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Saudi Deputy CP receives telephone call from US FM
Date: 2015-12-24 06:48:19 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3985593
Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, received a telephone call from US Secretary of State John Kerry, SPA reported on Thursday. During the call, they reviewed ....
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25 people killed, scores injured in Jazan fire hospital, civil defense says
Date: 2015-12-24 06:39:29 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:3985569
Around 25 people were killed and scores others wounded when a fire broke out in Jazan hospital in southwestern the kingdom, the Saudi Civil Defense said on Thursday. Rescue teams are trying to extinguish the fire. Reason behind the fire has ....
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2 civilians killed, 10 wounded in 2 blasts in Baghdad
Date: 2015-12-23 09:56:06 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:3981633
Two Iraqi civilians were killed and 10 others wounded in two blasts in Baghdad on Wednesday, a security source said. A bomb blew up near a factory in eastern Baghdad, killing two passers-by and wounding eight others. The other bomb exploded in ....
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Arab jets hit Houthi targets in Sanaa
Date: 2015-12-23 07:24:33 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3980657
Arab coalition jets shelled a number of targets of Houthi and Saleh militias in Sanaa Wednesday. The jets targeted a reception camp affiliated with the special operations troops in Dalaa Hamdan area, northern Sanaa, eyewitnesses said. Weapon ....
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Arab League welcomes Greece's recognition of Palestinian state
Date: 2015-12-22 17:28:49 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:3979189
The Arab League welcomed Greece’s parliament unanimous approval on Tuesday of a nonbinding bill calling on the country’s government to formally recognize Palestinian statehood. The League assistant secretary general for Palestine sector Saed Abu ....
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21 Daesh fighters killed in Anbar, Kirkuk
Date: 2015-12-22 15:29:04 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:3978497
As many as 21 terrorist Daesh fighters were killed in Iraqi military operations in al-Anbar and Kirkuk. A security source said the Iraqi air forces bombarded a Daesh stronghold, leaving 10 terrorists dead in southern al-Anbar. The 8th division ....
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Tunisian president holds talks with Saudi King in Riyadh
Date: 2015-12-22 12:57:52 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:3977345
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi is to hold talks in Riyadh with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz during his two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, President Essebsi's Diplomatic Adviser Khamis al Gihinawy said on Tuesday. During his stay, the ....
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Hezbollah chief vows to respond to Kuntar assassination
Date: 2015-12-22 05:54:30 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:3973789
Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah on Monday said that his group has the right to respond to the assassination of Samir Kuntar, the dean of liberated detainees from Israeli prisons. "This is our right and we will exercise this right," ....
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Lebanon approves trash exportation plan
Date: 2015-12-22 05:50:41 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3973781
The Lebanese cabinet has approved a garbage exportation plan, Prime Minister Tamam Salam said Monday. The government has ended the crisis which left the Lebanese people amid unstable political conditions, Salam added at a news conference. He ....
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UN envoy urges all Libyan municipalities to participate in political agreement
Date: 2015-12-22 05:49:03 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:3973773
UN envoy Martin Kobler said It would be very important that Libyan municipalities become part of the Libyan political agreement which was signed in Skhirat three days ago. "People need clean water and need electricity, and a strong government can ....