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Sisi to Abbas: Palestinian cause to remain on top of Egyptian foreign policy agenda

Date: 2015-05-22 18:52:43 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:2644353

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas posted President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on the latest Palestinian developments during their participation in the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa in Jordan's Dead Sea area earlier ....

Tunisian FM to visit Spain on Tuesday

Date: 2015-05-22 18:46:52 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:2644325

Tunisia's Foreign Minister Taieb Baccouche will pay a two-day official visit to Madrid on Tuesday at an invitation by Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo. The visit is meant to boost bilateral ties, a statement by the Tunisian ....

Jordan deplores Saudi Shiite mosque blast

Date: 2015-05-22 18:15:54 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:2644265

Jordan condemned on Friday a blast that targeted a Shiite mosque in Qatif in eastern Saudi Arabia, leaving scores of worshipers dead and injured. In statements, Mohammad Al Momani, minister of state for media affairs and communications and ....

Some worshipers killed, wounded in suicide attack on Qatif mosque

Date: 2015-05-22 14:07:56 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:2642833

A number of worshipers have been killed and others wounded in a suicide attack on a mosque in the Saudi city of al Qudayh in al Qatif province, the Saudi Interior Ministry said on Friday. The injured were moved to hospital, a spokesman for the ....

World invited to restore two-state solution - Abbas

Date: 2015-05-22 12:10:30 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:2641797

The world is invited once again to work on restoring the two-state solution after a new Israeli government has been formed, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said. The Palestinians reject a state with temporary borders because it divides the ....

Bouteflika voices support for Yemenis to reach democracy

Date: 2015-05-22 11:57:29 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:2641693

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika voiced support for the Yemeni people to establish democracy and complete building the constitutional institutions. The remark was made in a cable sent by Bouteflika to Yemeni President Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi ....

Abbas briefs Moroccan PM on latest developments in Palestine

Date: 2015-05-22 09:36:14 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:2640833

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held a meeting with Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane on the sidelines of World Economic Forum conference held here in Jordan. Abbas briefed Benkirane on the latest developments in the Palestinian ....

Russian official: US recognizes Assad main factor in solving Syrian crisis

Date: 2015-05-22 07:38:58 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:2640141

The US has recognized that Syrian President Bashar al Assad is a main factor in solving the crisis there, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov announced on Friday. Speaking to reporters, Bogdanov said that the US officials realize ....

Kuwait ex-parliament chief Kharafi passes away

Date: 2015-05-22 07:37:53 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:2640133

Former Kuwait National Assembly speaker, renowned politician and businessman Jasim al Kharafi passed away late Thursday at the age of 75, KUNA news agency reported. Kharafi was born in the Qiblah side of Kuwait City and belongs to a family of ....

Netanyahu's statements harm ME peace process - AL

Date: 2015-05-21 16:52:28 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:2638185

The Arab League (AL) slammed Thursday the statements of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who pledged that Jerusalem will be everlasting capital for Jews. In a statement issued by the Palestine and Arab occupied territories department, ....