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Dozens of Yemenis flee Houthi shelling in Hudaydah
Date: 2019-02-06 21:05:32 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7792660
A Houthi random shelling forced dozens of Yemeni residents to flee their homes in mountainous area at Tuhayat District in Al Hudaydah governorate, Al-Arabiya television reported on Wednesday. The fresh Houthi attack breached a declared truce, ....
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AL lauds Spanish firm's rejection of Israeli rail tender
Date: 2019-02-06 18:47:18 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7792551
Arab League (AL) Assistant Secretary General for Palestinian and Occupied Arab Territories Affairs Saeed Abu Ali lauded a Spanish company’s decision to reject an Israeli tender to build part of the Jerusalem railway. In press statements ....
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Republican senators break with Trump on Afghanistan, Syria withdrawal
Date: 2019-02-05 07:34:03 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7789536
The Republican-controlled US Senate voted to oppose the withdrawal of US troops from Syria and Afghanistan, breaking with US President Donald Trump as he calls for a military drawdown in both countries. Senators voted 70-26 for the amendment ....
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UAE VP grants Azhar imam, Vatican pope human fraternity prize
Date: 2019-02-05 06:18:13 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7789447
UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum granted on Monday Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb and Pope Francis of the Vatican the first-of-its-kind prize of human fraternity. Addressing a ceremony ....
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Disabled Palestinian beaten, detained in western Bethlehem
Date: 2019-02-03 20:47:14 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7787742
The Israeli forces detained on Sunday a disabled Palestinian after beating him in western Bethlehem. In statements, Deputy Mayor of Nahalin Hani Fannun said that Ibrahim Ali Fannun, who has an amputated leg, attempted to help a young man nabbed ....
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3 Libyan army personnel killed in Chadian opposition attack in Sabha
Date: 2019-02-01 22:06:51 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7785039
Three Libyan army personnel were killed and another one was wounded in an armed attack by Chadian opposition militants in Ghadduwah town, southern Sabha, according to a local military source on Friday. The source said that violent clashes flared ....
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6 killed, injured in bomb blast in Iraq's Saladin
Date: 2019-02-01 22:05:40 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7785038
Two children were killed and four other people wounded in a bomb blast in a village in Saladin Governorate in Iraq, the Iraqi Health Ministry said on Friday. In a statement quoted by the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA), the ministry stated ....
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Security experts highlight key role of soft power in combating terrorism
Date: 2019-01-31 23:25:00 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7783867
Security expert at the Arab League's Interior Ministers Council Ahmed bin Hassan Al-Sarra called on countries to use soft power through their religious, educational and cultural institutions to counter the extremist thoughts with an aim of ....
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Interior Minister, Japanese ambassador discuss bilateral ties
Date: 2019-01-31 23:22:27 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:7783865
Tunisian Interior Minister Hisham El-Fraty discussed on Thursday with the Japanese Ambassador to Tunisia ways to boost bilateral ties and enhancing cooperation in the security field. The two officials reviewed during their meeting at the ....
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Arab ministerial meeting wraps up in Jordan
Date: 2019-01-31 23:20:21 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7783863
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ayman Safadi, said the consultative meeting of the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Egypt, as well as Jordan, on Thursday focused on exchanging views on ....