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UAE vice president receives message from Jordanian King

Date: 2017-11-13 12:38:27 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7088703

Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has received a written message from King Abdullah II of Jordan on brotherly relations between the two countries, said WAM news agency. The message was ....

Sudanese president heads for Uganda

Date: 2017-11-13 11:19:36 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7088497

Sudanese President Omar Hassan Bashir left for Uganda on Monday on a two-day visit at the invitation of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. Bashir was seen off at the airport by Vice President Bakri Hassan Saleh and other senior officials. The ....

Israeli army prepares to demolish hundreds of Palestinian homes in northern Jordan Valley

Date: 2017-11-13 10:47:17 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7088295

The Israeli army has ordered some 300 Palestinians who have lived for decades in the northern Jordan Valley to remove all their property from the area, Haaretz newspaper reported. This is the first time the army is using an eviction order against ....

25 gunmen surrender to Assad forces

Date: 2017-11-13 10:38:52 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7088373

Twenty five gunmen surrendered to Syrian authorities in northern Aleppo, said a representative of Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria on Monday. The gunmen were forced to turn themselves in following a fierce offensive by the pro-Assad forces ....

8 Afghan policemen killed by Taliban

Date: 2017-11-13 10:38:13 GMT - Afghanistan - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7088325

An Afghan official said a Taliban attack in western Farah province has killed eight police officers, ABC news reported. Mohammad Naser Mehri, spokesman for the provincial governor, said the Taliban attacked a police check point near the city of ....

7 killed, 321 injured in Iraq's earthquake - Interior ministry

Date: 2017-11-13 10:37:39 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7088433

Iraq's Interior Ministry said seven people in the country's self-ruled northern Kurdish region died and 321 people were injured as a result of the the 7.3-magnitude earthquake that hit Iraq Sunday, ABC news reported. Iraq's Prime Minister Haider ....

Abul Gheit condemns Bahrain oil pipeline explosion

Date: 2017-11-12 10:50:54 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7086869

Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit condemned Friday's blast of a pipeline of Abu Safa oilfield near Buri in Bahrain. Abul Gheit expressed full solidarity with Bahrain's efforts to maintain its sovereignty, safeguard its people and ....

Clashes erupt anew between regime troops, Daesh in Bukamal

Date: 2017-11-11 08:13:38 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7085141

Fierce clashes renewed between regime forces and Daesh militants in al Bukamal city, the last Daesh-stronghold city in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Saturday. Daesh terrorists are fiercely resisting attacks by ....

Person killed, 8 injured in strike on Benghazi security HQs

Date: 2017-11-11 06:57:32 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7085052

A person was killed and eight others were injured when the headquarters of the special task force in eastern Benghazi was attacked, local media reported Friday with giving no further details. ....

Palestinian minister to visit Russia on Saturday for talks

Date: 2017-11-10 16:29:14 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:7084610

Palestinian Ambassador to Russia Abdel Hafiz Nofal said Friday in a press conference that Palestinian Minister of Civil Affairs Hussein al Sheikh will visit Russia on Saturday to meet with Russian officials. The Palestinian minister will discuss ....