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Iraq demands withdrawal of Turkish troops near Mosul
Date: 2015-12-05 09:51:26 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:3864557
The Iraqi government has demanded that Turkey withdraw troops it sent to an area near the northern city of Mosul. About 150 Turkish soldiers have been deployed near in the town of Bashiqa to train Iraqi Kurdish forces, earlier reports ....
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UN Libya envoy urges factions to join political agreement
Date: 2015-12-05 08:12:09 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:3863893
UN Envoy for Libya, Martin Kobler, has urged all Libyan factions to be part of a political agreement, currently in the pipeline. "Train is moving fast towards signing I urge everyone to join," he tweeted on Friday, noting that the meeting with ....
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Yemen urges UN to end catastrophic situation in Taiz
Date: 2015-12-05 08:06:58 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:3863849
Yemeni Minister of Human Rights Ezz-Eddin al Asbahi sent a message to UN chief Ban Ki-moon urging the international organization to stop the massacres against civilians in Taiz. Al Asbahi said the Houthi militias and forces loyal to former ....
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Two Palestinians killed in Hebron
Date: 2015-12-04 10:05:59 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3860281
Two Palestinian young men were shot dead by Israeli occupation forces early on Friday in downtown the West Bank city of Hebron. The Israeli army claimed that the two Palestinians tried to stab an Israeli soldier with a knife, while Palestinian ....
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UN says famine risk still exists in South Sudan
Date: 2015-12-02 08:34:39 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:3846538
Aid workers in war-torn South Sudan have reached one of the worst hit areas where thousands are feared dying of starvation, the United Nations said but warned conditions may yet worsen. Two teams of aid workers reached the town of Leer in ....
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Netanyahu confirms Israel strikes Syria ‘from time to time’
Date: 2015-12-01 18:29:04 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:3844721
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday acknowledged the Israel Air Force operates in Syria “from time to time” to thwart weapons transfers to Lebanon, The Times of Israel reported. Speaking at the Galilee Conference in Acre, the ....
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Araby meets with former Yemeni president
Date: 2015-12-01 14:14:57 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:3842658
Arab League Secretary General Nabil el Araby conferred on Tuesday with former Yemeni president Ali Nasser Mohamed on the latest developments in Yemen. The meeting took up efforts of UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed to reach a ....
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AL chief meets with UN envoy to Libya on efforts to realize stability in Libya
Date: 2015-11-29 11:31:55 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:3826033
Arab League Secretary General Nabil el Arabi met on Sunday with UN Special Envoy to Libya Martin Kobler at the Arab League premises in Cairo. The meeting aims at reviewing the efforts exerted to realize stability in Libya, recent contacts made ....
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Yemeni president telephones Saudi deputy crown prince
Date: 2015-11-29 10:08:35 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:3825265
Yemeni President Abderabbou Mansour Hadi Saturday evening telephoned Saudi Deputy Crown Prince, Second Deputy Premier and Defense Minister Prince Mohamed Ben Salman. The two sides tackled the latest developments on the Yemeni arena in light of ....
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Israeli occupation forces close Dream radio station in Hebron
Date: 2015-11-29 08:42:28 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3824677
Israeli occupation forces at dawn Sunday closed Dream radio station, which is the third station to be closed in the West Bank. Director of Dream Station Talab el Gaabari said a large force of the Israeli occupation forces stormed the building of ....