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  • Arab solidarity figure high in preparatory meeting in Kuwait -- AL official

    Arab solidarity figure high in preparatory meeting in Kuwait -- AL official

    Date: 2014-03-24 11:54:48 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:627559

    Assistant Arab League Secretary General for Information Affairs Haifaa Abu-Ghazala said Monday the preparatory meeting of Arab foreign ministers ratified a number of draft resolutions on the agenda of the Arab Summit. The issue of Arab solidarity ....

  • Two gunmen killed, 10 wanted elements detaine in Ninawa

    Two gunmen killed, 10 wanted elements detaine in Ninawa

    Date: 2014-03-24 09:55:28 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:627178

    Two gunmen were killed while they have been trying to plant an explosive charge in eastern Mosul city, Ninawa governorate, a police source said. In the meantime, Iraqi forces arrested 10 terror suspects and seized 27 explosive charges in a ....

  • Yemen says 20 soldiers killed in attack on military checkpoint

    Yemen says 20 soldiers killed in attack on military checkpoint

    Date: 2014-03-24 09:51:53 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:627164

    Twenty Yemeni soldiers were killed in an attack on a military checkpoint in the eastern province of Hadramout, state news agency Saba said on Monday quoting a local official. Yemen has been in turmoil since mass protests forced long-serving ....

  • Jewish settlers storm precincts of Al-Aqsa mosque amid protection of Israeli occupants

    Jewish settlers storm precincts of Al-Aqsa mosque amid protection of Israeli occupants

    Date: 2014-03-24 08:59:30 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:627013

    Extremist Jewish groups on Monday stormed the precincts of Al-Aqsa mosque from Bab Al-Maghreba gate under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. The storming operation took place while a large number of scholars and prayers were present at ....

  • Sudan gets 135-million-dollar grant from Qatar for archaeology rehabilitation

    Sudan gets 135-million-dollar grant from Qatar for archaeology rehabilitation

    Date: 2014-03-24 08:14:09 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:626888

    Qatar granted the Sudanese government 135 million dollars to develop archaeological sites, The Sudan Tribune newspaper reported on Monday. "Sudan received a huge funding from the oil-rich Qatar to protect and rehabilitate antiquities," said ....

  • Syria's war foes hinder aid access: Ban

    Syria's war foes hinder aid access: Ban

    Date: 2014-03-24 08:09:51 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:626878

    The United Nations accused Syria's government and rebels of hindering aid access, suggesting both sides could be violating U.N. Security Council demands that emergency relief reach civilians caught in the crossfire of the three-year civil war. A ....

  • Crew member of missing Libyan helicopter found dead

    Crew member of missing Libyan helicopter found dead

    Date: 2014-03-24 07:59:23 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:626767

    A Libyan security source said on Sunday that a crew member of a Libyan Mi-35 helicopter, that went missing on February 12, was found dead. Two pilots and three technicians were on board the aircraft. The helicopter was flying from a ....

  • Jordan to issue IDs for foreigners

    Jordan to issue IDs for foreigners

    Date: 2014-03-24 07:34:56 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:626774

    The Jordanian government will issue IDs for foreigners working in the country to help authorities to arrange the foreign labor, a spokesman said on Sunday. "This ID must be showed in any dealing with the foreigner," Mohammad Al-Momani said. He ....

  • US mission in Baghdad denounces murder of Mohammed al-Shammari

    US mission in Baghdad denounces murder of Mohammed al-Shammari

    Date: 2014-03-24 07:31:42 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:626739

    The US mission in Iraq has condemned the murder of journalist Mohammed Bdaiwi Obaid al-Shammari. "We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family and colleagues," the embassy said in a statement. "We are deeply concerned about the ....

  • Assad's cousin killed in clashes -- report

    Assad's cousin killed in clashes -- report

    Date: 2014-03-24 07:29:17 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:626763

    Hilal al-Assad, Syrian President Bashar Assad’s cousin, the commander of the National Defence Force in Latakia city was killed during clashes at Kassab town, Al-Arabiya reported on Sunday. The Syrian state television has confirmed the news, said ....

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