Arab world
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SDF capture major Daesh-held town in Syria
Date: 2017-04-24 21:52:33 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:98 - ID:6783159
LONDON, April 24 (MENA) - The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have captured the major Daesh-held town of Tabqa in northern Syria, Al Arabiya TV quoted the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) as saying Monday. The SDF entered Tabqa ....
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Australia hails Sudan for helping UN in access of humanitarian aid to South Sudan
Date: 2017-04-24 21:28:09 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:97 - ID:6783135
KHARTOUM, April 24 (MENA) – Australia has hailed Sudan for helping the United Nations in the access of humanitarian aid to South Sudan. This came in a meeting between the Australian ambassador to Sudan and Assistant to the Sudanese President ....
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Kuwait army chief meets US presidential envoy
Date: 2017-04-24 21:17:38 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:96 - ID:6783132
KUWAIT, April 24 (MENA) - Kuwait's Chief of General Staff of the Army Lieutenant General Mohammed Al-Khader met on Monday visiting US Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter the so-called Islamic State (Daesh), Brett McGurk, ....
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Algerian FM receives North Korea's Deputy FM
Date: 2017-04-24 20:48:48 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:94 - ID:6783252
ALGIERS, April 24 (MENA) – Algerian Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ramtane Lamamra has received, Monday in Algiers, the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Sin Hong ....
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Somalia executes 4 linked to 2016 Baidoa blasts
Date: 2017-04-24 20:38:29 GMT - Somalia - Arab world - SN:93 - ID:6783259
MOGADISHU, April 24 (MENA) - Authorities in southwestern Somalia have executed four al-Shabab militants convicted of carrying out explosions that killed some 80 people, Voice of America reported on Monday. The men had been sentenced to death in ....
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AL council meeting at permanent delegates' level adjourned
Date: 2017-04-24 18:28:10 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:85 - ID:6783061
CAIRO, April 24 (MENA) - An extraordinary meeting of the Arab League Council at the permanent delegates' level has been delayed, the pan-Arab organization said in a statement. The meeting, planned to be held on Wednesday, should have discussed ....
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Syria agrees to cease fire for chemical attack probe: Russia
Date: 2017-04-24 16:14:20 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:6782951
MOSCOW, April 24 (MENA) - The Syrian military is ready to cease fire around the rebel-held town hit by a suspected chemical attack if experts are sent in to conduct a probe, Russia's defense ministry said. "The command of the Syrian armed forces ....
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AL council to convene Wednesday on Egyptian initiative
Date: 2017-04-24 15:31:42 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:6782734
CAIRO, April 24 (MENA) - The Arab League council is scheduled to hold an extraordinary meeting Wednesday at the permanent delegates' level. The council will discuss an Egyptian initiative to create a consultative framework gathering the Arab ....
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5th Arab parlt session kicks off
Date: 2017-04-24 13:36:22 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:6781957
CAIRO, April 24 (MENA) - The fifth session of the Arab Parliament (AP) kicked off on Monday at the headquarters of the Arab League General Secretariat, under the slogan "solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails". The meeting, under ....
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Palestinian president leaves Kuwait
Date: 2017-04-24 11:54:50 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:6782356
KUWAIT CITY, April 24 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his accompanying delegation left here after a two-day official visit to Kuwait where he held official talks with Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al Ahmad al Jaber al Sabah. The ....