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Motto of coming Arab Summit "70 years of joint Arab action"-- Envoy

Date: 2015-02-11 14:09:52 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:1943621

Egyptian delegate to the Arab League (AL) Ambassador Tarek Adel on Wednesday said the coming Arab Summit that will be hosted by Egypt on March 28-29 will be held under the rubric "70 years of joint Arab action". The motto is being adopted on the ....

Palestinian official, French consul discuss latest developments

Date: 2015-02-11 14:06:03 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:1943581

Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the head of Jerusalem Affairs Department, Ahmed Qurei met on Wednesday with French Consul General Hervé Magro. The meeting took up the latest political developments in ....

11 Daesh militants killed in Anbar

Date: 2015-02-11 13:22:45 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:1943169

Eleven Daesh elements were killed and others injured in a military operation carried out by the Iraq security troops in Anbar province, western Iraq, security sources said. Also, two hotbeds of the terrorist group were demolished during the ....

Thousands protest against Houthis in Yemen as Western diplomats quit

Date: 2015-02-11 13:20:50 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:1943153

Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of the Yemeni capital of Sanaa in the largest protests yet against the Houthi movement, which overran Sanaa in September and formally took power last week. The US, Britain and France closed ....

Libyan PM sacks Interior Minister

Date: 2015-02-11 12:51:54 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:1942713

Head of the interim Libyan government Prime Minister Abdullah el-Thinni on Wednesday issued a decision suspending his Interior Minister Omar el-Sinki and entrusting chief of Sabha Security Directorate Colonel Mostafa Buharara to take over the post ....

EU ambassador in Yemen to leave within 2 days

Date: 2015-02-11 12:27:33 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:1942425

European Union Ambassador to Yemen Bettina Muscheidt said Wednesday that she will leave Yemen within two days due to security considerations. The decision comes after the embassies of the US, UK and France announced the withdrawal of their ....

Israel launches wide scale manhunt campaign in WB

Date: 2015-02-11 12:12:53 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:1942281

Israeli troops arrested on Wednesday eight Palestinians in Hebron as part of wide scale manhunt campaigns in different parts of the West Bank. Campaigns in Hebron have been described as violent and barbaric. Five Palestinians were told to show ....

Palestinian Foreign Ministry denounces Israel's all-out war on Jerusalem

Date: 2015-02-11 11:56:56 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:1942037

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the ferocious campaign launched by the Israeli government against East Jerusalem and its Christian and Islamic sanctities and the accelerated Judaization measures. The ministry in a statement ....

Libyan official: Plan to secure Tripoli after several security breaches

Date: 2015-02-11 11:56:11 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:1940269

Spokesman for the Joint Operations Room in Tripoli Essam El Naas said the general administration of the central security forces, police, criminal investigation and Tripoli security directorate were assigned to carry out Tripoli security plan. In ....

France closes embassy in Yemen, urges nationals to leave

Date: 2015-02-11 11:53:49 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:1942065

France on Wednesday announced closing its embassy in Yemen for security reasons and urged its nationals to leave the Arab-Asian country. The embassy, in an online message, urged all French nationals in Yemen to leave the country as soon as ....