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Arab unity 'safeguard' against division attempts: Lawyers union

Date: 2014-07-09 13:39:28 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:819269

CAIRO, July 9 (MENA) – The Arab Lawyers Union reiterated the importance of Arab unity to shield any attempts which aim to divide the Arab countries. Such schemes have already hit Sudan and are still threatening Iraq and Yemen. The union ....

AL chief asks Security Council to stop Israeli aggression against Gaza

Date: 2014-07-09 13:38:20 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:819292

CAIRO, July 9 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Araby reiterated Wednesday the AL constant position that demands the UN Security Council to assume its responsibilities under the UN charter and stop the Israeli aggression against ....

OAPP denounces Israeli assaults against Palestinian civilians

Date: 2014-07-09 13:02:27 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:819007

CAIRO, July 9 (MENA) – The Organization of Arab Parliaments and Peoples (OAPP) has condemned the Israeli aggression against the civilians in Palestine. The OAPP called on the international community to shoulder its responsibility and intervene to ....

Egypt keen on realizing national consensus in Iraq -- FM

Date: 2014-07-09 12:59:03 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:819159

CAIRO, July 9 (MENA) - Egypt is keen on realizing national consensus in Iraq, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shokri has asserted during a meeting with Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah. According to a statement by the Egyptian Foreign ....

Palestinian death toll rises to 35 as Israeli assault continues on Gaza

Date: 2014-07-09 12:44:51 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:819172

GAZA CITY, July 9 (MENA) – Israeli air raids continued Wednesday across Gaza Strip, killing 35, injuring over 300 Palestinians and causing extensive property damage. Most of the dead are children and women, emergency services spokesman Ashraf ....

Hague: UK probably supplied chemicals to Syria

Date: 2014-07-09 12:38:10 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:819168

LONDON, July 9 (MENA) - British firms probably supplied the chemicals that have been used to make the nerve agent sarin in Syria, according to Foreign Secretary William Hague. In a written statement to MPs he was quoted by ITV News as saying that ....

Kuwait Emir receives Egypt's FM

Date: 2014-07-09 12:16:17 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:819157

KUWAIT CITY, July 9 (MENA) - Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Wednesday Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shokri and his accompanying delegation, who are on visit to Egypt. The meeting was attended by Kuwaiti First ....

OIC foreign ministers to discuss Israeli aggression against Palestinians

Date: 2014-07-09 10:08:17 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:818759

JEDDAH, July 9 (MENA) - The executive committee of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will hold Wednesday an extraordinary meeting of foreign ministers to discuss ways to confront the Israeli military aggression against the ....

Two Palestinians killed, injured in Israeli raid on northern GS

Date: 2014-07-09 08:08:29 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:818622

GAZA CITY, July 9 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes continued on Wednesday their air raids on Gaza, leaving a Palestinian young man killed and another wounded along with the demolition of several houses, rising the number of martyrs to 25 and more than 200 ....

PLO member: Egypt is Palestine's ally, able to reach ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2014-07-09 07:32:19 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:818582

RAMALLAH, July 9 (MENA) - Hannah Umaira, the member of the executive committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, asserted that the Egyptian support for the Palestinian people is a basic and vital matter, terming Cairo as the biggest Arab ....