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Six-nation Red Wave-1 naval drills concluded
Date: 2019-01-05 20:31:26 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7744433
The Red Wave-1 naval drills were concluded in the Saudi territorial waters on Saturday. Along with Egypt, the participants included naval units from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Djibouti, Sudan and Yemen. The drills included forming sailing ....
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UN envoy arrives in Yemen to push Hodeida truce
Date: 2019-01-05 19:50:20 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7744407
The UN envoy for Yemen arrived in the capital Sanaa on Saturday for talks to shore up a ceasefire in the country's lifeline port city of Hodeida, France 24 reported. Martin Griffiths is scheduled to hold talks in Sanaa with Houthi rebel leaders ....
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Abul-Gheit, Tunisia FM probe Arab summit preparations
Date: 2019-01-05 18:32:29 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7744338
Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Abul-Gheit met on Saturday with Foreign Minister of Tunisia Khemaies Jhinaoui, who is currently visiting Cairo. They discussed the ongoing preparations between the General Secretariat of the Arab League ....
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UAE minister: Qatar's possible failure to host World Cup confirms countries' need for neighbors
Date: 2019-01-04 13:02:42 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7742783
UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said the ongoing discussions about Qatar's possible failure to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup without its neighbors' assistance confirm the countries' need for their neighbors. Gargash said on ....
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Around 1,700 refugees returned to Syria in 24 hours - Russian Military
Date: 2019-01-03 16:30:15 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7741941
About 1,1700 Syrian refugees from abroad have returned to their home country over the past 24 hours, Sputnik News Agency has quoted the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for the Reception, Allocation and Accommodation of Refugees as saying. "Over ....
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Putin, Macron discuss Syria issue, Ukrainian crisis
Date: 2019-01-02 22:32:03 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:7740808
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron have held a telephone conversation, discussing the Syria issue, the Kremlin press service said in a statement carried by Tass on Wednesday. According to the statement, ....
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Syrian army expands military operations in Hama countryside
Date: 2019-01-02 22:25:28 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7740805
Syrian army units broadened the scale of military operations against terrorist groups and thwarted their attempts of infiltration in the northern countryside of Hama, said SANA. Army units positioned in the northwestern countryside of Mhardeh ....
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Israel arrests 6 Palestinians from West Bank, Gaza
Date: 2019-01-01 16:37:47 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7739248
Israeli occupation forces arrested on Tuesday six Palestinians including four from the West Bank. According to reports, the occupation forces nabbed three Palestinians in Hebron and one in Tubas. The forces also scooped up agricultural lands ....
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Iraqi forces dismantle 6 explosive charges
Date: 2018-12-30 19:05:24 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:7736935
Iraqi security forces defused on Sunday six explosive charges and arrested nine wanted persons in Samarra. The Iraqi troops in Samarra operation command dismantled six locally-manufactured explosive charges, Iraq Al Ekhbariya channel quoted a ....
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Palestine urged int'l probe on Israeli excavations under Aqsa
Date: 2018-12-30 16:39:39 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7736511
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday strongly condemned excavations carried out by the Israeli occupation forces and settlement organizations around the clock in the vicinity of Al Aqsa Mosque, its surroundings and the town of ....