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Araby confers with Spanish FM on latest developments in region
Date: 2015-09-29 10:12:44 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:3434233
Arab League Secretary General Nabil el Araby met with Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel García-Margallo in New York whose country will head the UNSC in October. They met on the sidelines of the 70th UNGA session. Both sides tackled ....
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Arab coalition warplanes shell Sanaa, presidential compound
Date: 2015-09-28 08:22:02 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:3426273
Saudi-led Arab coalition warplanes pounded posts belonging to Houthi and pro-Saleh militias in the Yemeni capital in the wee hours of Monday. The warplanes also shelled the presidential compound controlled by Houthis. ....
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Jordan king, US sec of state discuss fight against Daesh
Date: 2015-09-28 08:17:05 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:3426205
Jordanian King Abdullah II and Secretary of State John Kerry held talks on the sidelines of the 70th UNGA session in New York Sunday night on ways of fighting the terrorist group of Daesh. They also reviewed Jordan's efforts within the ....
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Lebanese PM offers condolences to Saudi King
Date: 2015-09-27 18:42:59 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:3424329
Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam sent a cable of condolences on Sunday to Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz al-Saud, expressing deep sorrow over the victims of the tragic Hajj stampede incident in Mina on Thursday. Salam also sent cables of ....
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Erekat calls on int'l community to intervene to end Israeli occupation
Date: 2015-09-27 09:05:12 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:3421457
Palestinian Liberation Organization Secretary General Saeb Erekat called on the international community to intervene to end the Israeli occupation of Al Quds and the rest of Palestinian territories. Erekat blamed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ....
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Saudi FM urges Iran not to politicize Mina stampede accident
Date: 2015-09-27 07:56:00 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:3421105
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel el Jubeir urged Iran not to politicize the Mina stampede that left 769 pilgrims dead, including 138 Iranians. Jubair, delivering remarks after a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry late on Saturday, ....
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PM condoles with Saudi CP for stampede victims
Date: 2015-09-25 16:00:32 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:3414877
Prime Minister Sherif Ismail sent a cable of condolences Friday to Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Nayef bin Abdel Aziz for the death of hundreds of pilgrims in Mecca's stampede. "I was greatly saddened by the news of the pilgrims' stampede in ....
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Death toll of Mina stampede rises to 310 - Saudi civil defense
Date: 2015-09-24 10:18:32 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:3409025
The number of pilgrims who died in a stampede in the tent city of Mina on Thursday rose to 310, according to the Saudi Civil Defense Service. Civil defense teams, grouping some 4,000 members, were now on the ground leading pilgrims to safer ....
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Pentagon denies allegations US-trained New Syrian Forces defected
Date: 2015-09-24 07:34:12 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:3408161
The Pentagon on Wednesday emphatically denied allegations that any recent graduates of its much-criticized train-and-equip program to combat the Islamic State in Syria had defected or that weaponry it supplied them had fallen into the hands of an al ....
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Essebsi meets top European official
Date: 2015-09-22 15:28:04 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:3401217
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi met Tuesday with Igor Crnadak, the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. A statement by the Tunisia Presidency said that Essebsi stressed the pressing need to unify international ....