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  • Egypt participates in Dubai International Holy Quran Award

    Egypt participates in Dubai International Holy Quran Award

    Date: 2018-05-13 19:16:54 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7399001

    The 22nd edition of the Dubai International Holy Quran Award (DIHQA) will take place on Ramadan 1-20 (May 17 - June 5) in which 104 countries including Egypt will participate in the competition. Head of DIHQA organizing committee Ibrahim Mohamed ....

  • Arab coalition fighter jets target Houthis in Yemen's Al Hudaydah

    Arab coalition fighter jets target Houthis in Yemen's Al Hudaydah

    Date: 2018-05-12 20:25:53 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:7397313

    Saudi-led Arab coalition fighter jets carried out intensive airstrikes on Houthi sites and gatherings in Al Hudaydah province in western Yemen. The warplanes bombed Houthi rebels near Al Laheeh hospital, leaving scores of them dead and wounded, ....

  • Israeli warplanes bomb sites in northern Gaza Strip

    Israeli warplanes bomb sites in northern Gaza Strip

    Date: 2018-05-12 20:22:46 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7397312

    Israeli fighter jets Saturday evening carried out airstrikes on two sites in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza Strip, sources said. The raids caused damage to a resistance monitoring post and nearby houses, the local sources were quoted by WAFA news ....

  • Palestinian young man succumbs to wounds in West Bank

    Palestinian young man succumbs to wounds in West Bank

    Date: 2018-05-11 21:36:30 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:7395965

    A Palestinian young man succumbed to his wounds in the West Bank province of Khalil on Friday. The Palestinian Health Ministry said Hani Adrabah, 23, was hit by an Israeli bus near Khalil last Monday. He suffered serious wounds and was moved ....

  • Iraqi troops uncover arms depot near Mosul

    Iraqi troops uncover arms depot near Mosul

    Date: 2018-05-11 21:33:32 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:7395963

    Iraqi security forces found a depot containing arms and bombs near Mosul, a statement by the country's security information center reported Friday. They seized mortar shells, weapons and equipment in the cache, the statement added. ....

  • Kuwait, Japan discuss boosting economic cooperation

    Kuwait, Japan discuss boosting economic cooperation

    Date: 2018-05-11 17:28:37 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:7395776

    Kuwaiti Finance Minister Nayef al Hajraf discussed with Japan's Vice Minister of Finance Minoru Kihara Friday ways to boost bilateral economic cooperation. The two sides also tackled cooperation in the infrastructure field and Japanese companies' ....

  • 40 Houthi militants killed in clashes with Yemeni army in Hudaydah

    40 Houthi militants killed in clashes with Yemeni army in Hudaydah

    Date: 2018-05-11 17:25:02 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7395770

    At least 40 Houthi militants, including a key leader, were killed in attacks by the Yemeni army to liberate Al Hudaydah governorate, local sources said on Friday. The sources added that clashes were erupted in Al Garrahi and At Tuhayta ....

  • 6 Al Qaeda militants killed in clashes with Yemeni army in Abyan - Sources

    6 Al Qaeda militants killed in clashes with Yemeni army in Abyan - Sources

    Date: 2018-05-10 20:05:04 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7394565

    Six Al Qaeda militants were killed while others were injured during clashes with the Yemeni army in Abyan governorate, Sky News quoted Yemeni sources as saying on Thursday. Yemeni forces, supported by Emirati forces, controlled the area, the ....

  • Saudi capital chosen to be Arab media capital for 2018/2019

    Saudi capital chosen to be Arab media capital for 2018/2019

    Date: 2018-05-09 15:13:00 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:7392213

    The Council of Arab Ministers of Information decided on Wednesday to choose Saudi capital Riyadh to be the capital of Arab media for 2018/2019. At the end of its 49th session at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo under Algeria, the council ....

  • Palestinian official urges Arab support for Abbas's peace vision

    Palestinian official urges Arab support for Abbas's peace vision

    Date: 2018-05-09 14:08:39 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:7392064

    Palestinian acting information minister Fayez Abu Eita called on Arab information ministers to support President Mahmoud Abbas’s peace vision based on the international law and legitimacy, the Arab peace initiative as well as on ending the Israeli ....

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