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  • Arab world's progress depends on Egypt - minister

    Arab world's progress depends on Egypt - minister

    Date: 2015-05-13 13:12:29 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:2580337

    UAE's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash underlined Wednesday that the progress of the Arab world depends on Egypt because it is the corner stone of the Arab nation. This is due to Egypt's large population, geographic location ....

  • Projectiles fell on Najran, Jizan areas -- Saudi Defense Ministry

    Projectiles fell on Najran, Jizan areas -- Saudi Defense Ministry

    Date: 2015-05-13 13:05:36 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:2580249

    The Saudi Defense Ministry said Wednesday that Najran and Jizan areas were targeted by projectiles. A source with the Defense Ministry said projectiles had fallen on the Najran and Jizan areas on Wednesday morning and that some sniper fire by ....

  • Al Nusra Front militants attack Daesh hotbeds in Lebanese Arsal town

    Al Nusra Front militants attack Daesh hotbeds in Lebanese Arsal town

    Date: 2015-05-13 12:24:47 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:2579853

    Some militants of Jaish Al Fatah affiliated to Al Nusra Front on Wednesday attacked several hotbeds of Daesh fighters in the Lebanese border town of Arsal, local source said. The source from Arsal town told MENA that the ongoing clashes between ....

  • Palestine's PM urges int'l community to press Israel to stop settlement construction

    Palestine's PM urges int'l community to press Israel to stop settlement construction

    Date: 2015-05-12 18:39:21 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:2574961

    Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah called Tuesday on the international community to shoulder its responsibility and press Israel to stop the settlement construction and the demolition of homes in Al Quds (East Jerusalem). Hamdallah made ....

  • 15 Syrian regime troops killed

    15 Syrian regime troops killed

    Date: 2015-05-12 17:25:06 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:2573881

    Fifteen Syrian regime troops have been killed in confrontations with opposition forces in the cities of Sanqara and Mahbal in Rif Idleb in the northwest of the country. Sky News quoted a source with the opposition as saying that their fighters ....

  • 32 Daesh militants killed in Iraq

    32 Daesh militants killed in Iraq

    Date: 2015-05-12 17:00:40 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:2573329

    Iraqi troops killed on Tuesday 32 Daesh militants in al Karma province in Iraq, the Iraqi defense ministry said in a statement. Dozens of the terrorist group were also killed in clashes in Mosul province in western Iraq, the statement ....

  • Israeli gunboat violates Lebanon's territorial waters

    Israeli gunboat violates Lebanon's territorial waters

    Date: 2015-05-12 16:36:08 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:2574201

    An Israeli gunboat on Tuesday breached the Lebanese territorial waters off Ras el-Naqoura, Lebanese National News Agency reported. The boat infiltrated some 150 meters into the sea and then left towards the waters of the occupied Palestinian ....

  • Saudi Arabia: Military cooperation, terror combat to figure high at Camp Davd summit

    Saudi Arabia: Military cooperation, terror combat to figure high at Camp Davd summit

    Date: 2015-05-12 14:53:56 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:2572837

    Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir said that the Camp David summit will focus on three main axes dealing with military cooperation, combating terrorism and confronting regional challenges, including the Iranian interference ....

  • Girls raped, boys abducted as South Sudan battle rages -- UN

    Girls raped, boys abducted as South Sudan battle rages -- UN

    Date: 2015-05-12 14:01:13 GMT - South Sudan - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:2572985

    Gunmen in South Sudan have raped girls, seized boys to become soldiers and torched towns in some of the heaviest fighting seen in the 17-month-long civil war, the Daily Mail quoted the United Nations as saying on Tuesday. Over 300,000 civilians ....

  • AL chief meets ATF chairman

    AL chief meets ATF chairman

    Date: 2015-05-12 13:59:27 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:2572961

    Arab League (AL) Chief Nabil el Araby met on Tuesday with Chairman of the Arab Thought Foundation (ATF) Prince Khalid al Faisal. They discussed preparations for a conference to be organized by the foundation at the headquarters of the pan-Arab ....

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