Arab world

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  • French Senate to vote on recognizing Palestine state

    Date: 2014-11-06 18:29:28 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:128 - ID:1281621

    PARIS, Nov 6 (MENA) - Communists at the French Senate on Thursday announced that a draft resolution to recognize the Palestinian State would be voted on December 11. In a statement, the Communist group added that the non-binding resolution ....

  • Israeli PM asserts commitment to deescalating in al-Quds

    Date: 2014-11-06 17:30:40 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:120 - ID:1280973

    AMMAN, Nov 6 (MENA) - Jordan's King Abdullah II on Thursday received a telephone call from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who confirmed Israel’s commitment to defuse tension and restore calm in al-Quds (East Jerusalem), especially at the ....

  • 32 killed so far in clashes in Libya’s Benghazi

    Date: 2014-11-06 16:53:59 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:113 - ID:1280961

    TRIPOLI, Nov 6 (MENA) - At least 32 people have been killed as the result of the fierce clashes in Benghazi, since Monday between the Libyan army and the Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries. Benghazi Medical Center received seven bodies, ....

  • Program prepared to commemorate Arafat - Fatah

    Date: 2014-11-06 16:29:52 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:110 - ID:1279809

    RAMALLAH, Nov 6 (MENA) - A huge program has been prepared to commemorate the 9th anniversary of the death of late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat, said Chief of the Board of Directors of the Yasser Arafat Foundation Nasser al-Qudwa. In ....

  • Paris condemns attack by Palestinian in al-Quds

    Date: 2014-11-06 16:08:15 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:108 - ID:1280825

    PARIS, Nov 6 (MENA) - The French Foreign Ministry on Thursday condemned the attack Wednesday in Al-Quds (East Jerusalem) in which an Israeli border guard was killed and several civilians were wounded. In press statements Thursday, French Foreign ....

  • Terrorists killed in Syria's Deraa: SANA

    Date: 2014-11-06 14:22:46 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:91 - ID:1279693

    DAMASCUS, Nov 6 (MENA) - A Syrian military source has said army units in Deraa have killed the leader of a terrorist group in the area in operations that targeted terrorist groups. The source told SANA that army units killed a number of ....

  • Russia to supply Syria with advanced missiles - FM

    Date: 2014-11-06 13:27:16 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:1278881

    DAMASCUS, Nov 6 (MENA) – Syria asked Russia to provide S300 missiles along with other high-quality systems, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem said. The weapons are needed, he said, to enable Syria to fight the rebel groups seeking to unseat ....

  • EU countries urged to recognize Palestinian state

    Date: 2014-11-06 12:57:23 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:1278793

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi met here Thursday with ambassadors of the European Union (EU) countries in Cairo to urge them to recognize Palestinian state and follow Sweden's move in this respect. Arabi ....

  • As US shifts toward Iran, Bahrain turns to Russia for arms

    Date: 2014-11-06 12:44:09 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:1278889

    WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (MENA) - Bahrain, which hosts the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet, is preparing for the delivery of Russian weapons, according to The World Tribune. Bahrain began to examine a rapprochement with Russia in 2012 in wake of US weapons ....

  • Erdogan discusses over phone with Abbas, Meshaal Israel's violations

    Date: 2014-11-06 12:24:54 GMT - Turkey - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:1278757

    ANKARA, Nov 6 (MENA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a phone call Thursday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and head of Hamas political bureau Khaled Meshaal. The phone call took up Israel's violations in Al-Quds and Al-Aqsa ....

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