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Kerry urges Iraq to form new gov't away from sectarianism
Date: 2014-06-23 15:06:43 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:104 - ID:793576
WASHINGTON, June 23 (MENA) - A senior US State Department official has said the visit of Secretary of State John Kerry to Baghdad aimed to confirm commitment of the US at the highest levels to Iraq during the current crisis. In statements, the ....
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Saudi Cabinet praises Sisi for appreciating Custodian of Two Holy Mosques
Date: 2014-06-23 14:42:34 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:96 - ID:793460
JEDDAH, June 23 (MENA) - Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, chaired the Cabinet’s session at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah on Monday afternoon. The Cabinet was briefed on the outcome of talks held ....
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Iraq crisis puts oil markets on alert
Date: 2014-06-23 13:07:49 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:88 - ID:793473
LONDON, June 23 (MENA) - Increasing violence in Iraq, Opec’s second-largest oil producer, has spooked many markets, including oil, The Financial Times reported on Monday. It has also elicited loud punditry about an emerging oil crisis, a need ....
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Bashir expected to call for political forces meeting - presidential assistant
Date: 2014-06-23 12:50:58 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:85 - ID:793209
KHARTOUM, June 23 (MENA) - Sudanese presidential assistant Ibrahim Ghandour has disclosed that president Omar Hassan Al-Bashir will meet with the political forces who agreed to participate in the national dialogue over the next few days to discuss ....
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Iraq mobilizing against ISIL with backing from Iran, US - Paper
Date: 2014-06-23 12:19:32 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:793291
WASHINGTON, June 23 (MENA) - Iraq is amassing forces for a counter-offensive against Al Qaeda with assistance from the United States and Iran, the World Tribune reported. Officials said the Iraq Army and security forces have mobilized tens of ....
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US faces opposing regional interests in bid to blunt insurgency in Iraq
Date: 2014-06-23 12:03:37 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:793334
NEW YORK, June 23 (MENA) - As the Obama administration's top diplomat arrived in the Middle East to gather support to blunt a Sunni insurgency in Iraq, the U.S. was colliding with the region's ethnic, tribal and sectarian divisions. Deep gaps ....
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Mauritanian president receives head of AL observers mission
Date: 2014-06-23 10:49:05 GMT - Mauritania - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:793088
NOUAKCHOTT, June 23 (MENA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz received on Monday Ambassador Alaa El-Din Al-Zuheiri, head of the Arab League observers mission to the presidential elections. In statements to MENA on Monday, Ambassador ....
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Mashaal phones Kuwait Emir over Israeli escalation
Date: 2014-06-23 10:44:18 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:793114
GAZA CITY, June 23 (MENA) - Head of Hamas political bureau Khaled Mashaal on Monday phoned Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to brief him on the latest developments in the Palestinian territories. Mashaal talked about Israel's ....
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Israel bans prisoners families in Gaza from visiting them for 2nd week in row
Date: 2014-06-23 10:35:42 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:793017
GAZA CITY, June 23 (MENA) - For the second week in a row, Israeli authorities banned the families of the prisoners in the Gaza Strip from visiting in Israeli prisons. Meanwhile, Beit Hanoun crossing is still closed, a Palestinian source said ....
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Sisi greets Egyptian community in Saudi Arabia on advent of Ramadan
Date: 2014-06-23 10:32:27 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:793098
RIYADH, June 23 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador in Riyadh Ambassador Afifi Abdel-Wahab conveyed the greetings of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to members of the Egyptian community here on the occasion of the advent of the holy fasting month of ....
