24 12:35:49 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:6868110

ABU DHABI, June 24 (MENA) - UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash lashed out at Qatar for not respecting mediation efforts by leaking to mass media a list of demands sent to Doha by four Arab states that cut ties with the small ....

Kuwaiti Emir had phone calls with Emir of Qatar, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia

Date: 2017-06-24 10:56:01 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:6867791

KUWAIT CITY, June 24 (MENA) - Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah had on Friday phone calls with Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Mohammed bin ....

ICRC Mideast chief calls for end of extreme violence in Raqqa, Mosul

Date: 2017-06-24 08:27:32 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:6867766

GENEVA, June 24 (MENA) - Regional Director for the Near and Middle East at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Robert Mardini called for humanitarian relief and respect toward "the rules of war" in Syria's Raqqa and Iraq’s Mosul in ....