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  • Palestinian prisoners continue hunger strike for 34th day

    Palestinian prisoners continue hunger strike for 34th day

    Date: 2017-05-20 08:26:44 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6819106

    Around 1,600 Palestinian prisoners entered their open-ended strike for the 34th running day. The Media Committee of the Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported that the “Freedom and Dignity” strike is going through one of the most serious ....

  • Nawaz Sharif set to attend Arab-Islamic-US summit in Riyadh

    Nawaz Sharif set to attend Arab-Islamic-US summit in Riyadh

    Date: 2017-05-20 08:23:36 GMT - Pakistan - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:6819102

    Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will travel to Riyadh on Sunday to attend the first-ever Arab-Islamic-American Summit on developing a security partnership against a growing threat of violent extremism, Dawn News reported Saturday. Sharif is ....

  • Trump arrives in Riyadh on official visit

    Trump arrives in Riyadh on official visit

    Date: 2017-05-20 08:06:10 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:6819077

    US President Donald Trump arrived in Riyadh on Saturday morning on a two-day official visit to Saudi Arabia, during which he will hold a summit meeting with King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and participate in a Gulf-American Summit and an ....

  • Trump, Abu Dhabi CP meet on cooperation, mutual interest issues

    Trump, Abu Dhabi CP meet on cooperation, mutual interest issues

    Date: 2017-05-16 06:41:02 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:6812922

    Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces, met Monday with US President Donald Trump at the White House. The meeting tackled ways to promote strategic ....

  • 25 Houthis killed, injured in attacks on their posts in Yemen

    25 Houthis killed, injured in attacks on their posts in Yemen

    Date: 2017-05-13 10:23:54 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:6809040

    Eight militias of Houthis and supporters of ousted president Ali Abdallah Saleh were killed and 11 others injured when Arab coalition forces shelled two of their posts in Mocha and al Khukha towns in Yemen. Yemeni field sources told Al Arabiya al ....

  • 3 explosions hit Libyan capital

    3 explosions hit Libyan capital

    Date: 2017-05-13 09:59:27 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:6809002

    Three explosions rocked Tripoli Friday evening as a cloud of black smoke and flames was seen in Abu Salim area. Abu Salim area is the base of an armed group known as "Gnawa militia'', according to local sources. There is conflicting ....

  • 2 elements of Iraq's popular mobilization killed, injured in Diyala attack

    2 elements of Iraq's popular mobilization killed, injured in Diyala attack

    Date: 2017-05-13 09:57:54 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6809001

    A fighter of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces was killed and another injured in an explosion that targeted a checkpoint in Diyala governorate. An explosive device has been placed near a checkpoint northwestern Diyala's Baqubah district, a local ....

  • 31 Houthi militias killed, injured in raids in Taiz

    31 Houthi militias killed, injured in raids in Taiz

    Date: 2017-05-12 10:36:06 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:6807965

    Twelve elements of Houthi and Saleh militias were killed and 19 others injured in raids of the Arab coalition in western Taiz within the past few hours, Yemeni security sources said on Friday. The coalition launched seven raids in Taiz, the ....

  • Kobler meets with AU special envoy to Libya

    Kobler meets with AU special envoy to Libya

    Date: 2017-05-08 09:28:27 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:6801729

    UN Special envoy to Libya Martin Kobler met on Monday with African Union Special Envoy to Libya Jakaya Kikwete. In a tweet, Kobler termed the meeting as "excellent". The heads of AU member states announced in January 2016 relaunching Libya ....

  • Russia presents draft resolution on de-escalation zones in Syria to UNSC

    Russia presents draft resolution on de-escalation zones in Syria to UNSC

    Date: 2017-05-08 07:56:16 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:6801569

    Russia presented a draft resolution in support of the memorandum on de-escalation zones in Syria signed at the international meeting in Astana on May 4 to the UN Security Council, Russia’s permanent mission to the UN told TASS. "We confirm the ....

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