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  • AL emergency meeting kicks off to discuss situation in Aleppo

    AL emergency meeting kicks off to discuss situation in Aleppo

    Date: 2016-05-04 11:23:27 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:4841925

    The emergency meeting of the Arab League Council at the permanent delegates' level started here on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Bahrain's Ambassador to Egypt Rashed al Khalifa and in the presence of Arab League Secretary General Nabil el ....

  • UN envoy: Peace negotiations among Yemeni parties to be resumed today

    UN envoy: Peace negotiations among Yemeni parties to be resumed today

    Date: 2016-05-04 07:20:09 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:4840285

    UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said that peace negotiations among the Yemeni parties will be resumed Wednesday. In a press release published by the Kuwaiti news agency "Kuna", the UN envoy said that he had urged all parties ....

  • White House: Assad regime must uphold Syria ceasefire commitments

    White House: Assad regime must uphold Syria ceasefire commitments

    Date: 2016-05-03 06:35:56 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:4834097

    Syrian President Bashar al Assad's government needs to live up to its commitments to a cessation of hostilities, the White House said, adding that "safe zones" are not a practical alternative now. "The Assad regime needs to live up to the ....

  • Limited Israeli incursion into southern Gaza Strip

    Limited Israeli incursion into southern Gaza Strip

    Date: 2016-05-02 08:54:09 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:4829873

    Israeli forces launched Monday a limited incursion into the Gaza Strip in an area east of Rafah city. Four Israeli bulldozers pushed deep into agriculture lands in the border area. Meanwhile, Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinian fishermen ....

  • Extremist settlers storm Joseph's Tomb in Nablus

    Extremist settlers storm Joseph's Tomb in Nablus

    Date: 2016-05-02 08:34:36 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:4829797

    A number of extremist Jewish settlers stormed the area of Prophet Joseph's Tomb east of the West Bank city of Nablus on Monday. They were protected by Israeli occupation forces, according to Palestinian security sources. ....

  • Aden airport to be reopened within days -- minister

    Aden airport to be reopened within days -- minister

    Date: 2016-05-02 07:51:52 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:4829577

    Aden airport will resume its flights in less than a week, Yemeni Transport Minister Murad Al Halemi said on Monday. He revealed a Yemeni-UAE plan to secure the airport. In a statement, Al Halemi said that Yemen's President Abd Rabbu Mansour ....

  • Israeli gunboat penetrates Lebanese territorial water

    Israeli gunboat penetrates Lebanese territorial water

    Date: 2016-05-02 07:45:05 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:4829541

    An Israeli gunboat penetrated the Lebanese territorial water on Sunday off Ras Naqoura village in southern Lebanon. The gunboat remained in the territorial water for three minutes, according to a statement of the Lebanese army command. Another ....

  • OIC calls for self-restraint in Iraq

    OIC calls for self-restraint in Iraq

    Date: 2016-05-01 11:01:18 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:4825897

    The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) urged all political currents in Iraq to exercise self-restraint, renounce violence and work on solving disputes through peaceful means. The OIC urged the political factions in Iraq to support the ....

  • Yemeni FM condemns seizure of camp in Omran province by Houthi militias

    Yemeni FM condemns seizure of camp in Omran province by Houthi militias

    Date: 2016-05-01 07:43:37 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:4824669

    Yemeni Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdulmalik al Mekhlafi has condemned the seizure of a camp in Omran province in northern Yemen by Houthi militias and forces loyal to former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh. Mekhlafi, who is ....

  • Military source denies firing rockets by Houthi militants at Al Anad base

    Military source denies firing rockets by Houthi militants at Al Anad base

    Date: 2016-05-01 07:41:26 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:4824645

    A military source at Yemen's Al Anad Air Base refuted on Sunday as baseless the news of firing rockets by Houthi militants at the military base in Lahij governorate. In press statements to Aden Alghad newspaper, Spokesman for Al Anad Air Base ....

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