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US moves toward open-ended presence in Syria after Daesh is routed - paper
Date: 2017-11-23 11:21:22 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7104918
WASHINGTON, Nov 23 (MENA) - The Trump administration is expanding its goals in Syria beyond routing Daesh group to include a political settlement of the country’s civil war, a daunting and potentially open-ended commitment that could draw the United ....
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Public enterprise minister heads for India for talks on boosting cooperation
Date: 2017-11-23 11:10:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:7104866
CAIRO, Nov 23 (MENA) - Minister of the Public Enterprise Sector Asharaf El Sharkawy left here on Thursday for India on a two-day official visit that comes at an invitation from Indian Textiles Minister Smriti Zubin Irani. A statement released by ....
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Israel attempts to 'Legalize' settlements built on private Palestinian lands
Date: 2017-11-23 11:05:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7104824
RAMALLAH, Nov 23 (MENA) - Israel's attorney general is planning to retroactively "legalize" more than 1,000 settlers' homes that were built on seized private Palestinian land in the West Bank, Haaretz reported on Thursday. Avichai Mendelblit's ....
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Saad el Hariri surprisingly attends annual Arab banking Conf.
Date: 2017-11-23 11:04:04 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:7104816
BEIRUT, Nov 23 (MENA) - Lebanese Prime Minister Saaed el Hariri surprisingly attended on Thursday the first session of the Annual Arab Banking Conference, which is organized by the Union of Arab Banks. Yesterday, Hariri said he will put his ....
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Egypt down in FIFA monthly ranking to 31st position internationally
Date: 2017-11-23 11:00:51 GMT - Switzerland - Sports - SN:35 - ID:7104865
ZURICH, Nov 23 (MENA) - Egypt slipped in FIFA monthly ranking to occupy the 31st position internationally. Egypt is also down to the third position among African teams. Senegal climbed to the top of the list of African soccer teams, while ....
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Two Takfiri elements arrested in Tunisia
Date: 2017-11-23 10:57:45 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:7104765
TUNIS, Nov 23 (MENA) - The Tunisian Interior Ministry's national security units arrested on Thursday two Takfiri elements suspected of belonging to a terrorist organization. In a statement, the ministry said security forces detained in Kairouan ....
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Justice min. urges rallying efforts to combat terror
Date: 2017-11-23 10:53:08 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:7104818
CAIRO, Nov 23 (MENA) - Minister of Justice Hossam Abdel Rahim called for rallying efforts to face terror and activate and amend the Arab anti-terrorism agreement and the other agreements related to fighting organized crimes and corruption. The ....
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Transport min. attends signing of loan deal on unified transport card
Date: 2017-11-23 10:38:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:7104767
CAIRO, Nov 23 (MENA) - Transport Minister Hisham Arafat attended on Thursday the signing ceremony of a loan agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Export–Import Bank of Korea. Under the $350,000-worth ....
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Abul Gheit: Cost of devastation in some Arab states since 2011 amounted to dlrs 640 bln
Date: 2017-11-23 10:28:55 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:7104715
BEIRUT, Nov 23 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit said the cost of the devastation in some Arab states since 2011 amounted to 640 billion dollars. Addressing the opening session of the annual conference of the Union of Arab ....
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Secretary general of Arab interior ministers council attends Interpol meeting in France
Date: 2017-11-23 10:23:20 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:7104720
TUNIS, Nov 23 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Arab Interior Ministers Council Mohammed bin Ali Koman attended the 2nd meeting comprising the heads of police bodies in the Middle East and North Africa at the premises of the Interpol in the French ....