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Mauritanian president will not run for another presidential term
Date: 2016-05-30 07:14:09 GMT - Mauritania - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:5005877
Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz said he will not run for another presidential term, noting that opposition was raising the issue without any occasion. An interviewed broadcast by the Spanish radio late Sunday, the Mauritanian ....
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Jordanian King dissolves parliament, entrusts Mulqi to form gov't
Date: 2016-05-29 12:19:18 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:5001877
King Abdullah II of Jordan on Sunday issued a royal decree dissolving the parliament and ordered holding parliamentary elections according to the Jordanian law. The King also entrusted Hani al Mulqi, the head of Aqaba Execlusive Economic Zone ....
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Israeli occupation forces open fire at farmers in southern GS
Date: 2016-05-29 09:16:44 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:5000265
Israeli occupation forces on Sunday opened heavy machine gun fire at Palestinian farmers in southern Gaza Strip, with no injuries reported. Local sources said the Israeli occupation forces stationed at the military towers established on the ....
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30 killed, injured in Misurata's military operation
Date: 2016-05-28 07:33:47 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:4994113
The death toll of Misurata's al Binyan al Marsous military operation against Daesh terrorists has jumped to five soldiers, while 25 others were injured, according to a statement by the operation media office. Led by the Libyan Presidential ....
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14 civilians killed in Yemen amid ceasefire violations
Date: 2016-05-28 07:27:09 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:4994073
At least 14 Yemenis were killed, and 102 others injured in one week amid repeated violations by the Houthis and militias loyal to former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh in seven governorates. The militias committed 1,018 violations to the ....
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Arab coalition jets bomb Houthi brigade in Yemen
Date: 2016-05-28 07:25:33 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:4994065
The Arab coalition jet fighters bombed Saturday the 29th mechanized brigade, in Harf Sufyan district, in the border Yemeni governorate of Amran, controlled by the Houthi militants since three weeks. The warplanes targeted the military site ....
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Yemeni president receives invitation to attend upcoming Arab summit
Date: 2016-05-25 12:37:27 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:4978913
Yemeni President Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi received an official invitation from Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, to attend a forthcoming Arab Summit slated for July in Nouakchott. Mauritanian Water Minister Mohamed Abdullah handed over ....
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Yemeni PM urges withdrawal, arms handover ahead of political settlement
Date: 2016-05-25 09:21:54 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:4976709
Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr reiterated that there is no political settlement before withdrawal and weapons' handover. In an interview with the Yemeni channel Balqis on Wednesday, the premier said this should be clear for the ....
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Erdoğan calls on Europe to take in more Syrian refugees
Date: 2016-05-24 07:17:14 GMT - Turkey - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:4969137
The Turkish president has asked Europe to welcome more of the three million refugees currently living in Turkey, as the main group campaigning to take Britain out of the EU suggested that higher levels of immigration from Turkey could pose a ....
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Netanyahu renews refusal of French peace initiative
Date: 2016-05-24 07:02:23 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:4969077
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has renewed rejection of a French peace initiative to revive the stalled peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. The remarks were made during a meeting with his French counterpart on ....