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  • Arab League keen on promoting private sector role - chief

    Arab League keen on promoting private sector role - chief

    Date: 2014-11-23 15:29:04 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:1393337

    The Arab League is keen on enlarging the role of the private sector, the engine of development in the Arab world, to reduce poverty and unemployment rates, Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi said. Addressing the 16th Arab business forum ....

  • Iraqi army deploys swift intervention units to fight Daesh in Ramadi

    Iraqi army deploys swift intervention units to fight Daesh in Ramadi

    Date: 2014-11-23 11:35:51 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:1391137

    The Iraqi army has deployed swift intervention units near Ramadi to fight against Daesh militants, Al-Arabiya satellite TV reported. Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Abadi ordered air sorties to back the operations in Ramadi. Iraqi officials said ....

  • Palestinian PM convoy pulled over for reckless driving in West Bank

    Palestinian PM convoy pulled over for reckless driving in West Bank

    Date: 2014-11-23 09:16:57 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:1389845

    Israeli security forces in the West Bank stopped a convoy of vehicles traveling on Highway 60 after it was observed crossing the solid dividing line of the road and otherwise driving recklessly. After stopping the convoy, the police discovered that ....

  • 8 killed in clashes in Reif Damascus

    8 killed in clashes in Reif Damascus

    Date: 2014-11-22 11:28:38 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:1384449

    As many as eight people, including six civilians, were killed in clashes between regime forces and al-Nusra Front fighters in Reif Damascus, near Syrian-Lebanese borders, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said Saturday. Meantime, 21 ....

  • Israel has to end settlement expansion - Abbas

    Israel has to end settlement expansion - Abbas

    Date: 2014-11-22 11:16:38 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:1384317

    The Israeli government has to abandon settlement expansion operations in the occupied Palestinian territories, said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. During the opening of an international conference in solidarity with the Palestinian people ....

  • HRW: Israel's demolition of Palestinia homes 'war crime'

    HRW: Israel's demolition of Palestinia homes 'war crime'

    Date: 2014-11-22 11:01:07 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:1384149

    Human Rights Watch on Saturday blasted Israel's policy of demolishing the homes of suspected Palestinian as "collective punishment" and a "war crime" and called for its immediate end, the Jerusalem Post reported. The organization said called for ....

  • Man wanted for burning Saudi diplomats’ cars arrested

    Man wanted for burning Saudi diplomats’ cars arrested

    Date: 2014-11-22 10:19:35 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:1383777

    Suez police arrested on Saturday a man wanted for setting fire to two cars belonging to the Saudi Consulate in Suez last month. The man, a member of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group, was arrested in a hideout in Alexandria. Two other ....

  • 4 Daesh terrorists killed in Iraq's Tikrit

    4 Daesh terrorists killed in Iraq's Tikrit

    Date: 2014-11-22 10:06:29 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:1383653

    Four militants of Daesh terrorist group were killed in Tikrit city, north of Baghdad, on Saturday. The terrorists were killed in confrontations with Iraqi security forces, a security source said. ....

  • Israeli occupation arrest citizen in Hebron, storm several districts

    Israeli occupation arrest citizen in Hebron, storm several districts

    Date: 2014-11-22 09:51:47 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:1383549

    The Israeli occupation forces on Saturday arrested a citizen from near Ghus Etzion settlement in northern Hebron and stormed several districts in the city. Palestinian local sources said the Israeli occupation arrested a resident of Aroub refugee ....

  • 1 killed, 17 injured in clashes in southerwestern Tripoli

    1 killed, 17 injured in clashes in southerwestern Tripoli

    Date: 2014-11-22 09:49:02 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:1383505

    One person was killed and 17 others were injured in clashes in southwestern Tripoli between Libyan army forces and Fajr Libya (Operation Dawn) forces. The injuries are minor and medium, a medical source said. ....

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