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UN envoy appeals for weekly 48-hour ceasefire to allow in aid for Aleppo
Date: 2016-09-26 07:42:12 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:5660881
United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura on Sunday appealed for establishing weekly 48 hour pauses in the fighting to allow in aid and repairs for Aleppo's damaged water and power facilities; and allow medical evacuations for urgent ....
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UN chief meets Yemeni President on fringe of UNGA
Date: 2016-09-24 08:07:23 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:5650021
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has met with Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, the Yemeni President, and discussed the latest developments in Yemen and the transition process that has been going on in the Arab country since 2011. The meeting, which was ....
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7 Houthi militants killed in clashes with Yemeni army in Taiz
Date: 2016-09-22 08:50:28 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:5638713
Seven Houthi militants were killed and 13 others injured in clashes with the Yemeni army in Taiz city. Also, an armed vehicle and a tank used by Houthi militants were destroyed in an air raid launched by the Saudi-led Arab coalition warplanes, a ....
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Tunisian president, IMF chief meet in New York
Date: 2016-09-22 08:33:18 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:5638625
Tunisan President Beji Caid Essebsi met in New York on Wednesday night with IMF Chief Christine Lagarde on the sidelines of American-African Economic Forum. Lagarde said the IMF supports Tunisia as it proceeds with its reform and opens new vistas ....
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NATO won’t speculate on who struck aid convoy in Syria – Stoltenberg to RT
Date: 2016-09-22 08:31:57 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:5638617
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg refused to “speculate” on who bears responsibility for the attack on the UN-Red Crescent aid convoy near Aleppo. “The attack on the humanitarian convoy is morally totally unacceptable and it’s a blatant ....
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UN says it is ready to resume aid convoys in Syria
Date: 2016-09-22 08:19:53 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:5638521
The UN has said it is ready to resume aid convoys in Syria after halting operations in response to a deadly attack on an aid mission on Monday. Trucks will start rolling to some areas but "carefully and cautiously", the UN envoy to Syria Staffan ....
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UK, Russian FMs discuss aid convoy attack in Syria
Date: 2016-09-21 10:08:10 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:5633001
UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov for the first time to discuss the "unacceptable" attack on an aid convoy in Syria, hours after a ceasefire ended, Belfast Telegraph reported. The Foreign Secretary ....
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False alarm temporarily isolates Saudi Airlines jet at Manila airport
Date: 2016-09-20 10:41:08 GMT - Philippines - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:5626289
Saudi Airlines has confirmed one of its jets in Manila was temporarily grounded after a false alarm of a hijacking attempt, Al Arabiya news channel reported. The plane, currently being isolated at Ninoy Aquino International Airport, was earlier ....
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Moscow welcomes Syrian government consent to endorse Russian-US ceasefire agreement
Date: 2016-09-13 06:04:12 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:5591425
Moscow welcomes the public confirmation by the Syrian government of its agreement with the Russian-US accords and readiness to implement them," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday. Also, The Russian Foreign Ministry said it ....
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Libyan command forces seize key oil ports
Date: 2016-09-13 06:01:38 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:5591421
Forces loyal to east Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar on Sunday seized at least two key oil ports from a rival force loyal to the UN-backed government. Ahmed al Mismari, a spokesman for Haftar's self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA), said its ....
