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  • Yemeni president welcomes invitation from Sisi to attend AL summit

    Yemeni president welcomes invitation from Sisi to attend AL summit

    Date: 2015-03-17 16:31:39 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:2185405

    Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi welcomed on Tuesday an invitation by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to participate in the Arab League (AL) summit, due to be held in Sharm El Sheikh on March 28-29. He also expressed wishes to convene with ....

  • Libya's NGO calls for probe into use of internationally-banned bombs

    Libya's NGO calls for probe into use of internationally-banned bombs

    Date: 2015-03-17 16:08:08 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:2184153

    The National Commission for Human Rights in Libya has called for opening an international investigation into reports about the use of the internationally-banned bombs during clashes in the country. There is credible evidence on the use of ....

  • First and longest document condemning terrorism launched at AL

    First and longest document condemning terrorism launched at AL

    Date: 2015-03-17 16:00:48 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:2186273

    The first and longest document condemning terrorism, extremism and violence was launched on Tuesday at the Arab League. The move was made on the sidelines of the first conference of the international union of poets, now in session ....

  • Iraq confirms cooperation with international coalition in fighting Daesh

    Iraq confirms cooperation with international coalition in fighting Daesh

    Date: 2015-03-17 15:54:53 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:2186221

    The Iraqi Cabinet on Tuesday under Prime Minister Hayder Abbadi confirmed Iraq's commitment to its relations with the international coalition fighting Daesh terrorist group. The Cabinet also asserted its commitment to regional cooperation in ....

  • AL chief: Men of culture should enlighten Arab peoples

    AL chief: Men of culture should enlighten Arab peoples

    Date: 2015-03-17 14:16:30 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:2185093

    Arab League (AL) Secretary General Nabil el-Araby on Tuesday asserted that the league should play a role to encourage men of Arab culture to undertake their responsibility for enlightening the Arab peoples. In his speech at the first conference ....

  • Four terrorist cells dismantled, says Tunisian Interior Ministry

    Four terrorist cells dismantled, says Tunisian Interior Ministry

    Date: 2015-03-17 13:45:04 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:2185073

    The Tunisian Interior Ministry said that four terrorist cells charged with recruiting fighters in Libya among Tunisian youths were dismantled by the national unit for investigating terrorist crimes, the Tunisian News Agency reported on ....

  • Iraqi warjets shell Daesh militants northern Tikrit

    Iraqi warjets shell Daesh militants northern Tikrit

    Date: 2015-03-17 10:12:32 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:2182613

    Iraqi army warplanes shelled a group of Daesh militants in an area between Anbar and Salaheddin governorates, northwester Iraq, killing and injuring dozens of them. An army officer was killed in a bomb explosion in Tikrit, Salaheddin on Tuesday, ....

  • Italian negotiator to replace Blair as Middle East envoy

    Italian negotiator to replace Blair as Middle East envoy

    Date: 2015-03-17 07:29:36 GMT - Italy - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:2181137

    European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini chose Fernando Gentilini, an Italian EU official who has worked for NATO in Afghanistan, for the special representative to the Middle East role, and she said her choice was supported by EU ....

  • Official: 4 Filipino nurses kidnapped from Sirte, Libya

    Official: 4 Filipino nurses kidnapped from Sirte, Libya

    Date: 2015-03-17 07:25:23 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:2181125

    Militants from the Daesh affiliate in Libya kidnapped four nurses from the Philippines in broad daylight from a hospital in the city of Sirte, while several others were evacuated on Monday, a militia official said. The official who belongs to the ....

  • Yemen president receives ministers

    Yemen president receives ministers

    Date: 2015-03-16 18:24:42 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:2179433

    Yemeni President Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi met on Monday with ministers of the resigned government including the defense minister. He saluted the national role of the ministers at present and in the coming period. The ministers expressed ....

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