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Tunisia holds 1st local polls since 2011 revolution
Date: 2018-05-06 17:39:59 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7386819
The first local elections in Tunisia since the 2011 revolution kicked off on Sunday. Around 5.5 million citizens are eligible to vote in the polls, which are supervised by an independent electoral commission. Representatives in 350 municipalities ....
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Iraqi airstrike against Daesh in Syria
Date: 2018-05-06 16:28:17 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7386735
The Iraqi air force launched an airstrike against Daesh terrorists in Syria, the premier's office said in a statement on Sunday. The air raid was carried out under orders of Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Haider ....
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Lebanese voters head to the polls in first parliamentary elections in nine years
Date: 2018-05-06 13:44:54 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7386354
Lebanese voters started flocking on polling stations Sunday morning to choose their new parliament after nine years of prolonged political gridlock and three vote postponements. More than 3.6 million people are eligible to vote in the one-day ....
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Abul Gheit: Joint Arab action foiled Israel's nomination to UNSC
Date: 2018-05-06 13:06:34 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7386235
Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit said joint Arab action prodded Israel into withdrawing its nomination for a non-permanent United Nations Security Council seat. Abul Gheit said the UN General Assembly was planned to vote on UNSC ....
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Saudi amb. in Paris commends cooperation with Egypt, France
Date: 2018-05-05 19:22:02 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7385168
Saudi Ambassador in Paris Khaled Al Anqari said the graduation of Saudi cadres from a joint program of the leadership training institute of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport in Alexandria and the National School of ....
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170 civilians injured by Israeli forces in Gaza
Date: 2018-05-04 20:43:03 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:7383902
Palestinian health ministry said 170 Palestinian civilians, including three journalists, were injured by live shots or suffocated from teargas inhalation on Friday as Israeli forces attacked the protests of the ongoing "Great March of Return" at ....
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Palestinian president chairs 1st meeting of PLO's new executive committee
Date: 2018-05-04 18:04:32 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7383793
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas presided over the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)'s first meeting of its new executive committee at the presidential headquarters in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, some 10 km north of Al ....
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Syrian army mopping up terrorists in Damascus’s Yarmouk district
Date: 2018-05-04 16:55:16 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:7383730
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov said the Syrian army is about to complete the defeat of terrorists in Yarmouk. More than 65% of this suburb of Damascus is under the authorities’ control, Tass news agency reported ....
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Lebanese PM receives EU Election Observation Mission
Date: 2018-05-04 15:26:21 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7383456
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri received on Friday Elena Valenciano, the Chief Observer of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Lebanon's 2018 parliamentary elections, and her accompanying delegation, the National News ....
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Saudi Arabia supports Morocco against security threats
Date: 2018-05-03 20:27:31 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:7382630
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud confirmed Thursday the stance of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's government and people with Morocco against what could jeopardize its security, stability and territorial integrity, Saudi Press Agency ....
