Arab world

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  • Daesh is failing at being a state -- Paper

    Date: 2014-12-27 18:46:58 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:95 - ID:1624445

    WASHINGTON, Dec 27 (MENA) – Daesh’s vaunted exercise in state-building appears to be crumbling as living conditions deteriorate across the territories under its control, exposing the shortcomings of a group that devotes most of its energies to ....

  • Iraqi PM calls for more international support to confront Daesh

    Date: 2014-12-27 18:19:49 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:88 - ID:1624409

    BAGHDAD, Dec 27 (MENA) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Saturday called on the international community to provide more support to eliminate Daesh. The Iraqi PM, who received US Senator John McCain and his accompanying delegation, said ....

  • McCain arrives in Erbil airport for Kurd officials meet

    Date: 2014-12-27 18:03:25 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:1624093

    ERBIL, Iraq, Dec 27 (MENA) - U.S. Senator John McCain arrived in Erbil Saturday for meetings with several local officials. Official at the Foreign Relations in Kurdistan Region’s Government Falah Mustafa met McCain at the airport. McCain ....

  • Source at Tunisian government denies PM will not be assigned for another term

    Date: 2014-12-27 17:58:37 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:1624101

    TUNIS, Dec 27 (MENA) – A source at the Tunisian government denied on Saturday news reports claiming that Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa will not be assigned with the upcoming cabinet for his stance when he intended to run for the presidential elections, ....

  • Kuwait justice minister heads for Cairo

    Date: 2014-12-27 17:39:20 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:1612193

    KUWAIT CITY, Dec 27 (MENA) - Minister of Religious Endowment and Islamic Affairs in Kuwait Yaqub al-Sany leaves for Cairo to take part in the Arab conference on International arbitration. The conference will address settlement of differences, ....

  • Chadian president arrives in Algeria

    Date: 2014-12-27 16:11:08 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:1623693

    ALGIERS, Dec 27 (MENA) - Chadian President Idriss Déby arrived in Algeria on a three-day visit at an invitation from his Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The talks between both presidents will take up issues of mutual interest ....

  • Fatah committee member hails Palestinian UN bid

    Date: 2014-12-27 15:43:42 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:1623417

    RAMALLAH, Dec 27 (MENA) - A senior member of Fatah movement has hailed a UN Security Council bid launched by the Palestinian leadership to end the Israeli occupation. "This diplomatic action ..is very successful," said Mahmoud al Maaloul, the ....

  • Shoukry, al-Bahra discuss hosting meetings by Syrian opposition groups – ministry

    Date: 2014-12-27 15:11:43 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:1622945

    CAIRO, Dec 27 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry held a meeting with head of the Turkey-based National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces Hadi al-Bahra to discuss unified stance ahead of Moscow meeting. The top diplomat ....

  • Car bombing hits police service building in Tripoli

    Date: 2014-12-27 15:07:20 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:1623421

    TRIPOLI, Dec 27 (MENA) - A car bomb went off outside the building of a police branch in charge of securing diplomatic missions in Tripoli on Saturday. No casualties were reported. The booby-trapped vehicle was remotely exploded, said the head ....

  • Syrian opposition groups to meet in Cairo ahead of Moscow meeting – minister 2 last Cairo

    Date: 2014-12-27 14:32:57 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:1622881

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry asserted that saving lives must be a top priority for any reaction, noting, strong relations with all Syrian parties. The minister pointed out that Cairo exerts efforts to find a common ground for the different ....

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