Arab world

  • Service : English
  • Category : Arab world
  • SANA: 5 killed, injured in Hama in terrorist shelling

    SANA: 5 killed, injured in Hama in terrorist shelling

    Date: 2017-09-22 14:10:43 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:7003913

    A woman was killed and four others were injured on Friday in Hama in shelling missiles by Daesh terrorists, SANA news agency reported. A source at Hama Police Command said that terrorists targeted the road between Salamiyeh and Talaada in the ....

  • Jordanian king back home after participating in UNGA meetings

    Jordanian king back home after participating in UNGA meetings

    Date: 2017-09-22 14:02:21 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:7003887

    King Abdullah II returned back home on Friday after his working visit to New York where he led Jordan's delegation to the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly. During his visit, King Abdullah held a series of meetings with heads of state and ....

  • Abul Gheit urges international community to support Yemen

    Abul Gheit urges international community to support Yemen

    Date: 2017-09-22 14:02:18 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7003896

    Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit underscored the need for soliciting international support to deal with the humanitarian situation in Yemen. In a statement issued following his meeting with Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould ....

  • Tunisian FM asserts support for inclusive political settlement in Libya

    Tunisian FM asserts support for inclusive political settlement in Libya

    Date: 2017-09-22 13:59:19 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7003876

    Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui stressed his country's support for an inclusive political settlement in Libya, in line with Skhirat deal that was reached in December 2015. Jhinaoui made the remarks during his meeting with Libyan ....

  • Political process needed in Syria after Astana talks : UN envoy

    Political process needed in Syria after Astana talks : UN envoy

    Date: 2017-09-22 09:19:01 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7003423

    UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura on Friday underlined the necessity to start a political process in Syria after the sixth round of Astana talks on Syria. Two main strongholds of Daesh terrorist group in Deir Ezzor and al Rakkah ....

  • Iraqi popular forces launch 2nd phase of Hawija operation

    Iraqi popular forces launch 2nd phase of Hawija operation

    Date: 2017-09-22 09:17:53 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7003419

    Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces announced on Friday the launch of the second phase of the military operation to liberate the western parts of Hawija district, Kirkuk province. The second phase aims at controlling the rest of the captured lands ....

  • Lavrov: Situation in Syria gives grounds for cautious optimism

    Lavrov: Situation in Syria gives grounds for cautious optimism

    Date: 2017-09-22 09:16:37 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7003414

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the current developments in Syria give grounds for cautious optimism, the Russian news agency Tass reported on Friday. "The development of the situation in Syria gives grounds for cautious ....

  • UNSC says opposes Kurd independence vote

    UNSC says opposes Kurd independence vote

    Date: 2017-09-22 08:59:25 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7003376

    The UN Security Council warned that a referendum on independence by Iraq's Kurdistan region was potentially destabilizing, adding its weight to international opposition to the vote. In a unanimous statement, the 15-member council said the ....

  • AL chief welcomes 'action plan' introduced by UN envoy for Libya

    AL chief welcomes 'action plan' introduced by UN envoy for Libya

    Date: 2017-09-21 13:57:15 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:7002277

    Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit underscored the importance of pooling up the international community’s efforts to hammer out an appropriate peaceful settlement for the Libyan crisis, AL spokesman Mahmoud Afifi said in a Thursday ....

  • Moscow warns US of shelling of  SDF areas

    Moscow warns US of shelling of SDF areas

    Date: 2017-09-21 09:03:07 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7001936

    Moscow has firmly notified the US that any attempt to shell areas where Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are present will be repulsed. Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Russian special operations forces and Syrian troops are ....

Middle East News Agency © - designed and developed : GCSSD