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  • AL Council welcomes member states' support of Egypt initiative to free Mideast of WMD

    AL Council welcomes member states' support of Egypt initiative to free Mideast of WMD

    Date: 2014-03-10 09:38:57 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:600553

    The Arab League Council has praised member states that sent letters to the UN chief to voice support for an Egyptian initiative to announce the Middle East a region free of weapons of mass destruction. Egypt had made the suggestion in ....

  • Hamas official denies being harassed in Egypt

    Hamas official denies being harassed in Egypt

    Date: 2014-03-10 09:35:58 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:600543

    Deputy head of Hamas political office Moussa Abu Marzouk denied being harassed in Egypt, but at the same time he stressed that he is among 20 other Palestinian officials whose residence permits have not been renewed by Egyptian authorities since ....

  • 2 police elements killed in Baquba

    2 police elements killed in Baquba

    Date: 2014-03-10 09:34:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:600319

    Two police elements were killed in an armed attack on their vehicle in northeastern Baquba, 55 kilometers east of Baghdad, a security source said Monday. A number of unidentified gunmen opened fire at the vehicle Sunday night on the main road, ....

  • Gazan families visit their jailed relatives in Israeli Nafah prison

    Gazan families visit their jailed relatives in Israeli Nafah prison

    Date: 2014-03-10 09:31:26 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:600487

    The Israeli occupation forces on Monday allowed Palestinian families from Gaza to visit their jailed relatives in Nafah desert prison. In a press statement out on Monday, a reliable source at the International Committee of the Red Cross Nasser ....

  • 220 trucks cross Karam Abu Salem into Gaza

    220 trucks cross Karam Abu Salem into Gaza

    Date: 2014-03-10 09:09:37 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:600470

    The Israeli occupation authorities on Monday allowed the entry of 220 trucks laden with goods into the Gaza Strip via the Karam Abu Salem crossing, southeast of the strip. Raed Fattouh, chairman of the coordination committee for the entry of ....

  • Assad forces 'using starvation as weapon of war'

    Assad forces 'using starvation as weapon of war'

    Date: 2014-03-10 09:06:54 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:600436

    Starvation tactics against civilians are being used as a weapon of war by the Syrian government, BBC reported Monday quoting Amnesty International. The rights group says at least 128 refugees have died at the besieged Yarmouk camp in Damascus as ....

  • Opposition taking of Syria seat decided in Doha summit -- Arab League chief

    Opposition taking of Syria seat decided in Doha summit -- Arab League chief

    Date: 2014-03-10 08:20:56 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:600351

    Arab League Secretary-General Nabil el-Arabi said the opposition's taking of the Syrian seat in the pan-Arab body was decided settled in the last Arab summit in Qatar. "But there are some conditions that the opposition coalition must fulfill to ....

  • Hamas lauds Qatar support for Gaza Strip

    Hamas lauds Qatar support for Gaza Strip

    Date: 2014-03-10 08:17:57 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:600332

    Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh hailed Qatar’s support for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in view of the Israeli blockade on the enclave. In a press release on Sunday, the Hamas government in Gaza said Haniyeh thanked over phone Qatar's Emir ....

  • Arab interior ministers to discuss anti-terror measures in Morocco meeting

    Arab interior ministers to discuss anti-terror measures in Morocco meeting

    Date: 2014-03-10 08:14:18 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:600328

    Moroccan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Mizwar said a meeting of the Arab interior ministers on March 12-13 will tackle ways for combating terrorism. The meeting, which will be held in Morocco, will seek ways to boost cooperation among the Arab ....

  • More Israeli obstacles to peace efforts -  Moroccan FM

    More Israeli obstacles to peace efforts - Moroccan FM

    Date: 2014-03-09 14:45:50 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:599400

    The Palestinian cause is going through a dangerous juncture due to the growing Israeli obstacles undermining peace resumption efforts, said Moroccan Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar. Mezouar, who chairs the current 141st round of the Arab ....

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