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  • Saudi king calls for urgent AL, GCC summits

    Saudi king calls for urgent AL, GCC summits

    Date: 2019-05-18 23:15:03 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7946935

    Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Saturday called for urgent summits of the Arab League and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The summits are scheduled to be held on May 30 in Mecca, the Saudi Press Agency quoted an official source at ....

  • Syrian air defenses intercept 'hostile objects' from Quneitra

    Syrian air defenses intercept 'hostile objects' from Quneitra

    Date: 2019-05-17 21:56:52 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7945772

    The Syrian army’s air defenses on Friday night intercepted "hostile objects" that were fired from the direction of Quneitra, the state news agency SANA quoted a military source as saying. Some of the luminous objects were shot down, according to ....

  • Iraq resumes flights to Damascus

    Iraq resumes flights to Damascus

    Date: 2019-05-16 20:30:18 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7944676

    The Iraqi Airways will resume direct flights from Baghdad to Damascus International Airport after an eight-year hiatus. Spokesman for the Iraqi Airways Laith Abdel Karim al Rabii said the 1st flight of the Airways will be operated from Baghdad to ....

  • 10 civilians killed, 30 others injured by rocket strike near Aleppo

    10 civilians killed, 30 others injured by rocket strike near Aleppo

    Date: 2019-05-16 20:16:58 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7944659

    At least 10 civilians were killed and 30 wounded in Syria by a rocket strike on the Neirab camp for Palestinian refugees close to the city of Aleppo on Tuesday night, the United Nations said in a statement on Thursday. "As families gathered to ....

  • Israeli forces arrest 13 Palestinians from the West Bank

    Israeli forces arrest 13 Palestinians from the West Bank

    Date: 2019-05-14 10:07:30 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7940811

    Israeli forces arrested last night and early this morning 13 Palestinians from several areas in the occupied West Bank, WAFA news agency reported. Soldiers detained four Palestinians from Bethlehem, four others from Hebron, four more from ....

  • Jordan to host fresh talks on Yemen's Hodeidah Tuesday

    Jordan to host fresh talks on Yemen's Hodeidah Tuesday

    Date: 2019-05-14 07:17:29 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7940565

    Yemen's warring parties will start fresh talks in Jordan on Hodeidah Tuesday, Al Arabiya Al Hadath reported. The talks, sponsored by the UN special envoy, will focus on sharing out revenues from Hodeidah's three Red Sea ports of Saleef, Ras Isa ....

  • LNA downs pilotless aircraft of Tripoli government

    LNA downs pilotless aircraft of Tripoli government

    Date: 2019-05-14 07:14:05 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7940563

    The Libyan National Army (LNA), led by commander Khalifa Haftar, said it shot down a Tripoli government warplane in Jufra district in central Libya. In a statement aired by Al Arabiya al Hadath on Tuesday, the LNA general command said the ....

  • King Salman confers with GCC chief on mutual cooperation

    King Salman confers with GCC chief on mutual cooperation

    Date: 2019-05-13 14:52:46 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7940025

    Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz Al Saud conferred on Monday with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Chief Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani on a number of issues relevant to joint Gulf cooperation domains, the Saudi Press Agency reported. During ....

  • Iraqi FM starts official visit to Kuwait

    Iraqi FM starts official visit to Kuwait

    Date: 2019-05-11 20:23:54 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7937628

    Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed Alhakim arrived here Saturday on a two-day official visit to Kuwait. The top Iraqi diplomat leads his country's delegation to the 7th session of the joint Kuwaiti-Iraqi supreme committee hosted by Kuwait. Kuwaiti ....

  • One Palestinian killed, 32 others injured in Gaza border protests

    One Palestinian killed, 32 others injured in Gaza border protests

    Date: 2019-05-10 20:32:42 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7936590

    One Palestinian was killed and 32 others were injured by live bullets, including four children, when Israeli forces attacked hundreds of protesters taking part in the weekly Great March of Return rallies at the Gaza-Israel border, medical sources ....

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