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  • AL meeting to prepare for Arab participation in 2012 conference to render ME free of nuclear weapons

    AL meeting to prepare for Arab participation in 2012 conference to render ME free of nuclear weapons

    Date: 2014-02-16 14:34:00 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:558594

    The 24th meeting of the committee grouping senior officials started work at the Arab League (AL) on Sunday to prepare for an Arab participation in the delayed 2012 conference to render Middle East region free of nuclear arms and all weapons of mass ....

  • ISIL military commander, 2 assistants killed, 5 arrested in Anbar

    ISIL military commander, 2 assistants killed, 5 arrested in Anbar

    Date: 2014-02-16 14:32:25 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:558590

    Iraqi armed forces and special operations forces killed Sunday the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) military commander and two of his assistants, while five members of the group were arrested in an armed clash in southern Ramadi, the ....

  • Lebanese Army foils attempt to allow entry of booby-trapped car

    Lebanese Army foils attempt to allow entry of booby-trapped car

    Date: 2014-02-16 14:00:00 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:558501

    The Lebanese Army foiled on Sunday an attempt to allow the entry of a booby-trapped car into the country. Lebanese troops clashed with militants who tried to move the vehicle from Syria to Lebanon. The armed group left the car and fled the ....

  • 5 killed, injured in bomb blast northwestern Baghdad

    5 killed, injured in bomb blast northwestern Baghdad

    Date: 2014-02-16 12:44:28 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:558048

    Five Iraqis were killed and injured in a bomb explosion in Jakuk area, northwestern Baghdad, an Iraqi police source said Sunday. A bomb planted by unidentified people inside a bus wet off in Jakuk, killing a civilian and injuring at least four ....

  • Kuwaiti FM meets Arab League chief on summit preparations

    Kuwaiti FM meets Arab League chief on summit preparations

    Date: 2014-02-16 12:39:02 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:558297

    Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khalid al-Hamd al-Sabah discussed with Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi ongoing preparations for the 25th Arab summit to be held in March. Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah ....

  • Most Syrian rebels left Syria's Yarmuk

    Most Syrian rebels left Syria's Yarmuk

    Date: 2014-02-16 12:38:01 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:558291

    Most of the Syrian opposition fighters have withdrawn from Syria's Yarmouk camp, which has been suffering from a crippling blockade since eight months. The move came as part of an agreement signed with Palestinian factions. "Most of the gunmen ....

  • Zayani says combating corruption

    Zayani says combating corruption "responsibility" of all people

    Date: 2014-02-16 12:35:08 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:558281

    Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Abdul-Latif bin Rashid al-Zayani said that combating corruption is the responsibility of all people. This came in a statement by the secretary general of the GCC, ....

  • Emir of Kuwait receives Berri, Al-Arabi

    Emir of Kuwait receives Berri, Al-Arabi

    Date: 2014-02-16 12:32:18 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:558265

    Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jabir Al-Sabah received Sunday morning Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri as well as Secretary-General of the Arab League Nabil el-Arabi. Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Jabir Al-Sabah as well ....

  • Iran counter-terror initiative hailed by Lebanese official

    Iran counter-terror initiative hailed by Lebanese official

    Date: 2014-02-16 12:03:40 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:558196

    An Iranian initiative for countering terrorism in the region was praised by Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri on Sunday. Berri, who was addressing a meeting of the Parliamentary Union of the the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), ....

  • 200 trucks allowed into GS via Kerm Abu Salem crossing

    200 trucks allowed into GS via Kerm Abu Salem crossing

    Date: 2014-02-16 10:25:23 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:557946

    Israeli authorities decided on Sunday to reopen Karm Abu Salem commercial crossing in south-east Gaza to let in 200 trucks laden with goods to the commercial and agricultural sectors." Raed Fattouh, the head of the committee for the import of goods, ....

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