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  • Sudan's defence minister slams executive bodies in Darfur

    Sudan's defence minister slams executive bodies in Darfur

    Date: 2014-09-23 15:30:49 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:998425

    Sudanese Defense Minister Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Hussein criticized on Tuesday the executive bodies in Darfur and blamed them for the aggravation of the tribal conflicts there especially in northern Darfur state. Following his meeting with the ....

  • US to strike Daesh group in Syria -- Syrian Foreign Ministry

    US to strike Daesh group in Syria -- Syrian Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2014-09-23 15:16:15 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:996349

    The US will launch strikes against Daesh group in Syria, the Foreign Ministry here said Tuesday. Washington informed Syria's representative to the UN that it is still fighting the terrorist group in Reqqa and Deir al-Zour and other Syrian areas, ....

  • Fierce clashes erupt between Peshmerga fighters, Daesh militants

    Fierce clashes erupt between Peshmerga fighters, Daesh militants

    Date: 2014-09-23 15:10:08 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:996797

    Fierce clashes have erupted between Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and the terrorist group of Daesh at the entrance of ِAl-Hamdaniya district in Nineveh province, state-run Iraqi news agency reported. Peshmerga fighters used various heavy and light ....

  • Mbeki receives US pledges to lift Sudan from state terror list - Minister

    Mbeki receives US pledges to lift Sudan from state terror list - Minister

    Date: 2014-09-23 15:08:47 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:998285

    Sudanese Information Minister Ahmed Bilal Osman said Tuesday AU envoy for Sudan Thabo Mbeki received US pledges to lift Sudan from terrorism list. "Although we do not have confidence in the US Administration, the Sudanese leadership is optimistic ....

  • Maronite patriarch meets with Lebanon's new Mufti

    Maronite patriarch meets with Lebanon's new Mufti

    Date: 2014-09-23 14:48:07 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:998153

    Maronite patriarch Beshara Rai visited Tuesday Lebanon's newly-appointed Mufti Sheikh Abdel-Latif Derian to promote cooperation among Muslims and Christians. “We must cooperate with the civil society to contribute to the development of the ....

  • Tunisian president, BCIU members discuss promoting coop

    Tunisian president, BCIU members discuss promoting coop

    Date: 2014-09-23 14:42:57 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:998109

    Interim President of Tunisia Moncef Marzouki held a meeting with members of the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU), the Tunisian news agency reported. The meeting tackled ways to promote cooperation in the field of ....

  • For 13th time, Lebanon's parliament fails to elect president

    For 13th time, Lebanon's parliament fails to elect president

    Date: 2014-09-23 12:57:49 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:997085

    Lebanon's parliament on Tuesday failed to elect a new president for the thirteenth meeting over lack of quorum. Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri postponed the presidential election session to October 9. Twelve sessions during the past months ....

  • Drone crashes in south Yemen

    Drone crashes in south Yemen

    Date: 2014-09-23 12:33:20 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:996897

    A drone similar to those used by the United States to track down and attack suspected Qaeda militants in Yemen crashed in the southern part of the country on Tuesday, witnesses and a local official said, Sky News network reported. Witnesses said ....

  • Sudan vice pres. meets AL envoy

    Sudan vice pres. meets AL envoy

    Date: 2014-09-23 12:29:54 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:996873

    Sudanese Vice-President Hassabo Mohammed Abdul Rahman was briefed on the outcome of the recent visit to Sudan by the Envoy of the Arab League (AL) for Humanitarian Affairs Sheikha HassaBen Khalifa al-Thani, SUNA news agency reported. The Arab ....

  • AL, China stress keenness on continuing cooperation

    AL, China stress keenness on continuing cooperation

    Date: 2014-09-23 11:52:54 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:996549

    The Arab League (AL) General Secretariat and the Chinese Foreign Ministry underlined their keenness on continuing joint cooperation and consultations so as to achieve the welfare of the two sides regrading the peace, stability and sustainable ....

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