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Youth minister chairs Arab Youth Ministers meeting on Saturday

Date: 2017-04-04 11:26:22 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:6752040

CAIRO, April 4 (MENA) - Minister of Youth and Sport Khaled Abdel Aziz will chair meetings of the executive office of the Arab Youth and Sports Ministers Council, to be held here on Saturday at the Arab League premises. The Arab ministers will ....

British PM wraps up Jordan visit

Date: 2017-04-04 11:20:41 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:6752023

AMMAN, April 4 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Theresa May wrapped up Tuesday her visit to Jordan, where she met with Jordan's King Abdullah II. May's visit to Jordan came as part of a regional tour that also includes Saudi Arabia. Talks ....

Oman, India discuss prospects of cooperation

Date: 2017-04-04 11:18:33 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:6751944

MUSCAT, April 4 (MENA) - Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi bin Abdullah met on Tuesday with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. Abdullah handed over Modi a message form Sultan of Oman Qaboos bin Said ....

Syria to respond to Turkey's interference, Israeli aggression-- ambassador

Date: 2017-04-04 10:44:40 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:6751950

MOSCOW, April 4 (MENA) - Syria will respond to any aggression from Israel, which Damascus believes supporting terrorist groups there, Syrian Ambassador to Russia Riyad Haddad told Sputnik news agency. Haddad accused Israel of "at this time ....

34th session of Arab Interior Ministers Council to kick off Wed. in Tunis

Date: 2017-04-04 10:18:08 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:6751823

TUNIS, April 4 (MENA) - The 34th session of the Arab Interior Ministers Council will kick off here on Wednesday under the auspices of President Beji Caid Essebsi with the participation of high-level delegations representing security sectors in the ....

FAO: Syrian agricultural sector should be kick-started now to reduce humanitarian aid, migration

Date: 2017-04-04 09:38:09 GMT - Italy - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:6751717

ROME, April 4 (MENA) - Fighting in Syria has caused huge damage and losses to agricultural production, but the sector can and should be kick-started now, dramatically reducing the need for humanitarian aid and migration, according to a new FAO ....

Sudanese culture minister opens Egyptian Book Fair in Khartoum

Date: 2017-04-04 09:04:29 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:6751648

KHARTOUM, April 4 (MENA) - Sudanese Culture Minister Sayyed Haroun on Tuesday opened the Egyptian Book Fair in Khartoum in the presence of Egyptian Charge D'Affairs Ahmed Abu Alaa and a number of personalities working in the cultural field. In ....

SOHR: Casualties of regime poisonous gas attack up 267

Date: 2017-04-04 08:58:15 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:6751668

LONDON, April 4 (MENA) - Casualties of the Syrian regime raids - in which poisonous gas was used - rose to 267, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. About 67 people were killed and 200 injured in the raids, reported ....

Eight Houthis killed in Arab coalition raid in western Taiz

Date: 2017-04-04 08:44:01 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:6751652

ADEN, April 4 (MENA) - Eight Houthi rebels were killed and five others injured as Arab coalition planes shelled positions of Houthi militias and supporters of ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh in western Taiz, the Arabic-speaking Sky News ....

16 members of Syrian army killed in eastern Damascus

Date: 2017-04-04 08:40:12 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:6751638

DAMASCUS, April 4 (MENA) – Sixteen members of the Syrian army were killed in eastern Damascus, the armed Syrian opposition factions said Tuesday. They were killed in fierce clashes in eastern Damascus, the factions said, adding that scores of the ....