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Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemns int'l silence at Israeli crimes in Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2018-11-21 10:36:23 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7679650

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned on Wednesday Israeli plans to enact new laws aiming at increasing settlement activities near Al Aqsa Mosque. In a statement, the ministry warned that the amendment to the National Parks law will open the ....

Qarqash: S.Arabia, UAE commitment to helping Yemen "historic"

Date: 2018-11-21 08:00:18 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7679313

UAE State Minister for Foreign Affairs Anwar Qarqash asserted that Saudi Arabia and UAE commitment to assisting Yemen and its people is a "historic" step. On his Twitter account, Qarqash said the Saudi-UAE supplies program aims at meeting the ....

Arab armed forces training authorities probe ways to counter UW

Date: 2018-11-18 22:57:23 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7676159

Heads of the Arab armed forces training authorities convened their 23rd seminar at the Arab League General Secretariat Sunday to discuss ways to counter unconventional warfare (UW). Assistant AL Secretary General Khalil Ibrahim al Zawawi said ....

Iraqi president arrives in Riyadh

Date: 2018-11-18 22:55:37 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7676158

Iraqi President Barham Saleh arrived in Riyadh Sunday on an official visit to Saudi Arabia. Governor of Riyadh Region Prince Faisal bin Bandar Al Saud received Saleh at King Khaled airport. ....

Bodies of 22 Gaddafi regime soldiers found in Libya mass grave

Date: 2018-11-16 21:23:55 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7673380

The Libyan Red Crescent on Friday said it recovered the bodies of 22 soldiers of the Gaddafi regime, who were killed in 2011. The troops were shot killed by Qaeda militants in their military camp in Derna, it added. ....

Absentee funeral prayer held in Saudi Arabia for Khashoggi

Date: 2018-11-16 19:54:05 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7673345

Funeral prayers in absentia were held on Friday for late Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Great Mosque of Mecca following Friday prayer, the Saudi news agency reported. Worshipers also performed absentee funeral prayer for Khashoggi in ....

Saudi public prosecution reveals results of probe into Khashoggi's killing

Date: 2018-11-15 21:19:50 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:7672247

The Saudi Public Prosecution on Thursday announced the results of investigations conducted with 21 suspects into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. In statements carried by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the prosecution revealed that ....

Egypt to continue efforts to reach cooling off in Gaza Strip

Date: 2018-11-15 21:18:00 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7672242

Egypt stressed on Thursday that it will continue strenuous efforts to cool off conditions in the Gaza Strip following two days of fierce fighting. Addressing a meeting by the Arab League council on the Israeli aggression on Gaza, Egypt's delegate ....

More displaced Syrians head back home from Lebanon

Date: 2018-11-15 16:27:02 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7671900

New batches of displaced Syrians coming from Lebanon, arrived in the Syrian territories on Thursday morning via the crossings of al-Dabbousyia, al-Zamrani and Jdeidet Yabous, SANA News Agency reported. The return of the displaced was the result ....

Arab Shield-1 troops train on storming terrorist hotbed in residential area

Date: 2018-11-14 21:13:53 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:7670571

The Arab troops participating in the Arab Shield-1 drills carried out Wednesday a training on breaking into an armed terrorist safe haven located in a residential area. The training included paratroopers, sappers, commandos, as well as other ....