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  • 350 trucks allowed into Gaza Strip

    350 trucks allowed into Gaza Strip

    Date: 2015-02-11 10:09:18 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:1940921

    Israeli forces decided on Wednesday to allow 350 trucks into the Gaza Strip via Karm Abu Salem crossing. The trucks are loaded with goods for the commercial and agricultural sectors as well as aid supplies, said Raed Fattouh, the Chairman of the ....

  • Quartet statement not up to expectations level: Palestinian Foreign Ministry

    Quartet statement not up to expectations level: Palestinian Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2015-02-10 18:10:05 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:1937885

    The recent statement of the Quartet was not up to the expectations of Palestinians especially in the aftermath of the difficult situation in Palestine due to the economic siege, according to a statement of the Palestinian Foreign Ministry. The ....

  • Kuwait reiterates commitment to anti-terror UNSC resolutions

    Kuwait reiterates commitment to anti-terror UNSC resolutions

    Date: 2015-02-10 18:00:08 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:1937813

    Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on Tuesday reaffirmed Kuwait's commitment to UN Security Council Resolutions 2170 and 2178 on the fight against terrorism. The minister made the ....

  • Hanyieh lauds S. Africa's stand supporting Palestine

    Hanyieh lauds S. Africa's stand supporting Palestine

    Date: 2015-02-10 17:28:42 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:1937653

    Deputy Chairman of Hamas's Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh lauded role of South Africa in supporting the Palestinians. Haniyeh received the South African ambassador to Palestine Tuesday and reviewed together the political and humanitarian ....

  • 5 civilians injured in Yemen blast

    5 civilians injured in Yemen blast

    Date: 2015-02-10 16:21:52 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:1935589

    A bomb went off on Tuesday, injuring five civilians, including a woman in the Yemeni city of Hadramout. Al-Qaeda-linked militant is believed to be behind the attack. Houthi militants, backed by forces of the Yemeni army, on Tuesday regained ....

  • GCC official meets head of International Peace Institute

    GCC official meets head of International Peace Institute

    Date: 2015-02-10 16:13:28 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:1937053

    GCC Secretary General Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani held a meeting on Tuesday with Terje Rod Larsen, the head of the International Peace Institute to discuss promoting cooperation. Larson briefed Zayani on plans and projects of the ....

  • Iraqi govt endorses bill on confiscation of assets of leaders of Saddam Hussein regime

    Iraqi govt endorses bill on confiscation of assets of leaders of Saddam Hussein regime

    Date: 2015-02-10 16:02:06 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:1936945

    The Iraqi government has endorsed a draft-law on the confiscation of assets of leaders of Iraq’s former regime of Saddam Hussein. A statement by the media office said on Tuesday the government will inform the house of representatives about its ....

  • Jordan use all potentials to combat terror, extremism: Jordanian interior min.

    Jordan use all potentials to combat terror, extremism: Jordanian interior min.

    Date: 2015-02-10 15:55:15 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:1936913

    Jordanian Interior Minister Hussein al-Majali asserted that Jordan used all its human, financial and technical potentials to combat and eradicate terrorism and extremism. This came during Majali’s meeting with the visiting head of the Czech ....

  • Arab summit will take up regional developments

    Arab summit will take up regional developments

    Date: 2015-02-10 15:38:31 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:1936385

    The ongoing developments in the Arab region will be discussed by the upcoming Arab summit, said Arab League (AL) Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi. "It will be an exceptional summit, given the current developments in the region," he told reporters ....

  • UN calls for ending Gaza siege

    UN calls for ending Gaza siege

    Date: 2015-02-10 15:36:32 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:1936761

    United Nations' Coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs in the occupied Palestinian Territories James Rowley has called for lifting the siege on the Gaza Strip. Speaking at a press conference in the war-ravaged enclave on Tuesday, Rowley said the ....

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