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  • AL meeting to review its charter

    AL meeting to review its charter

    Date: 2014-05-18 14:32:46 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:728713

    A meeting was held Sunday at the Arab League (AL) for the working group tasked with reviewing the league's charter and ways of developing the Arab joint action. The meeting was headed by Ahmed Qattan, representative of Saudi Arabia to the ....

  • Lebanese PM to visit Saudi Arabia Monday

    Lebanese PM to visit Saudi Arabia Monday

    Date: 2014-05-18 14:00:55 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:728632

    Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam is scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia on Monday, Saudi Press Agency reported. It gave no further details. Meantime, the Lebanese News Agency quoted Saudi Ambassador in Beirut Ali Asiri as saying that Salam's ....

  • 8 killed, injured in mortar attack in Fallujah

    8 killed, injured in mortar attack in Fallujah

    Date: 2014-05-18 08:28:00 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:727835

    Four people were killed and four injured in a mortar shell attack on various residential areas of Fallujah in the Anbar province on Sunday. Fallujah Hospital received the eight casualties this morning, a medical source at the hospital ....

  • Syrian opposition leader asks for arms to face Syrian regime air forces

    Syrian opposition leader asks for arms to face Syrian regime air forces

    Date: 2014-05-18 07:20:33 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:727678

    Ahmad Jarba, head of the opposition Syrian National Coalition, has asked for the possession of all types of arms to enable the moderate opposition troops confront the Syrian regime troops. Interviewed by the French newspaper "Le Journal du ....

  • 350 trucks allowed into GS via Karm Abu Salem crossing

    350 trucks allowed into GS via Karm Abu Salem crossing

    Date: 2014-05-18 07:17:07 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:727675

    Israeli forces decided on Sunday to allow 350 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 ....

  • Quartet likely to acknowledge Palestinian gov't if Hamas not directly involved

    Quartet likely to acknowledge Palestinian gov't if Hamas not directly involved

    Date: 2014-05-18 07:02:43 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:727642

    The Quartet committee is likley to acknowledge the Palestinian national unity government if Hamas movement was not directly involved in its formation, Radio Israel reported, quoting Israeli political sources. The Quartet is expected soon to issue ....

  • Assad forces shell Hama, armed clashes reported in Deraa

    Assad forces shell Hama, armed clashes reported in Deraa

    Date: 2014-05-18 06:37:20 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:727602

    The Syrian army shelled a number of towns in Hama province on Sunday with armed clashes reported between the armed opposition and government forces in Deraa. The Assad forces used bomb barrels and cluster bombs in the attacks against Hama, Sky ....

  • Ensour voices hope over Egypt's presidential elections to restore Cairo's role

    Ensour voices hope over Egypt's presidential elections to restore Cairo's role

    Date: 2014-05-17 15:42:38 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:727011

    Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour on Saturday voiced hope that the coming presidential elections could be a step on Egypt’s restoring its important role in the Arab and Islamic nations. This came during the Jordanian premier’s meeting with ....

  • Livni expresses Israel's disapproval on Palestinian unity Gov't

    Livni expresses Israel's disapproval on Palestinian unity Gov't

    Date: 2014-05-17 12:22:25 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:726567

    Chief Israeli negotiator and former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni expressed Israel's disapproval on Abbas decision to form a unity government with Hamas, the Jerusalem Post reported Saturday. Livni made the remarks during a meeting with ....

  • 9 killed, 13 wounded in army shelling in Falluja

    9 killed, 13 wounded in army shelling in Falluja

    Date: 2014-05-17 11:08:43 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:726382

    As many as nine people were killed, and 13 others injured after Iraqi army shelled various places in Falluja of Al-Anbar province, western Baghdad, a medical source said. The shilling was by rockets and heavy artillery, the source ....

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