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  • Arab coalition issues 8 permits in 24 hours for vessels heading to Yemen

    Arab coalition issues 8 permits in 24 hours for vessels heading to Yemen

    Date: 2018-07-06 19:16:54 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:7476791

    The Arab coalition backing Yemen's legitimate government said that eight permits were issued for vessels heading to Yemeni ports, including a vessel to Hodeidah Port, within the past 24 hours, Al Arabiya news channel reported on Friday. In a ....

  • Houthis looted $6bn last year -- Foreign Ministry

    Houthis looted $6bn last year -- Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2018-07-06 12:32:27 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7476196

    The Yemeni Foreign Ministry revealed that Houthi militias have looted about six billion dollars over the past year. This is the total value of revenues that Houthi militias got from various Yemeni state institutions, including taxes, customs and ....

  • Houthi militias reject UN proposal to withdraw from Yemen's al Hodeidah

    Houthi militias reject UN proposal to withdraw from Yemen's al Hodeidah

    Date: 2018-07-06 09:13:48 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7475829

    Houthi militias refused Thursday a UN proposal to withdraw from the Yemeni city of al Hodeidah and its ports and hand over its administration to the UN, Al Arabiya Al Hadath news reported. The militias proposed that the city and its port would be ....

  • AL denies Saudi Arabia banned Syrians from performing Hajj

    AL denies Saudi Arabia banned Syrians from performing Hajj

    Date: 2018-07-05 19:45:25 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:7475470

    The Arab League denied on Thursday claims that Saudi Arabia has banned Syrians from performing Hajj (Greater Pilgrimage) this year. In a press release, Spokesman of the Arab League Secretary-General Mahmoud Afifi said that Saudi Arabia is ....

  • AL chief calls for immediate ceasefire in southwest Syria

    AL chief calls for immediate ceasefire in southwest Syria

    Date: 2018-07-05 18:14:35 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:7475387

    Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit has called for an immediate ceasefire in southwest Syria, his spokesman Mahmoud Afifi said in a statement on Thursday. Abul Gheit's call comes against the backdrop of the recent military ....

  • UAE: No action was taken to expel Qatari citizens

    UAE: No action was taken to expel Qatari citizens

    Date: 2018-07-05 09:13:41 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7474233

    The United Arab Emirates has affirmed that it has not issued any legal or administrative laws or orders relating to the expulsion of Qatari citizens from UAE territory since the announcement of the severing of relations with Qatar on June 5, ....

  • AL hosts meeting Wednesday over Arab archives in foreign, colonial countries

    AL hosts meeting Wednesday over Arab archives in foreign, colonial countries

    Date: 2018-07-03 16:50:52 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:7472004

    An Arab committee concerned with restoring Arab archives stolen by foreign and colonial countries will hold its third meeting at the Arab League headquarters Wednesday. The meeting will be organized by the department of information, documentation ....

  • 11 Palestinians arrested by Israeli forces in W. Bank

    11 Palestinians arrested by Israeli forces in W. Bank

    Date: 2018-07-03 09:10:11 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7470896

    Eleven Palestinian civilians were arrested at dawn Tuesday in different areas in the West Bank. Local sources said that two Palestinians from Dheisheh Refugee Camp were arrested in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. Two others were ....

  • Libyan navy says 63 missing in new Mediterranean shipwreck

    Libyan navy says 63 missing in new Mediterranean shipwreck

    Date: 2018-07-03 06:55:08 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7470670

    Sixty-three migrants are missing after the inflatable boat they were on sunk off the coast of Libya, Arab News quoted a spokesman for the country’s navy as having said Tuesday. General Ayoub Kacem said that 41 migrants wearing life jackets were ....

  • UN envoy to Yemen arrives in Sanaa for talks with Houthis on withdrawal from Hodeidah

    UN envoy to Yemen arrives in Sanaa for talks with Houthis on withdrawal from Hodeidah

    Date: 2018-07-02 12:33:44 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7469633

    UN Special Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths arrived in Sanaa on Monday for talks with Houthis about withdrawing from the strategic coastal city of Hodeidah, local sources said. The visit aims at delivering a message to the Houthis that they should ....

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