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Jordan king meets US intellectuals, academics

Date: 2014-12-05 12:26:50 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:1476629

Jordanian King Abdullah II met here on Thursday with US intellectuals and academic figures and reviewed with them the latest developments in the Middle East and his vision on these issues, the Jordanian news agency Petra reported on Friday. The ....

Ex-Lebanese minister trial postponed to June 15

Date: 2014-12-05 12:19:03 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:1476589

A Lebanese military court postponed on Friday the trial of a former Lebanese minister to June 15. Lebanon's former information minister Michel Samaha is accused of attempted murder of religious and political figures and possession of unlicensed ....

France, Algeria discuss security issues in Sahel, Sahara region

Date: 2014-12-04 20:52:25 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:1474081

France's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development Laurent Fabius discussed Thursday with his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra political and security issues in the Sahel and Sahara region. France supports the Algerian ....

Preparatory meetings of new round of Arab Parliament launches in Cairo

Date: 2014-12-04 11:21:28 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:1469977

The preparatory meetings of the third session of the first legislative term of the Arab Parliament was launched on Thursday at the Arab League headquarters. In a press release, head of the parliament Ahmed Jawran said the meetings will discuss a ....

Daesh militants control parts of Deir ez-Zor airbase in Syria

Date: 2014-12-04 08:36:20 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:1468261

Daesh militants controlled parts of Deir ez-Zor military airport after blowing up a booby-trapped car at the airport entrance, Syria Live network reported. Fierce clashes between the Syrian army forces and the militants broke out after the ....

Arab-Russian cooperation forum starts in Khartoum

Date: 2014-12-03 12:07:28 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:1463353

The Arab-Russian cooperation forum kicked off here on Wednesday with the participation of Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and a number of Arab foreign ministers. Addressing the forum, Foreign ....

Israel lets in 480 trucks into Gaza Strip

Date: 2014-12-03 11:11:33 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:1462789

Israeli forces decided on Wednesday to allow 480 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 ....

1 killed, 17 injured in blast outside Iranian ambassador's residence in Sanaa

Date: 2014-12-03 09:52:34 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:1461993

A security man was killed and around 17 pedestrians were injured in a booby-trapped car explosion outside the residence of the Iranian ambassador in Sanaa. The ambassador was not at home at the time of the explosion. Security forces cordoned ....

3 civilians killed in attack northwest Baghdad

Date: 2014-12-03 09:51:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:1462057

Three civilians were killed in an armed attack in southern Tikrit, located some 160 kilometers northwest of Baghdad, Al-Sumariya TV Satellite reported. An Iraqi police source said unidentified gunmen opened machine gun fire at a vehicle carrying ....

Hamas: Netanyahu gov't collapse proof of resistance's victory in Gaza

Date: 2014-12-03 09:25:14 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:1461841

The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas considers the collapse of the Israeli government coalition led by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as proof of the victory of resistance in Gaza. In a brief statement on Wednesday, Hamas Spokesman ....