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Pentagon announces $1 billion deal with Iraq
Date: 2014-05-15 07:53:52 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:722519
The Pentagon has cleared a nearly $1 billion package of aircraft trainers, surveillance aerostats and up-armored Humvees for the Iraqi military, CNN reported. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress Tuesday that the State ....
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Arab League regrets Brahimi resignation
Date: 2014-05-14 17:32:55 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:721924
The Arab League regretted the resignation of Lakhdar Brahimi, the Joint United Nations-Arab League Special Representative on the Syrian crisis. In a statement Wednesday, Arab League chief Nabil el-Arabi said that Brahimi exerted tireless efforts ....
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El-Araby, Fadwa Barghouthi meet on Palestinian prisoners issue
Date: 2014-05-14 14:50:25 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:721671
Arab League (AL) Secretary General Nabil el-Araby met on Wednesday with the wife of Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouthi. Lawyer Fadwa Barghouthi thanked al-Araby for his efforts and support of the International Campaign for the Freedom of ....
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Brahimi's resignation should not slow down inter-Syrian talks: Russian Deputy FM
Date: 2014-05-14 12:22:50 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:721236
UN-Arab League Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi's resignation was not unexpected for Russia, but it believes that this should not slow down the Geneva process of inter-Syrian negotiations, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said. ....
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Velayati: Syria victorious in international war against it
Date: 2014-05-14 09:54:10 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:720721
Advisor to the Supreme Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution, Ali Akbar Velayati stressed that Syria has become victorious in the international war waged against it by some Arab and neighboring countries, IRNA news agency reported. Velayati said ....
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RF circulates draft resolution at UNSC in support of political settlement in Syria
Date: 2014-05-14 07:34:12 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:720354
Russia has circulated a draft resolution at the UN Security Council in support of local truces and a political settlement in Syria, Vitaly Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation at the UN, told Itar-Tass on Tuesday after a ....
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Hague urges Syrian regime re-engaging in political process
Date: 2014-05-14 07:13:47 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:720308
UK Foreign Minister William Hague urged Tuesday the Syrian regime to re-engage in the political process and show sort of seriousness to reach a compromise among warring parties. "Although the Geneva II process is currently stalled, a negotiated ....
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Fatah, Hamas meet in Gaza to discuss forming unity gov't
Date: 2014-05-14 06:59:43 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:720287
Two delegations from the two Palestinian rivals Fattah and Hamas met Tuesday in the Gaza Strip to discuss forming a national unity government. Azzam al-Ahmad of Fatah's Central Committee led the Fatah delegation while Hamas leader Mussa Abu ....
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Syria: UN-Arab League envoy Brahimi resigns
Date: 2014-05-14 06:46:05 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:720262
Amidst an international community “hopelessly divided” over how to end more than three years of bloodshed in Syria, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday announced that he had regretfully accepted the resignation of Lakhdar Brahimi, the Joint ....
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MERS death toll rises to 152 in KSA
Date: 2014-05-13 17:25:51 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:719820
The Saudi Health Ministry has said that the death toll from the coronavirus in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) rose to 152 people. In a statement on Tuesday, the ministry added that 495 people were infected with the Middle East Respiratory ....