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Abu El Gheit heads for UAE to partake in Arab digital economy conf.

Date: 2018-12-15 17:58:07 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7716225

Secretary-General of the Arab League (AL) Ahmed Abu El Gheit headed for Abu Dhabi to participate in the Arab digital economy conference, that will run on Sunday and Monday under the auspices of Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander ....

Several Palestinians injured by Israeli forces in West Bank clashes

Date: 2018-12-14 19:07:37 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7715072

Several Palestinians were injured by rubber-coated steel rounds and others suffocated from teargas, during clashes that erupted with Israeli forces at many points of friction across the occupied West Bank on Friday, according to local sources and ....

Syria's UN envoy: Syria determined to expel foreign invading forces

Date: 2018-12-14 17:33:55 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7714899

Syria’s Permanent Representative to the UN Bashar al Jaafari said Syria is determined today more than ever to combat the remaining terrorist groups in Idlib and other areas and to exercise its legal right of self-defense to expel all foreign ....

Israel detained 53 Palestinians and killed three in one night

Date: 2018-12-13 17:17:19 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7713721

The Israeli military forces detained 53 Palestinians in overnight raids across the West Bank and East Jerusalem on Thursday and killed three Palestinians in three separate incidents, WAFA quoted the Palestinian Prisoners Club as saying. It said ....

Arab League urges int'l pressures on Israel over Golan Heights

Date: 2018-12-13 13:58:35 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7713357

The Arab League has called on the United Nations Security Council to apply pressures on Israel, as an occupation power, to respect international resolutions including resolution 497 of 1981 which demands Israel to backtrack on its decision on ....

Kuwaiti minister hails robust ties with Egypt

Date: 2018-12-12 22:04:46 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7712409

Kuwaiti Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Mohammed Al Jabri praised on Wednesday the robust ties between Egypt and Kuwait under the current leaders of both countries. Jabri gave the statements before leaving on a ....

AL, AUC, OIC consider Joint mechanisms to back Palestinian cause

Date: 2018-12-12 17:59:59 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7712195

Arab League's Assistant Secretary General for the Occupied Palestinian and Arab Lands Saeed Abu Ali said that a concept paper among the pan-Arab body, the African Union Commission (AUC) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) was ....

Arab Parliament meeting kicks off

Date: 2018-12-11 09:56:07 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7709408

The general session of the Arab Parliament kicked off at the Arab League on Tuesday under its president Mashal bin Fahm al Salmi and Speaker of the Egyptian House of Representatives Ali Abel Aal. The meeting will take up issues related to joint ....

Israel closes Attara checkpoint in northern Ramallah

Date: 2018-12-11 07:40:26 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7709159

Israeli forces on Monday night closed Attara checkpoint in northern Ramallah in central the West Bank. Israel closed the checkpoint and fired flash bombs before storming into a number of shops and seizing surveillance cameras in them, ....

GCC summit announces Riyadh Declaration, voices support to Palestine, all Arab states

Date: 2018-12-09 21:57:15 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7707380

The Gulf summit asserted the importance of supporting the Palestinian cause and resolving the crises in Yemen and all Arab countries in a way that achieves stability and economic prosperity, Al Arabiya reported. The remarks came in Riyadh ....