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Saudi FM in talks with European officials on regional developments
Date: 2018-02-22 20:05:50 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:7260614
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel ben Ahmed Jubeir met with EU foreign and security policy representative Federica Mogherini in Brussels on Thursday, reported the Saudi Press Agency. Talks tackled regional developments as well as other issues of mutual ....
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Jordanian king receives Finnish former president
Date: 2018-02-21 17:06:34 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7258480
Jordanian King Abdullah II received on Wednesday Finland's former president Tarja Kaarina Halonen, who is currently visiting the country, to check on programs implemented by the Finn Church Aid’s (FCA) for assisting Syrian refugees in the Kingdom, ....
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Arab Parliament speaker condemns killing civilians, shelling hospitals in Ghouta
Date: 2018-02-21 12:21:14 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7257896
Arab Parliament Speaker Mashaal al Salmi strongly condemned the continuous brutal shelling on the Syrian city of Western Ghouta. The city is under shelling for several days and hundreds of civilians were killed and injured. Hospitals and civil ....
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US concerned about Eastern Ghouta violence
Date: 2018-02-21 12:08:56 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7257855
The United States says it is "deeply concerned" about a surge in attacks by the Syrian government and its allies on a rebel-held enclave near the capital, Damascus. The cessation of violence in the Eastern Ghouta region "must begin now," State ....
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AL chief urges stopping attacks on Ghouta
Date: 2018-02-20 13:08:34 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:7256136
Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit on Tuesday urged stopping attacks on Eastern Ghouta area near the Syrian capital Damascus. The attacks that are carried out by governmental forces and their allied troops do not discriminate ....
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Israeli gunboats attack Palestinian fishing boats off Gaza shore
Date: 2018-02-20 10:34:31 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7255648
Israeli gunboats opened fire early Tuesday at Palestinian fishing boats off the Gaza Strip shore. Local Palestinian sources said the Israeli gunboats opened intensive fire at the Palestinian fishermen, with no casualties reported. Under the ....
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Lebanese president arrives in Baghdad
Date: 2018-02-20 08:41:55 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7255346
Lebanese President Michel Aoun arrived in Baghdad on a official visit at an invitation from Iraqi President Fuad Masum. Aoun is to meet with a number of Iraqi officials, according to Iraqi channel al Sumaria News. Aoun will confer with the ....
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SOHR: 90 killed in raids on Eastern Ghouta
Date: 2018-02-20 08:38:58 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7255336
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said that 90 persons were killed in airstrikes by the Syrian regime forces on a rebel-held area Eastern Ghouta near Damascus, Sky news reported. The London-based observatory said that the death toll ....
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Israeli forces arrest 23 Palestinians in West Bank, Al Quds
Date: 2018-02-19 09:18:36 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7253436
Israeli forces arrested on Monday 23 Palestinians during house-to-house raids in the West Bank and Al Quds at dawn of Monday, Palestinian sources said. The arrests took place in the West Bank governorates of Nablus, Qalqiliya and Bethlehem, the ....
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Abadi expresses Iraq's appreciation to Egypt
Date: 2018-02-18 18:22:49 GMT - Germany - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:7252835
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al Abadi has called on Egyptian companies to get acquainted with the current investment potentials in Iraq, asserting the necessity of continuing coordination between Baghdad and Cairo to end regional crises. In ....