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Iraq denies reports on attacking refugees in North

Date: 2023-05-21 13:19:42 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:10169969

BAGHDAD, May 21 (MENA) - The Iraqi Security Media Cell (ISMC) has dismissed social media reports that security forces attacked refugees at Makhmour refugees camp in Ninawa in Northern Iraq. In a statement Sunday, the cell said security forces ....

Bahrain welcomes short-term ceasefire agreement and humanitarian arrangements in Sudan

Date: 2023-05-21 13:14:40 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:10169988

MANAMA, May 21 (MENA) - Bahrain has welcomed signing the agreement on Short-Term Ceasefire and Humanitarian Arrangements between representatives of the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces in the Republic of Sudan, BNA reported ....

Saudi Arabia condemns Israeli minister's storming of Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2023-05-21 13:11:33 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:10170032

RIYADH, May 21 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia strongly condemned the storming of Al Aqsa Mosque courtyards by Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir on Sunday. In a statement carried by Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the Saudi Ministry of ....

CCS conference kicks off in Baghdad

Date: 2023-05-21 12:03:57 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:10169971

BAGHDAD, May 21 (MENA) - The Climate Change and Security Conference kicked off on Sunday in the Iraqi capital. Addressing the participants, First Deputy Speaker Mohsen el Mandalawi said the parliament is seeking to issue laws regulating the ....

Lebanon deplores storming of Qatar's embassy in Sudan's Khartoum

Date: 2023-05-21 11:48:44 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:10169912

BEIRUT, May 21 (MENA) - The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants has condemned the storming and vandalizing of Qatar's embassy in Sudan's capital, Khartoum. In a statement released on Sunday, the ministry called for protecting the ....

Abul Gheit welcomes ceasefire agreement between Sudanese Army, RSF

Date: 2023-05-21 11:14:15 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:10169837

CAIRO, May 21 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit welcomed the signing of a seven-day ceasefire deal between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Jeddah to ease the dispatch of emergency humanitarian aid and ....

Jordan hails Iraq's efforts to fight Daesh

Date: 2023-05-21 10:01:10 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:10169651

AMMAN, BAGHDAD, May 21 (MENA) - Jordanian Interior Minister Mazen Al-Faraya discussed late Saturday with his Iraqi counterpart, Lt. Gen. Abdul Amir Al-Shammari in Baghdad ways of enhancing security cooperation, said Petra news agency. During the ....

OIC welcomed Sudan's truce

Date: 2023-05-21 09:34:37 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:10169489

RIYADH, May 21 (MENA) - The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation welcomed on Sunday the signing of a ceasefire agreement between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to go into effect Monday and the start of ....

OIC condemns attack on Qatari embassy in Khartoum

Date: 2023-05-21 08:07:29 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:10169445

RIYADH, May 21 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) denounced on Sunday the attack on the Qatari Embassy in Khartoum. The OIC denounced the armed forces' storming and vandalizing of the Qatari embassy's building in Khartoum and ....

Text of agreement on ceasefire between Sudanese warring sides in Jeddah

Date: 2023-05-21 07:35:42 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:10169322

RIYADH, May 21 (MENA) - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States of America announced that representatives of the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces signed in Jeddah on Saturday an Agreement on a Short-Term Ceasefire and ....