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  • UN Security Council slams deadly terrorist attack in southeast Yemen

    UN Security Council slams deadly terrorist attack in southeast Yemen

    Date: 2014-03-26 07:55:21 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:631167

    The UN Security Council has "strongly condemned" a deadly terrorist attack in southeastern Yemen, which killed 20 Yemeni soldiers. In a statement released to the press, the 15-nation UN body said: "any acts of terrorism are criminal and ....

  • Syria opposition troops seize Latakia point; Assad army denies

    Syria opposition troops seize Latakia point; Assad army denies

    Date: 2014-03-26 07:52:13 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:631157

    Syrian opposition militants captured on Wednesday a military point in Kasab town, Latakia countryside, at a time the Assad army is tying hard to repulse the attack. Video footage showed six fighters holding the black banner of the Ansar Al-Sham ....

  • Hamas ready to implement reconciliation agreement, says spokesman

    Hamas ready to implement reconciliation agreement, says spokesman

    Date: 2014-03-26 07:37:25 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:631119

    Hamas movement has expressed readiness to implement the Palestinian reconciliation agreement as it was signed. "We are ready to implement the reconciliation agreement as it was signed," said Hamas Spokesman Samy Abu-Zahry in a statement on ....

  • 35 killed, injured in Baghdad car bomb

    35 killed, injured in Baghdad car bomb

    Date: 2014-03-26 07:33:56 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:631113

    At least eight persons were killed while 27 others injured when a car bomb went off on a bridge in the northern part of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday. According to a security source, the car targeted a police checkpoint leaving number of people ....

  • 2 policemen injured in Bahrain blast

    2 policemen injured in Bahrain blast

    Date: 2014-03-26 07:32:33 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:631111

    Two policemen were injured in a blast that took place on a highway in Bahrain, said the Arab Gulf state's interior ministry on Tuesday. Sky News Arabia which aired the news gave no further details. ....

  • Hamas urges Arab leaders to act against Israeli blockade on Gaza

    Hamas urges Arab leaders to act against Israeli blockade on Gaza

    Date: 2014-03-26 06:51:31 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:631030

    Hamas government urged Arab leaders to translate their statements into actions that would immediately end the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip. In a press statement on Tuesday, the Gaza-based government stressed that the Arab leaders should ....

  • 2nd session of Arab summit kicks off in Kuwait

    2nd session of Arab summit kicks off in Kuwait

    Date: 2014-03-25 17:42:58 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:630571

    The second session of the 25th Arab summit hosted by Kuwait kicked off on Tuesday. During the opening session, Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jabir was handed over the presidency of the 25th Arab Summit from Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim ....

  • Bashir meets with Qatari emir, Tunisian president during Kuwait summit

    Bashir meets with Qatari emir, Tunisian president during Kuwait summit

    Date: 2014-03-25 15:48:24 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:630289

    On the sidelines of the 25th Arab summit in Kuwait, Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir met Tuesday with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani. The meeting took up the upcoming visit of the Qatari emir to Sudan,Sudanese Investment Minister ....

  • Hamas welcomes Qatari proposal to hold mini-summit on Palestinian reconciliation

    Hamas welcomes Qatari proposal to hold mini-summit on Palestinian reconciliation

    Date: 2014-03-25 15:31:18 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:630227

    The Palestinian movement Hamas on Tuesday welcomed a proposal by Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad during the Arab summit that kicked off in Kuwait, for holding a mini-Arab summit on inter-Palestinian reconciliation. Ezzat al-Rashq, a Hamas ....

  • Palestinians may turn to UN if Israel doesn't free last prisoners

    Palestinians may turn to UN if Israel doesn't free last prisoners

    Date: 2014-03-25 15:11:59 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:630172

    Five days before Israel is scheduled to release its fourth batch of security prisoners, Palestinian observers say they expect the Palestinian Authority to turn to the United Nations if Israel fails to adhere to the timetable, Haartez newspaper ....

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