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AL chief attends int'l meeting in support of Lebanon
Date: 2014-09-27 11:02:28 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:1022369
Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi has attended a meeting of the international group to support Lebanon. The meeting, held on the sidelines of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, tackled the latest developments in ....
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Bahrain to continue anti-Daesh campaign till its end, says FM
Date: 2014-09-27 10:43:26 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:1022233
Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmad Al-Khalifa asserted that Manama's participation in the campaign against Daesh group will continue till its end. In statements carried by "Sky News" from New York, the Bahraini top diplomat said ....
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Airstrike launched against Daesh in Syria's Kobane town
Date: 2014-09-27 09:43:44 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:1021765
An airstrike was launched against Daesh group in the town of Kobane in Syria, just meters from the border with Turkey. Daesh controls much of north-eastern Syria and earlier this year seized swathes of territory in neighboring Iraq, including the ....
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Israel detains Palestinian citizen in Khalil
Date: 2014-09-27 09:37:41 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:1021693
Israeli occupation forces detained Saturday a Palestinian citizen in al-Khalil (Hebron) and raided a number of areas there. A Palestinian citizen, 25, was detained while passing through a checkpoint, Palestinian security sources said. Israeli ....
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Libyan party welcomes dialogue to solve crisis
Date: 2014-09-27 07:49:00 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:1020933
Libya's Justice and Construction Party has welcomed dialogue to solve the Libyan crisis and UN efforts to achieve that goal. "Dialogue is essential to reach a political solution to the crisis in Libya," said party leader Mohamed Sawan on his ....
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Yemen releases 3 Iranians to stop Houthis from storming national security HQ
Date: 2014-09-27 07:48:03 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:1020917
Yemen has set free three Iranians and a Yemeni who were held at the national security building. The arrested were released so that armed Houthi elements would not break into the building, Al Sharae newspaper said Saturday. The release of the ....
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Ban Ki-Moon called on Lebanon’s leaders to elect president without further delay
Date: 2014-09-27 07:46:00 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:1020905
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon urged Lebanese leaders to speed up the election of a new president. In his speech during the Ministerial Meeting of the International Support Group for Lebanon, the UN Secretary-General said: "We underline that a ....
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Iraqi forces fend off Daesh attack on Tikrit University
Date: 2014-09-27 07:36:46 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:1020825
Iraqi security forces fended off a Daesh attack on Tikrit University, an Iraqi security source said on Friday. Salahuddin forces stationed outside the university destroyed two cars affiliated to Daesh and killed terrorists riding them, the source ....
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Lebanese minister calls for swapping Islamist prisoners for hostages
Date: 2014-09-26 17:38:57 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:1019493
Lebanese Health Minister Wael Abu Faour has called upon the Lebanese government to swap Islamist prisoners for 21 Lebanese soldiers and policemen who are held hostage by the Nusra Front. Abu Faour also urged the judiciary to speed up trials of ....
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AL chief meets Palestinian president, German FM in New York
Date: 2014-09-26 15:37:19 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:1019141
Arab League (AL) Chief Nabil el-Arabi met on Friday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in New York. The meeting comes as part of ongoing talks aimed at supporting the Palestinian stance at the United Nations, according to a statement by ....
