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  • AL chief: Men of culture should enlighten Arab peoples

    AL chief: Men of culture should enlighten Arab peoples

    Date: 2015-03-17 14:16:30 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:2185093

    Arab League (AL) Secretary General Nabil el-Araby on Tuesday asserted that the league should play a role to encourage men of Arab culture to undertake their responsibility for enlightening the Arab peoples. In his speech at the first conference ....

  • Four terrorist cells dismantled, says Tunisian Interior Ministry

    Four terrorist cells dismantled, says Tunisian Interior Ministry

    Date: 2015-03-17 13:45:04 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:2185073

    The Tunisian Interior Ministry said that four terrorist cells charged with recruiting fighters in Libya among Tunisian youths were dismantled by the national unit for investigating terrorist crimes, the Tunisian News Agency reported on ....

  • Iraqi warjets shell Daesh militants northern Tikrit

    Iraqi warjets shell Daesh militants northern Tikrit

    Date: 2015-03-17 10:12:32 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:2182613

    Iraqi army warplanes shelled a group of Daesh militants in an area between Anbar and Salaheddin governorates, northwester Iraq, killing and injuring dozens of them. An army officer was killed in a bomb explosion in Tikrit, Salaheddin on Tuesday, ....

  • Italian negotiator to replace Blair as Middle East envoy

    Italian negotiator to replace Blair as Middle East envoy

    Date: 2015-03-17 07:29:36 GMT - Italy - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:2181137

    European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini chose Fernando Gentilini, an Italian EU official who has worked for NATO in Afghanistan, for the special representative to the Middle East role, and she said her choice was supported by EU ....

  • Official: 4 Filipino nurses kidnapped from Sirte, Libya

    Official: 4 Filipino nurses kidnapped from Sirte, Libya

    Date: 2015-03-17 07:25:23 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:2181125

    Militants from the Daesh affiliate in Libya kidnapped four nurses from the Philippines in broad daylight from a hospital in the city of Sirte, while several others were evacuated on Monday, a militia official said. The official who belongs to the ....

  • Yemen president receives ministers

    Yemen president receives ministers

    Date: 2015-03-16 18:24:42 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:2179433

    Yemeni President Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi met on Monday with ministers of the resigned government including the defense minister. He saluted the national role of the ministers at present and in the coming period. The ministers expressed ....

  • Iraqi troops kill 81 Daesh terrorists

    Iraqi troops kill 81 Daesh terrorists

    Date: 2015-03-16 18:22:39 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:2179413

    Joint Iraqi troops killed 81 terrorists of Daesh during a military operation in Anbar province. The forces, backed by a Shiite militia, are seeking purge Al Karma where they killed 24 terrorists and destroyed a crossing. They defused bombs and ....

  • Kuwaiti emir accepts electricity minister resignation

    Kuwaiti emir accepts electricity minister resignation

    Date: 2015-03-16 17:59:31 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:2179209

    Kuwaiti Emir Sabah al Ahmad al Jaber al Sabah accepted the resignation of Electricity and Water Minister Abdul Aziz al Ibrahim. In statements on Monday, Kuwaiti Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah al Mubarak al Sabah ....

  • Saudi Crown Prince hails ties with China

    Saudi Crown Prince hails ties with China

    Date: 2015-03-16 13:14:33 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:2176661

    Saudi Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdel Aziz on Monday hailed ties with China in a meeting with a high-profile Chinese delegation. Prince Muqrin met at Al Yamamah Palace in Riyadh Minister of Commerce of People's Republic of China and Chairman of the ....

  • EU to consider sending troops to Libya

    EU to consider sending troops to Libya

    Date: 2015-03-16 13:13:12 GMT - Belgium - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:2176233

    EU will consider sending soldiers to Libya to back up a potential national unity government, but the plan has met with skepticism from EU governments worried about the risks. EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels Monday will discuss whether to ....

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