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  • Dar al-Iftaa's GFI highlights monitoring of extremist groups’ fatwas

    Dar al-Iftaa's GFI highlights monitoring of extremist groups’ fatwas

    Date: 2020-01-06 00:10:47 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:8257418

    Tarek Abu Hashima, Director of the Egyptian Dar al-Iftaa’s Global Fatwa Index (GFI) said the religious body has managed to monitor and refute contradictions and dangers of extremist groups’ fatwas. He made his statements on Sunday at the sixth ....

  • Explosion heard in Baghdad's Green Zone

    Explosion heard in Baghdad's Green Zone

    Date: 2020-01-06 00:05:36 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:8257415

    An explosion was heard near Baghdad's Green Zone, an Iraqi security source said on Sunday. The US Embassy here blared sirens after the explosion, AlSumaria news channel reported. ....

  • Jordan interior minister starts two-day visit to Egypt

    Jordan interior minister starts two-day visit to Egypt

    Date: 2020-01-04 23:44:59 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:8256016

    Jordanian Interior Minister Salameh Hammad arrived in Cairo Saturday afternoon on a two-day visit. He is scheduled to discuss with Interior Minister Mahmoud Tawfiq means of boosting bilateral relations, as well as the latest developments in the ....

  • Libyan parl't allocates 20 billion dinars to Armed Forces

    Libyan parl't allocates 20 billion dinars to Armed Forces

    Date: 2020-01-04 23:41:32 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:8256014

    The Libyan parliament decided to allocate an emergency budget of 20 billion Libyan dinars to the Armed Forces General Command, parliamentary spokesman Abdullah Bleihaq said Saturday. The emergency budget is planned to be deducted from the 2020 ....

  • Algerian President Tebboune appoints new government members

    Algerian President Tebboune appoints new government members

    Date: 2020-01-02 23:38:42 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:8253754

    Algeri’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Thursday appointed the members of the new government, led by Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad, the Algerian Press Service reported Thursday. Minister-Counselor for Communication, the official spokesman of ....

  • Military plane crash in Sudan's West Darfur leaves 18 dead

    Military plane crash in Sudan's West Darfur leaves 18 dead

    Date: 2020-01-02 23:36:47 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:8253753

    A military transport plane crashed on Thursday after taking off from an airport in Sudan's West Darfur, killing 18 people on board, The New York Times reported. The Antonov 12 plane crashed five minutes after taking off from El-Geneina, killing ....

  • Libyan army shoots down Turkish drone in southern Tripoli

    Libyan army shoots down Turkish drone in southern Tripoli

    Date: 2020-01-02 23:34:46 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:8253752

    The Libyan National Army announced on Thursday that its defense systems have shot down a Turkish drone in Ain Zara neighbourhood in south Tripoli, Al Arabiya TV reported. The all-news network did not report any further details. ....

  • US embassy in Baghdad suspends consular operations

    US embassy in Baghdad suspends consular operations

    Date: 2020-01-01 23:08:12 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:8252380

    The US Embassy in Baghdad said on Wednesday that all public consular operations were suspended until further notice after militias stormed its outer perimeter, The New York Times reported. "Due to militia attacks at the US Embassy compound, all ....

  • Russia: Over 740,000 Syrian refugees return home since September 2015

    Russia: Over 740,000 Syrian refugees return home since September 2015

    Date: 2020-01-01 23:04:45 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:8252374

    More than 740,000 Syrian refugees have returned home since September 2015 thanks to the reconstruction process of the social institutions in the country, the Russian Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria said on Wednesday. As many ....

  • Iraqi FM to summon US ambassador over airstrikes on PMF bases

    Iraqi FM to summon US ambassador over airstrikes on PMF bases

    Date: 2019-12-31 06:54:02 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:8250149

    The Iraqi Foreign Ministry will summon the US ambassador in Baghdad over US air strikes on the headquarters of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), the ministry said Monday. In a statement carried by Alsumaria news channel, the ministry ....

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