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  • Free Syrian army resists regime's attempts to progress in Syrian desert

    Free Syrian army resists regime's attempts to progress in Syrian desert

    Date: 2017-08-29 15:30:00 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:6967993

    The Free Syrian army thwarted three attempts for regime forces to progress in districts in the Syrian desert near eastern As Suwayda countryside, Syrian military sources, quoted by Sky News channel, said Tuesday. The sources added that both ....

  • Egypt voices concern over escalation in Korean peninsula

    Egypt voices concern over escalation in Korean peninsula

    Date: 2017-08-29 15:13:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:6967969

    The Foreign Ministry has expressed Egypt' grave concern over escalation in the Korean peninsula after North Korea fired a missile over Japan's territories. In a statement Tuesday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid called for abiding by ....

  • UAE CP, Russian FM hold talks on relations, regional issues

    UAE CP, Russian FM hold talks on relations, regional issues

    Date: 2017-08-29 14:55:19 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:6967909

    Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al Nuhayyan on Tuesday held talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, now visiting here. The talks took up means of promoting bilateral relations in several fields, according to the UAE ....

  • Pope Tawadros leaves Japan for Australia

    Pope Tawadros leaves Japan for Australia

    Date: 2017-08-29 14:52:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:6967940

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese left Japan Tuesday for Australia. Australia will be the pope's second stop in his tour and his first visit to the country. There, he will attend the inauguration of new ....

  • AL chief slams statements by Israeli PM on settlements

    AL chief slams statements by Israeli PM on settlements

    Date: 2017-08-29 14:41:20 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:6967934

    Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit has denounced recent statements by the Israeli premier in which he said that the Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian lands would remain forever. Benjamin Netanyahu is proving he is against ....

  • China welcomes visit by Sisi next month -- Ambassador

    China welcomes visit by Sisi next month -- Ambassador

    Date: 2017-08-29 14:39:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:6967916

    Chinese Ambassador here Song Aiguo on Tuesday asserted that his country welcomes an anticipated visit by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to China early next month. President Sisi is visiting China at an invitation from his Chinese counterpart to ....

  • Sisi praises level of relations, strategic partnership with China

    Sisi praises level of relations, strategic partnership with China

    Date: 2017-08-29 14:33:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:6967883

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has given an interview to some Chinese media outlets and newspapers on the occasion of his anticipated visit to China to take part in the BRICS summit. In the interview, the president praised the level of relations ....

  • Merkel calls on Turkey to release German citizens

    Merkel calls on Turkey to release German citizens

    Date: 2017-08-29 13:46:45 GMT - Germany - International - SN:21 - ID:6967797

    Chancellor Angela Merkel called on the Turkish government to release 10 Germans arrested in the last summer, after the military coup attempt. Turkey has arrested 10 Germans in recent months on charges the German government considers ....

  • EGX shuts on mixed note, benchmark up 1.4%

    EGX shuts on mixed note, benchmark up 1.4%

    Date: 2017-08-29 13:36:11 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:20 - ID:6967771

    The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes showed mixed performance at the close of Tuesday's trading. The market capital gained about EGP 5.4 billion, reaching EGP 699.3 billion. The EGX 30 benchmark index upped 1.4 percent, closing at 13,195.34 ....

  • Russian Center for Reconciliation: Homs-Hama highway opens for humanitarian convoys in Syria

    Russian Center for Reconciliation: Homs-Hama highway opens for humanitarian convoys in Syria

    Date: 2017-08-29 13:35:50 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:6967754

    The Center for Reconciliation of the opposing sides in Syria agreed to open the Homs-Hama highway after talks with the armed opposition, Head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the opposing sides in Syria Alexandr Vyaznikov said, TASS news ....

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