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  • Trump: Time has come to call on Qatar to immediately stop funding terrorism - 2 last Washington

    Date: 2017-06-09 20:15:46 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:6848206

    In his remarks, Trump said called on Qatar to return to the unity of responsible nations and stop financing terrorism. "No civilized nation can tolerate this violence or allow this wicked ideology to spread on its shores. I addressed a summit of ....

  • Erdogan ratifies Turkish troop deployment to Qatar

    Date: 2017-06-09 19:55:20 GMT - Turkey - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:6848209

    ANKARA, June 9 (MENA) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has approved legislation on deploying Turkish troops in Qatar, Hurriyet Daily News reported. "The number of Turkish warplanes and Turkish warships going to the base will become clear after ....

  • Lebanese army says Israeli gunboat infiltrates into territorial waters off Ras Naqoura

    Date: 2017-06-09 19:39:41 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:6848193

    BEIRUT, June 9 (MENA) – The Lebanese army said that an Israeli gunboat violated the territorial waters at four different intervals, between 4:12 am and 6.36, the Lebanese territorial waters off Ras Naqoura, and infiltrated some 278 meters into the ....

  • US provides $30 million to increase access to education in Lebanon

    Date: 2017-06-09 19:39:30 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:6848189

    BEIRUT, June 9 (MENA) - US Ambassador to Lebanon, Elizabeth Richard, announced Friday a USAID contribution of 30 million dollars to the United Nations Children's Education Fund (UNICEF) in Lebanon, a statement by the US Embassy in Beirut ....

  • Trump: Time has come to call on Qatar to immediately stop funding terrorism

    Date: 2017-06-09 19:39:19 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:6848198

    WASHINGTON, June 9 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has urged Qatar to immediately stop funding terrorism. During a press conference with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Friday at the White House, Trump said "The nation of Qatar has ....

  • US: Qatar must change after history of backing extremist groups

    Date: 2017-06-09 18:58:18 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:6848166

    WASHINGTON, June 9 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said during a press conference on Friday that Washington will back Kuwait’s mediation efforts between Qatar and Gulf states but said the former must stop backing extremist groups in the ....

  • Russia accuses US-led coalition of bombing Syrian army, enhancing Daesh terrorists in Palmyra

    Date: 2017-06-09 16:45:56 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:6848085

    MOSCOW, June 9 (MENA) - The Russian Defense Ministry accused the US-led coalition of bombing the Syrian army, letting Daesh terrorists escape encirclement and enhancing terrorists in Palmyra and Deir ez-Zor, Sputnik news agency reported ....

  • Bahrain bans Qatar-based Aljazeera channels in tourism facilities

    Date: 2017-06-09 16:31:58 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:6848065

    MANAMA, June 9 (MENA) - Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority (BTEA) ordered on Friday hotels and tourism facilities to block the Doha-based Aljazeera channels, the Bahraini news agency (BNA) said. The authority, in a statement, urged ....

  • UAE diplomat: 'There is no trust', Gulf states give up hope on Qatar

    Date: 2017-06-09 10:46:34 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:6847638

    LONDON, June 9 (MENA) - The Gulf states have lost all trust in Qatar and have reached the end of the line in discussing how things can get better, one of the leading diplomats from the United Arab Emirates has said. The UAE, along with Saudi ....

  • 41 killed, injured in blast in Iraq's Musayyib city

    Date: 2017-06-09 10:27:49 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:6847578

    BAGHDAD, June 9 (MENA) – As many as 20 people were killed while 21 others were injured in an explosion in al Musayyib city in northern Babel governorate, Al Arabiya quoted a security source as saying on Friday. Security forces rushed to the blast ....

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