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Iraqi PM affirms rejection of Kurdistan referendum
Date: 2017-09-23 10:22:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7004732
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi reiterated Iraq's firm stance rejecting holding a referendum on Kurdistan's independence, describing it as "unconstitutional". He emphasized that the priority is staging a war against terrorism and liberating ....
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AL chief discusses with UN officials achieving development in Arab countries
Date: 2017-09-23 10:22:05 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7004742
Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit held on Saturday meetings with Mohamed Ali Alhakim, the UN Under Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) as well as Achim ....
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UAE’s Gargash to Kurdistan: Federalism is more viable than separation
Date: 2017-09-23 08:36:16 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7004640
The UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said in a tweet that federalism's flexibility and potential, serves as a better alternative than Iraq’s separation, especially after looking at the UAE’s experience, Al Arabiya News ....
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Lavrov urges coordinating Russian, US military action in Syria
Date: 2017-09-23 08:29:42 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7004620
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stressed a need for coordinated action by Russian and US military to deal a final blow to terrorists in Syria, Tass news agency reported Saturday. "We have the so-called deconflicting, but this is ....
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Arab League supports Belgium's candidacy to UNSC membership
Date: 2017-09-22 15:24:45 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:7004026
Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit met Friday with Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meetings in New York. AL Spokesman Mohamoud Afify said Abul Gheit stressed the pan-Arab body's ....
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AL chief meets Chinese FM to discuss relations
Date: 2017-09-22 15:12:51 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:7004014
Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit met Friday with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in New York to discuss ways of boosting relations between the Arab countries and Beijing. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the 72nd session of ....
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Israeli jets bombed site close to Damascus airport, reports say
Date: 2017-09-22 15:12:35 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:7003991
Israeli jets have reportedly bombed on Friday an area near the Damascus international airport in the third attack in as many weeks by the Israeli military on targets associated with the Lebanese group Hezbollah, The Guardian reported. According ....
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Iraqi forces liberate 19 villages from Daesh in Hawija
Date: 2017-09-22 14:36:50 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:7003965
Commander of Hawija military operations Abdel Amir Rashid Yarallah announced Friday the liberation of 19 villages from terrorist Daesh group in the center of Iraqi Hawija district in Kirkuk province. Yarallah was quoted by Iraqi Al Sumaria TV ....
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Sudan's Bashir pledges support for displaced people in South Darfur
Date: 2017-09-22 14:28:56 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:7003958
Sundanese President Omar al Bashir pledged to solve the problems and respond to the demands of displaced people who seek to return to their villages. Addressing a large rally in the Kalema Camp in Bilail locality in South Darfur, Bashir said the ....
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Tunisian FM meets with UNGA chief in New York
Date: 2017-09-22 14:15:33 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:7003920
Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui met on Friday with Miroslav Lajcak, the new Slovak UN General Assembly President, on the sidelines of the 72nd UN General Assembly meetings in New York. Jhinaoui voiced appreciation to the role of the ....