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No extremists sneaked into Sudan from Libya – army
Date: 2015-05-23 09:40:55 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:2646785
The Sudanese army denied the infiltration of extremist religious groups of Daesh or Qaeda from the Libyan borders into Sudan. The Sudanese-Libyan borders are completely secured although major challenges have been facing joint forces from the two ....
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Meeting of Arab chiefs of staff kicks off in Cairo
Date: 2015-05-23 09:14:38 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:2646421
The second meeting of Arab chiefs of staff started in Cairo on Saturday under Egypt's Mahmoud Hegazi. The meeting, which is held at the Arab League General Secretariat, is attended by AL chief Nabil el Araby and his deputy, Ahmed bin ....
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Current developments discouraging for Geneva talks -- Yemeni president
Date: 2015-05-23 09:02:47 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:2646357
The current developments in Yemen do not help in taking a decision to participate in peace talks to take place in Geneva on Thursday, exiled Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi said. In a letter to United Nations Secretary General Ban ....
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Berri on electing president: 'I see no light on horizon'
Date: 2015-05-23 08:56:12 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:2646297
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri lamented the lawmakers' failure to fill the vacuum at the top state post in the country saying that he “still does not see light on the horizon.” “Leaving the democratic game is what brought us to this end. ....
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Release of Nusra-taken captives reaches crucial moment
Date: 2015-05-23 08:37:20 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:2646169
The release of captives taken hostage by al Nusra Front reached zero hour as the Lebanese state is carrying out the necessary measures to conduct a prisoner swap deal with the group. Judicial sources told al Mustaqbal newspaper published Saturday ....
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OIC condemns terrorist attack at Saudi mosque
Date: 2015-05-22 18:54:19 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:2644269
Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Ameen Madani has strongly condemned a terrorist attack that targeted a mosque in Saudi Qatif during Friday prayers. Madani said that those who carried out the attack planned ....
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Sisi to Abbas: Palestinian cause to remain on top of Egyptian foreign policy agenda
Date: 2015-05-22 18:52:43 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:2644353
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas posted President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on the latest Palestinian developments during their participation in the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa in Jordan's Dead Sea area earlier ....
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Tunisian FM to visit Spain on Tuesday
Date: 2015-05-22 18:46:52 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:2644325
Tunisia's Foreign Minister Taieb Baccouche will pay a two-day official visit to Madrid on Tuesday at an invitation by Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo. The visit is meant to boost bilateral ties, a statement by the Tunisian ....
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Jordan deplores Saudi Shiite mosque blast
Date: 2015-05-22 18:15:54 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:2644265
Jordan condemned on Friday a blast that targeted a Shiite mosque in Qatif in eastern Saudi Arabia, leaving scores of worshipers dead and injured. In statements, Mohammad Al Momani, minister of state for media affairs and communications and ....
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Some worshipers killed, wounded in suicide attack on Qatif mosque
Date: 2015-05-22 14:07:56 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:2642833
A number of worshipers have been killed and others wounded in a suicide attack on a mosque in the Saudi city of al Qudayh in al Qatif province, the Saudi Interior Ministry said on Friday. The injured were moved to hospital, a spokesman for the ....
