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  • US to encourage Lebanon to distance itself from Hezbollah

    US to encourage Lebanon to distance itself from Hezbollah

    Date: 2019-09-24 09:54:43 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:8116685

    A senior US Treasury official will encourage Lebanon to take necessary steps to maintain a distance from Hezballah and "other malign actors attempting to destabilize Lebanon and its institutions", The Lebanese An nahar website reported, quoting a ....

  • China voices support for Iraq's efforts to restore peace

    China voices support for Iraq's efforts to restore peace

    Date: 2019-09-24 09:35:18 GMT - China - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:8116643

    BEIJING, Sept 24 (MENA) - China pledged its support for Iraq's efforts to restore peace and stability and rebuild the country's economy and improve the living conditions. This came at a meeting between Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Iraqi Prime ....

  • TWMCC chief: Egypt to remain strong, safe in face of terrorism

    TWMCC chief: Egypt to remain strong, safe in face of terrorism

    Date: 2019-09-24 08:41:42 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:8116524

    Egypt will always remain safe, stable, strong and capable of countering extremist ideologies, despite plots aiming to destabilize it, said Mohammed Bechari, the Secretary General of the World Muslim Communities Council (TWMCC). Egypt is the core ....

  • Abul Gheit, AU's Fakih mull Arab-African partnership

    Abul Gheit, AU's Fakih mull Arab-African partnership

    Date: 2019-09-24 07:07:46 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:8116439

    Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Abul Gheit met on Monday with President of the African Union Commission Moussa Fakih on the sidelines of the 74th UN General Assembly meetings in New York. Abul Gheit mulled aspects of cooperation ....

  • Saudi Arabia stresses Palestinians' right to regain all their occupied territories

    Saudi Arabia stresses Palestinians' right to regain all their occupied territories

    Date: 2019-09-23 14:32:24 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:8115786

    The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has renewed its condemnation and rejection of the Israeli Prime Minister's recent declaration of his intention to annex lands from the occupied West Bank in 1967, if he wins the elections, describing the declaration as a ....

  • Boris Johnson says UK believes Iran responsible for Saudi Arabia oil attack

    Boris Johnson says UK believes Iran responsible for Saudi Arabia oil attack

    Date: 2019-09-23 11:18:05 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:8115323

    The UK now believes Iran was responsible for a major attack earlier this month on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, Boris Johnson has said, also raising the possibility that the British military could become involved in helping secure the Saudis against ....

  • AL chief to participate in UNGA meetings

    AL chief to participate in UNGA meetings

    Date: 2019-09-21 17:35:09 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:8113270

    Secretary General of the Arab League (AL) Ahmed Abul Gheit will participate in the meetings of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The AL chief is set to head to New York on Saturday to take part in the UNGA meetings ....

  • Tunisia's former president Ben Ali dies at 83

    Tunisia's former president Ben Ali dies at 83

    Date: 2019-09-19 20:20:45 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:8111331

    Former Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali died at the age of 83, his lawyer, Mounir Ben Salha confirmed. Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia after the 2011 revolution in Tunisia that triggered off the Arab Spring. He had ruled Tunisia for 23 ....

  • Saudi Arabia: Attack on oil facilities 'unquestionably sponsored by Iran'

    Saudi Arabia: Attack on oil facilities 'unquestionably sponsored by Iran'

    Date: 2019-09-18 23:23:41 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:8110026

    Saudi Defense Ministry spokesman Turki al Maliki said on Wednesday that Saturday's attack on two of Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities were "unquestionably sponsored by Iran" and "did not originate from Yemen despite Iran's best efforts to make it appear ....

  • Lebanese PM pays flash visit to Riyadh before heading to France

    Lebanese PM pays flash visit to Riyadh before heading to France

    Date: 2019-09-18 22:57:26 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:8110021

    Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Wednesday departed for Riyadh for a "flash" visit after which he will be heading to Paris, the premier's media office announced. Hariri will review with French President Emmanuel Macron and other French ....

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