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AL chief meets vice president of Libya's presidential council

Date: 2017-04-18 19:11:36 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:6774131

CAIRO, April 18 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Arab League (AL) Ahmed Abul Gheit on Tuesday received Vice President of Libya's presidential council Ali Faraj al Qatrani. The meeting tackled the latest political and security developments in ....

Iraq: Suicide attack kills, wounds three policemen in Anbar

Date: 2017-04-18 15:55:16 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:6773946

BAGHDAD, April 18 (MENA) - An Iraqi policeman was killed and two others were injured in a suicide attack that targeted security forces in Hit city in Anbar province, al-Arabiya channel quoted a security source as saying Tuesday. A suicide bomber ....

12 Saudi troops killed in plane crash in Yemen, says Arab Coalition

Date: 2017-04-18 15:44:56 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:6773930

ADEN, April 18 (MENA) - The Saudi-led coalition announced that four Saudi officers and eight non-commissioned officers were killed when a helicopter crashed in the Yemeni city of Ma'rib, al-Arabiya channel reported Tuesday. An investigation into ....

Bahrain's PM to be honored by AL

Date: 2017-04-18 14:20:39 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:6773661

CAIRO, April 18 (MENA) - The Arab League will organize on Wednesday a ceremony where Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit will honor Bahrain's Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman al Khalifa. The move comes in recognition of the great and ....

Escalation of violence southern Libya endangers political process -- France

Date: 2017-04-18 13:45:58 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:6773613

PARIS, April 18 (MENA) - The clashes and escalation of violence in southern Libya endanger the political process and put Libyan citizens' lives at risk, Spokesman for the French Foreign Ministry Romain Nadal said in a released statement on Tuesday. ....

Algerian top official due in Libya Wednesday

Date: 2017-04-18 13:27:22 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:6773606

ALGIERS, April 18 (MENA) - Algeria's Minister of Maghreb and African Affairs and the Arab League Abdelkader Messahel will embark Wednesday on a tour of a number of Libyan cities, said the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday. The visit ....

UN to host ministerial meeting on humanitarian crisis in Yemen

Date: 2017-04-18 11:55:47 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:6773432

GENEVA, April 18 (MENA) - The United Nations will host a ministerial meeting to address the humanitarian crisis in Yemen on April 25 in Geneva, the UN said in a statement on Tuesday. The meeting, to be attended by officials from Switzerland and ....

Russia delivers aid to Syrian civilians

Date: 2017-04-18 11:40:54 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:6773378

DAMASCUS, April 18 (MENA) - The Russian Center for Syrian reconciliation delivered 4.9 tonnes of humanitarian aid to the Syrian provinces of Aleppo and Damascus within the past 24 hours, Sputnik news agency quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as ....

Arab coalition fighters destroy Houthi tanks in western Taiz

Date: 2017-04-18 10:34:11 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:6773297

SANAA, April 18 (MENA) - Saudi-led coalition warplanes on Tuesday intensively shelled Houthi militants positions in the surroundings of Khaled camp in western Taiz, killing about 20 of them, Sky News reported quoting Yemeni field sources as ....

Renewal of artillery shelling of Tamanhint airbase in Libya's Sabha city

Date: 2017-04-18 10:21:45 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:6773264

TRIPOLI, April 18 (MENA) - The 201 Battalion, affiliated to the Presidential Council said that the 12th Brigade of the Libyan army in Benghazi renewed on Tuesday its artillery shelling of "Tamanhint" airbase in the Libyan city of Sabha. A ....