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Acting US defense secretary arrives in Baghdad

Date: 2019-02-12 10:49:37 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7801071

Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday on a surprise visit, Al Sumaria news channel reported. Shanahan is expect to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi and commanders of US forces in Iraq. The ....

UN envoy leaves Sanaa, no outcome for talks with Houthis

Date: 2019-02-12 07:40:27 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7800683

UN envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths has departed from Yemen's capital Sanaa on Tuesday, and is set to visit Riyadh, Al-Arabiya reported. The UN envoy did not reach out to any outcome during his talks with Houthi leaders, added the all-news ....

AL chief meets Lebanese premier in Beirut

Date: 2019-02-11 17:06:55 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7800139

Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit said on Monday that the pan-Arab body will continue to support Lebanon's stability. Abul Gheit made the remarks during a meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri. During the meeting, Abul ....

Israeli forces kill two teens at Gaza border

Date: 2019-02-08 22:18:54 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:7795560

Two Palestinians, one of them a minor, were killed and 18 others injured on Friday as Israeli forces continued to attack the Great March of Return protests at Gaza-Israel border, WAFA quoted the Palestinian Ministry of Health as saying. The ....

Palestinian killed, 16 others injured by Israeli forces in eastern Gaza

Date: 2019-02-08 17:37:29 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:7795341

A Palestinian kid was killed, 16 others wounded by live ammunition and gas inhalation during Israeli forces' suppression of Palestinian peaceful marches in eastern Gaza Strip. According to local medical sources on Friday, Hassan Salby, 14, was ....

Syria, Russia discuss means to enhance bilateral relations

Date: 2019-02-07 18:56:24 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7794138

Minister of Presidential Affairs Mansour Azzam on Thursday met Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov in Moscow. Talks during the meeting dealt with the bilateral relations between Syria and Russia on different levels and means to enhance ....

Abul Gheit: socio-economic file referred to Arab summit should include feasible executive mechanisms

Date: 2019-02-07 11:12:53 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7793297

Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit said that the socio-economic file to be referred to Arab leaders during their summit meeting in Tunis in March should include a clearly-set road map outlining feasible executive mechanisms and ....

Syria says aid convoy of 133 trucks sent to Rukban Camp

Date: 2019-02-06 22:16:40 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7792681

A convoy of humanitarian aid has been delivered to tens of thousands of displaced Syrians at Al-Rukban Camp in al-Tanf area on the Syrian-Jordanian border. The delivery process was carried out by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) in cooperation ....

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, ....

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 ....