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Daesh will be driven out of Mosul next week, says Canadian general
Date: 2017-07-07 08:34:19 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:6885480
Canadian General in the US-led international coalition Dave Anderson said Friday that the coalition and the Iraqi forces are about to defeat terrorist Daesh group in its former stronghold in the city of Mosul. Anderson, who supervises the ....
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Gargash: The next steps will further isolate Qatar
Date: 2017-07-06 09:58:59 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6884098
UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar al Gargash said that the four-way Cairo meeting on Qatar is the beginning of a difficult and necessary road, a path that saves Qatar from its illusions and sins represented in the Qatari policy in ....
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UN: Up to 20,000 civilians trapped in Daesh-held areas of Mosul
Date: 2017-07-06 09:44:23 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:6884036
Up to 20,000 civilians are trapped in the last Daesh-held areas in Mosul’s Old City, which Iraqi forces are battling to retake, Al Arabiya TV channel quoted a senior UN official as saying Thursday. More than eight months since the start of the ....
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Abbas in Paris for talks with Macron
Date: 2017-07-05 07:26:32 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6881791
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived here late Tuesday on an official visit to meet President Emmanuel Macron. Abbas will discuss with Macron at the Elysee Palace on Wednesday ways of halting Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank ....
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UAE FM: We are waiting for contact with Kuwait to know Qatari response
Date: 2017-07-04 10:25:20 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:6880409
UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed said on Tuesday that his country, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain are waiting for a contact with Kuwait to get acquainted with the response of Qatar over demands of the four countries. At a joint ....
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5th international meeting of Syrian crisis settlement kicks off in Astana
Date: 2017-07-04 09:01:23 GMT - Kazakhstan - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6880224
The fifth international meeting on Syria in Astana kicked off on Tuesday with a session of a joint working group on de-escalation issues. Following the session of the working group, there will be a number of bilaterals at the level of ....
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Lavrov, AL chief to review Middle East issues on Wednesday
Date: 2017-07-04 08:44:53 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:6880201
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will hold talks here Wednesday with Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit on the conditions in Syria, Iraq, Libya and Yemen, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. In a statement, the ....
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Trump discusses with Saudi, UAE leaders Gulf crisis
Date: 2017-07-03 09:03:18 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:6878480
US President Donald Trump spoke separately to the leaders of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to express his "concerns about the ongoing dispute" between Qatar and its Gulf and Arab neighbors, the White House said. "He reiterated the ....
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Qatari FM arrives in Kuwait to respond to Arab states' demands
Date: 2017-07-03 08:54:24 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:6878457
Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdel Rahman Al Thani arrived on Monday in Kuwait to hand over his country's response to the demands of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE and Bahrain. The four countries approved on Sunday extending the ....
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Suicide bombing hits Damascus; casualties feared - State TV
Date: 2017-07-02 07:35:12 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6876650
A suicide bomber has blown himself up in the Syrian capital, Damascus, killing and injuring a number of people, Russia Today reported on Sunday. The bomber was in one of three cars, each with bombs, that had been pursued by Syrian authorities. ....