Arab world

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  • Assad meets Russian envoy

    Date: 2014-12-11 08:49:21 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:1514349

    DAMASCUS, Dec 11 (MENA) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met on Wednesday with Special Envoy for the Russian President Mikhail Bogdanov, SANA news agency reported on Thursday. Assad asserted that Russia always stood on the Syrian people’s side, ....

  • Daesh attacks Iraqi military post in Anbar

    Date: 2014-12-11 08:05:30 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:1514173

    BAGHDAD, Dec 11 (MENA) - Daesh militants attacked on Thursday the Anbar Operations Command headquarters north of Ramadi, Sky News Arabia reported. The attack came after a suicide bomber blew himself up near the building. Later, other militants ....

  • Jordan PM defends gov't action on gas

    Date: 2014-12-11 07:38:33 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:1514129

    AMMAN, Dec 10 (MENA) - Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Abdullah Ensour refuted on Wednesday accusations made by Parliamentarians that the Jordanian government had been ordered to import Israeli natural gas supplies through a US ....

  • Sudan ties with US did not improve, says FM

    Date: 2014-12-11 07:34:16 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:1514033

    KHARTOUM, Dec 11 (MENA) - Ties binding the US and Sudan have not witnessed any improvement so far, Sudan's top diplomat said. In a statement, Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Kartri said visits by US special envoys to Khartoum had failed to achieve ....

  • Palestinians mull 'halting security coordination' with Israel

    Date: 2014-12-11 06:43:16 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:1513945

    RAMALLAH, Dec 10 (MENA) - A Palestinian official said the Palestinian leadership discussed halting security coordination with Israel over the killing of a Palestinian minister. But he said the leadership delayed its decision to Friday. "We ....

  • Ya'alon: Israel investigate Palestinian minister's death

    Date: 2014-12-10 21:53:01 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:158 - ID:1513613

    GAZA CITY, Dec 10 (MENA) - Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said that the death of Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein is under investigation, said a statement on Wednesday. An offer to conduct a joint investigation was extended to the ....

  • Palestinian amb. in Cairo slams killing of Palestinian minister

    Date: 2014-12-10 21:32:02 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:156 - ID:1513461

    CAIRO, Dec 10 (MENA) - Palestinian Ambassador in Cairo Jamal Al-Shobaki on Wednesday denounced the killing of a Palestinian minister who died after clashes with Israeli troops. In a statement, Shobaki slammed Israel for criminal practices ....

  • Negotiation with militants depends on recognition parliament, government- Libyan PM

    Date: 2014-12-10 20:13:22 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:144 - ID:1512917

    ABU DHABI, Dec 10 (MENA) – Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani stressed Wednesday that holding negotiations with opposition militant groups was depended on their recognition with the legitimacy of the parliament and the ....

  • Syria regards Russia’s peace efforts as positive - Assad

    Date: 2014-12-10 19:26:09 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:136 - ID:1512901

    DAMASCUS, Dec 10 (MENA) - Syria regards as positive Russia’s peace efforts aimed at settling the Syrian crisis, Syrian President Bashar Assad said on Wednesday. “We are sure that any Russian diplomatic initiative will be based on the principles ....

  • Yemen denounces Israel killing of Palestinian minister

    Date: 2014-12-10 19:23:01 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:133 - ID:1512741

    SANA'A, Dec 10 (MENA) - Yemen has strongly denounced an Israeli attack that led to the killing of Palestinian Minister and Head of Popular Committee against the Settlement and Apartheid Ziad Abu Ain, the state news agency reported. "While the ....

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