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OIC urges support for UN draft resolution on protecting Palestinians
Date: 2018-06-12 07:13:23 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7440681
Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Yousef Al Othaimeen on Monday urged all countries to adopt a UN resolution to protect Palestinian civilians. The Islamic and Arab groups is scheduled Wednesday to submit a draft ....
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Qatar lies in Hajj claims - UAE minister
Date: 2018-06-12 06:59:46 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7440660
UAE's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash on Monday said Qatar dared to lie on allegations about Hajj. He was apparently commenting in a tweet on reports that Qatar had accused Saudi Arabia of banning its nationals from performing ....
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US Imposes sanctions on 6 for trafficking Libyan migrants
Date: 2018-06-11 19:09:38 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:7440439
The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), concurrently with the United Nations, sanctioned six individuals for threatening the peace, security, or stability of Libya through their involvement in the smuggling of ....
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New massacre by US-led coalition leaves 18 dead in Hasaka countryside
Date: 2018-06-11 16:54:11 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:7440352
The warplanes of the US-led international coalition raided a school in the village of Khoibra in the southeast of Al Shaddadah, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) quoted local sources on Monday. The coalition raid claimed the lives of 18 ....
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Israeli forces detain 11 Palestinians from West Bank, including journalist
Date: 2018-06-11 10:48:57 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7439488
Israeli forces detained on Monday 11 Palestinians from several areas in the occupied West Bank, including a journalist, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). It said that the occupation forces detained seven people from Hebron, ....
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Saudi defenses intercept missile over Jazan fired by Houthi militias from Yemen
Date: 2018-06-10 19:47:50 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7438825
Saudi Arabia’s air defenses announced on Sunday that they have intercepted a missile over the border city of Jazan fired by Houthi militias from within Yemeni territories, SPA reported. This comes just a day after three civilians were confirmed ....
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Jorandian, Tunisian leaders discuss regional developments
Date: 2018-06-08 19:37:15 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7436262
Jordanian King Abdullah II discussed over the phone with Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi the latest developments in the region. The Royal Hashemite Court said in a statement that the two sides asserted the depth of Jordanian-Tunisian ties, ....
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44 killed in air raid on Idlib countryside
Date: 2018-06-08 18:48:58 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7436232
Syrian sources said on Friday that Forty-four people were killed in an airstrike on Zerdena village in the countryside of Idlib. The figure includes 11 women and six children, Alhurra news channel quoted the sources as saying. ....
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China, Kuwait mull developing economic relations
Date: 2018-06-08 17:33:18 GMT - China - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7436159
Chinese officials discussed with a visiting Kuwaiti delegation, led by Chief Executive Officer of the apparatus for developing the Silk City in (Al Sabbiah) and Boubyan Island, Faisal al Medlej, means to develop economic ties between the two ....
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Red Cross pulls 71 staff members out of war-torn Yemen
Date: 2018-06-07 20:02:07 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7435186
The International Committee of the Red Cross said it has pulled 71 staff members out of Yemen after a series of incidents and threats in the war-torn country, ABC News reported. Dominik Stillhart, ICRC's director of operations, said Thursday that ....