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  • Thousands protest against Houthis in Yemen as Western diplomats quit

    Thousands protest against Houthis in Yemen as Western diplomats quit

    Date: 2015-02-11 13:20:50 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:1943153

    Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of the Yemeni capital of Sanaa in the largest protests yet against the Houthi movement, which overran Sanaa in September and formally took power last week. The US, Britain and France closed ....

  • Libyan PM sacks Interior Minister

    Libyan PM sacks Interior Minister

    Date: 2015-02-11 12:51:54 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:1942713

    Head of the interim Libyan government Prime Minister Abdullah el-Thinni on Wednesday issued a decision suspending his Interior Minister Omar el-Sinki and entrusting chief of Sabha Security Directorate Colonel Mostafa Buharara to take over the post ....

  • EU ambassador in Yemen to leave within 2 days

    EU ambassador in Yemen to leave within 2 days

    Date: 2015-02-11 12:27:33 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:1942425

    European Union Ambassador to Yemen Bettina Muscheidt said Wednesday that she will leave Yemen within two days due to security considerations. The decision comes after the embassies of the US, UK and France announced the withdrawal of their ....

  • Israel launches wide scale manhunt campaign in WB

    Israel launches wide scale manhunt campaign in WB

    Date: 2015-02-11 12:12:53 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:1942281

    Israeli troops arrested on Wednesday eight Palestinians in Hebron as part of wide scale manhunt campaigns in different parts of the West Bank. Campaigns in Hebron have been described as violent and barbaric. Five Palestinians were told to show ....

  • Palestinian Foreign Ministry denounces Israel's all-out war on Jerusalem

    Palestinian Foreign Ministry denounces Israel's all-out war on Jerusalem

    Date: 2015-02-11 11:56:56 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:1942037

    The Palestinian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the ferocious campaign launched by the Israeli government against East Jerusalem and its Christian and Islamic sanctities and the accelerated Judaization measures. The ministry in a statement ....

  • Libyan official: Plan to secure Tripoli after several security breaches

    Libyan official: Plan to secure Tripoli after several security breaches

    Date: 2015-02-11 11:56:11 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:1940269

    Spokesman for the Joint Operations Room in Tripoli Essam El Naas said the general administration of the central security forces, police, criminal investigation and Tripoli security directorate were assigned to carry out Tripoli security plan. In ....

  • France closes embassy in Yemen, urges nationals to leave

    France closes embassy in Yemen, urges nationals to leave

    Date: 2015-02-11 11:53:49 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:1942065

    France on Wednesday announced closing its embassy in Yemen for security reasons and urged its nationals to leave the Arab-Asian country. The embassy, in an online message, urged all French nationals in Yemen to leave the country as soon as ....

  • 350 trucks allowed into Gaza Strip

    350 trucks allowed into Gaza Strip

    Date: 2015-02-11 10:09:18 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:1940921

    Israeli forces decided on Wednesday to allow 350 trucks into the Gaza Strip via Karm Abu Salem crossing. The trucks are loaded with goods for the commercial and agricultural sectors as well as aid supplies, said Raed Fattouh, the Chairman of the ....

  • Quartet statement not up to expectations level: Palestinian Foreign Ministry

    Quartet statement not up to expectations level: Palestinian Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2015-02-10 18:10:05 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:1937885

    The recent statement of the Quartet was not up to the expectations of Palestinians especially in the aftermath of the difficult situation in Palestine due to the economic siege, according to a statement of the Palestinian Foreign Ministry. The ....

  • Kuwait reiterates commitment to anti-terror UNSC resolutions

    Kuwait reiterates commitment to anti-terror UNSC resolutions

    Date: 2015-02-10 18:00:08 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:1937813

    Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on Tuesday reaffirmed Kuwait's commitment to UN Security Council Resolutions 2170 and 2178 on the fight against terrorism. The minister made the ....

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