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  • Tunisia bans 9,000 youths from joining militant groups in Syria, says minister

    Date: 2014-09-14 07:42:05 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:933553

    TUNIS, Sept 14 (MENA) - Minister of Interior Lotfi Ben Jeddou said security bodies have in recent months banned 9,000 Tunisian youths from leaving the country to join fighting with militant groups in Syria over recent months. Interviewed by ....

  • Kuwaiti FM heads for Palestine on official visit

    Date: 2014-09-14 07:20:05 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:933505

    KUWAIT CITY, Sept 14 (MENA) - Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled al-Hamad al-Sabah headed for Palestine, on the first official visit ever at an invitation from his Palestinian counterpart Riyad al-Maliki. During the day-long visit in ....

  • Australia to send 600 troops to UAE to face Daesh threat

    Date: 2014-09-14 06:52:27 GMT - Australia - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:933529

    CANBERRA, Sept 14 (MENA) - Australia said it is sending 600 troops to the Middle East ahead of possible combat operations against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq, the BBC reported. Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the deployment, initially to ....

  • Mauritania's agriculture minister returns home after Cairo visit

    Date: 2014-09-13 20:27:54 GMT - Mauritania - Arab world - SN:102 - ID:932705

    NOUAKCHOTT, Sept 13 (MENA) - Mauritania's Agriculture Minister Brahim M'bareck Ould Mohamed Mokhtar on Saturday returned home from Cairo after a visit in which he delivered a message from Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to his ....

  • US promotes Daesh fight to postpone action on Palestine: PLO official

    Date: 2014-09-13 20:12:05 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:101 - ID:932697

    RAMALLAH, Sept 13 (MENA) - Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Member Hanna Amira said Saturday the US administration tried to highlight the threats posed by terrorist Daesh group to postpone taking decisive actions in the ....

  • Hamas-Fatah disagreement could hinder ceasefire talks : Jihad movement

    Date: 2014-09-13 19:51:46 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:99 - ID:932473

    RAMALLAH, Sept 13 (MENA) - Deputy Secretary-General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement Ziad al-Nakhala said Saturday the disagreement between Hamas and Fatah movements had badly affected the course of ceasefire negotiations in Cairo. He ....

  • Abbas, Egypt FM discuss Gaza truce over phone

    Date: 2014-09-13 19:32:30 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:95 - ID:932641

    RAMALLAH, Sept 13 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received Saturday a phone call from Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri. Abbas and Shoukri discussed stabilizing Gaza truce, the reconstruction process of the strip and the donors' ....

  • Gaza electric company awaits reply over fuel supplies

    Date: 2014-09-13 16:00:02 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:931281

    GAZA CITY, Sept 13 (MENA) - Gaza Power Generating Private Limited Company (GPGC) went into a two-day hiatus waiting for reply on fuel supplies from the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah or from Qatar. According to the GPGC's chief executive ....

  • PA welcomes visit of Kuwaiti FM tomorrow - spokesman

    Date: 2014-09-13 12:32:10 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:930205

    RAMALLAH, Sept 13 (MENA) - The Palestinian Authority (PA) welcomes the important visit to the Palestinian territories by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled al-Sabah scheduled for Sunday. The visit is the first of its ....

  • AL chief, UN envoy to Syria to hold talks on crisis in Syria

    Date: 2014-09-13 12:20:18 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:930197

    CAIRO, Sept 13 (MENA) – Arab League Secretary General Nabil El Araby and UN envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura will hold a meeting Sunday on developments in Syria, an official source said. According to the official source at the AL, the meeting ....

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