Arab world

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  • Arabia does not interfere in Lebanese political affairs

    Date: 2014-04-25 07:34:55 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:686641

    BEIRUT, April 25 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia does not interfere in the Lebanese political affairs, Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awad al-Asiri said. Only the Lebanese can choose their president, Asiri said in statements to the Lebanese newspaper ....

  • Sinai key to Egypt's distinguished location: envoy

    Date: 2014-04-24 22:16:14 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:170 - ID:686487

    RIYADH, April 24 (MENA) – Egypt's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Afifi Abdel-Wahab said Thursday Sinai made history as it was key to the country's distinguished location. Speaking at a ceremony marking the Sinai Liberation Day at the Egyptian ....

  • Israeli opposition pushes for disengagement from Palestinians

    Date: 2014-04-24 20:22:40 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:151 - ID:686248

    GAZA CITY, April 24 (MENA) – Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog urged Thursday Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to find a swift form of agreement with Palestinians before Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas leaves office. Herzog apparently ....

  • Bouteflika receives congratulatory message from Assad

    Date: 2014-04-24 20:19:44 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:150 - ID:686382

    ALGIERS, April 24 (MENA) – Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has received a congratulatory message from his Syrian counterpart Bashar Al-Assad on his re-election. In his congratulatory message, Assad said the high turnout in the Algerian ....

  • Iraq twin bomb blasts kill 35

    Date: 2014-04-24 20:17:18 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:149 - ID:686367

    BAGHDAD, April 24 (MENA) – As many as 35 persons were killed and injured when two car bomb attacks targeted a hospital and a popular market in Kirkuk City, a provincial security source said Thursday. A car bomb went off near a hospital in ....

  • GCC chief welcomes Palestinian reconciliation

    Date: 2014-04-24 20:14:38 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:148 - ID:686298

    RIYADH, April 24 (MENA) - Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani welcomed Thursday the Palestinian reconciliation agreement, struck on Wednesday. Al-Zayani expressed his confidence that ending the ....

  • Yemeni president asserts to Hamas chief support to Palestinian reconciliation

    Date: 2014-04-24 20:08:55 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:146 - ID:686304

    GAZA CITY, April 24 (MENA) - Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi told head of the Hamas government in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh Thursday in a phone call Yemenis and their government supported the Palestinian cause as well as a Palestinian ....

  • Lavrov says Palestine unity boosts peace talks

    Date: 2014-04-24 17:56:48 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:133 - ID:686230

    MOSCOW, April 24 (MENA) – Without Palestinian unity no permanent and stable agreement could be reached between the Palestinians and Israel, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday. Once the Palestinian conciliation agreement, announced ....

  • Saudi FM: Kingdom witnesses significant shifts, contributes to global knowledge-based economy

    Date: 2014-04-24 13:28:30 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:93 - ID:685777

    RIYADH, April 24 (MENA) - Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal opened a two-day conference titled knowledge-based economy and its role in national development. In a speech given on behalf of the foreign minister, Economy and Planning ....

  • MERS death toll hits 85 in Saudi Arabia - health ministry

    Date: 2014-04-24 13:02:25 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:87 - ID:685750

    RIYADH, April 24 (MENA) - The MERS death toll has climbed to 85 in Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Health Ministry said on Thursday. The ministry further said that it has registered 287 cases of infection across the kingdom since the discovery of the ....

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