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GCC states capable of protecting interests – Qatari FM
Date: 2015-06-11 14:50:42 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:2778121
RIYADH, June 11 (MENA) – Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states are capable of protecting their strategic interests, Qatari Foreign Minister and chair of the current GCC session Khalid bin Mohammed al Attiyah said. Speaking about Yemen during a ....
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6,837 Iraqi, Syrian refugees cross into Turkey
Date: 2015-06-11 14:03:26 GMT - Turkey - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:2776881
ANKARA, June 11 (MENA) – Turkey has received recently 6,837 refugees from Syria and Iraq, including 837 Iraqi Turkmen, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said. “We face an unprecedented situation,” Kurtulmuş said while visiting a refugee camp ....
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AMU probes providing aid to Myanmar's students in Cairo
Date: 2015-06-11 13:57:44 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:2777237
CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) - Arab Medical Union (AMU) Secretary General Assistant Gamal Abdel Salam met with Head of "Burma's Muslims" Institution in Cairo Omar Farouk to discuss means of helping students of Myanmar (formerly known as Burma). During ....
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Arab Parties Organization hails supportive stances of Egypt's friends group
Date: 2015-06-11 13:34:28 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:2776269
CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) - The Arab Civil Parties Organization praised on Thursday supportive stances adopted by a group of Egypt's friends in the European Parliament. The organization contacted Chairman of Egypt's Friend Group Dutch Member of ....
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Official: Lebanese PM to visit Egypt Wednesday
Date: 2015-06-11 10:44:42 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:2775577
BEIRUT, June 11 (MENA) – Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam will pay a visit to Egypt on Wednesday at an invitation from his Egyptian counterpart Ibrahim Mahlab, an official source with Lebanese Prime Minister's office said. While in Cairo, ....
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Russia ready to help settle conflicts, counter challenges in Islamic world - Putin
Date: 2015-06-11 09:03:21 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:2774629
MOSCOW, June 11 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed his country's readiness to help combat terrorism and settle regional conflicts in a message to participants in a meeting of the Russia - Islamic World strategic vision group ....
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12 MERS-CoV cases reported in Saudi Arabia last week
Date: 2015-06-11 09:00:06 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:2774609
RIYADH, June 11 (MENA) - The Saudi Ministry of Health reported twelve confirmed cases of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Jeddah, Mecca and Hofuf over the past week. The ministry stressed, in its weekly press release, ....
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2 Syrians arrested in Lebanon for belonging to Daesh
Date: 2015-06-11 08:58:15 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:2774617
BEIRUT, June 11 (MENA) – Lebanese Army Intelligence apprehended on Thursday two Syrian brothers for belonging to Daesh in the Bekaa town of Talia. Meanwhile, a third Syrian managed to escape with his wife. The two, identified as Jomaa Ahmad ....
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Geneva talks 'last' opportunity for Houthis - Yemeni FM
Date: 2015-06-11 08:43:49 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:2774425
RIYADH, June 11 (MENA) - The Geneva talks on Yemen are considered the last opportunity for the Houthis, said Yemeni Foreign Minister Riyadh Yassin. He also said that seven names have been chosen to be as part of the government's delegation, who ....
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Saudi newspaper slams UN exclusion of Israel from child rights violators list
Date: 2015-06-11 08:27:22 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:2774261
RIYADH, June 11 (MENA) - The Saudi newspaper al-Watan scolded Thursday the United Nations for excluding Israel from the List of Shame of states and armed groups that violate children's rights during conflicts, despite an outcry over the death of ....