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Arab League discusses war on Gaza with NATO delegation

Date: 2024-01-17 20:54:35 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:10538542

CAIRO, Jan 17 (MENA) - Assistant Secretary General for International Political Affairs at the Arab League (AL) Khaled Manzlawiy reviewed with a delegation from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) the latest developments of Israel's ongoing ....

US redesignates Houthis as a global terrorist group in wake of Red Sea attacks

Date: 2024-01-17 20:41:58 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:10538645

WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (MENA) - The US Wednesday relisted Iranian-backed Houthis as a “specially designated global terrorist” group following U.S.-led attacks on the Yemen-based militants who have launched waves of attacks on commercial shipping in the ....

US strikes on Yemen divert attention from failure of its Mideast policy — Russian diplomat

Date: 2024-01-17 19:46:33 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:10538583

MOSCOW, Jan 17 (MENA) - The United States is seeking to divert attention from the failures of its own policy in the Middle East by launching attacks on Yemen, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova was quoted by Tass news agency as ....

Palestine calls for urgent AL meeting to address incessant Israeli aggression

Date: 2024-01-17 18:43:48 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:10538447

CAIRO, Jan 17 (MENA) - Palestine’s Permanent Representative to the Arab League, Ambassador Mohannad Aklouk, said Wednesday that Palestine submitted a memorandum requesting an emergency meeting of the Arab League's Council at the level of Permanent ....

Somalia urges Arabs to counter Ethiopian scheme to control Red Sea entrance

Date: 2024-01-17 17:56:07 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:10538323

CAIRO, Jan 17 (MENA) – Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia Hamza Abdi Barre has urged Arabs to counter Ethiopia’s plot to control the territory of Somaliland, located northwest Somalia, to control the entrance to the Red Sea. He ....

AL: Iraq should not be place for settling scores, achieving regional profits

Date: 2024-01-17 13:25:33 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:10537990

CAIRO, Jan 17 (MENA) – Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit on Wednesday said that Iraq should not be a place for settling scores or achieving regional profits. He warned of the consequences of expanding war in the Middle East, adding ....

Arab FMs hold emergency meeting on latest developments in Iraq

Date: 2024-01-17 13:23:48 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:10537942

CAIRO, Jan 17 (MENA) - The Arab League Council held an extraordinary meeting on Wednesday at the foreign ministers level. The video-conference meeting was held at the Arab foreign ministers levels, their representatives and with the participation ....

Arab foreign ministers emergency meeting kicks off to discuss repercussions of Ethiopia-Somaliland deal

Date: 2024-01-17 11:21:14 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:10537728

CAIRO, Jan 17 (MENA) - The emergency meeting of the Arab League Council at the level of foreign ministers kickstarted via video conference Wednesday to discuss repercussions of illegally concluded Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Ethiopia ....

Jordanian field hospital staff injured in Gaza

Date: 2024-01-17 11:00:32 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:10537733

AMMAN, Jan 17 (MENA) - A source at the General Command of the Jordanian Armed Forces said that a staff member of the Jordanian Private Field Hospital 2, located in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, sustained injuries in clashes near the hospital in the ....

Kuwaiti plane heads for Al-Arish Airport to provide relief to Gaza Strip

Date: 2024-01-17 11:00:16 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:10537601

KUWAIT CITY, Jan 17 (MENA) - The 41st plane within the Kuwait Relief Air Bridge took off heading to Al-Arish Airport, carrying 40 tons of food aid, medical and shelter supplies for the Gaza Strip. The relief plane carries about seven tons of ....