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Egypt FM says Houthis not for political solution in Yemen
Date: 2015-05-23 13:46:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:2648785
Houthis have shown no signs, so far, that they want to be part of a political solution to the crisis in Yemen, the Egyptian foreign minister has said. In an interview with Sky News channel, to be aired Sunday, Sameh Shoukry said the truce ....
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Egypt envoy meets Togolese, UN officials
Date: 2015-05-23 13:45:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:2648781
Egypt's Ambassador to Togo Karim Sherif met Saturday the director of the disarmament and peacekeeping administration of the Togolese Foreign Ministry and the director of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa. The ....
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Yemeni resistance says new strategy for moving from defensive to offensive
Date: 2015-05-23 13:43:41 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:2648761
Yemen's Southern Popular Resistance has been coordinating with Arab coalition forces on a new strategy to move from the defensive to offensive slot. The strategy also aims to transform the popular nature of the resistance to organized military ....
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Egypt chief of staff: Mechanisms of forming joint Arab force to be outlined before June 29
Date: 2015-05-23 11:40:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:2647781
Egyptian Chief of Staff Lt. General Mahmoud Hegazi has pressed for action to implement an Arab Summit resolution to form a joint Arab military force before June 29. The Arab Summit, which was held in Sharm el Sheikh late March, had endorsed the ....
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Egypt chief of staff condemns Qatif terrorist attack
Date: 2015-05-23 11:16:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:2647593
Egyptian Chief of Staff Lt. General Mahmoud Hegazi on Saturday condemned the terrorist attack that targeted a mosque in al Qatif city in Saudi Arabia on Friday and left scores of worshipers dead and injured. Speaking at the inauguration of a ....
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Daesh seeks to recruit Ramadi youth, popular committees engage in fighting against Daesh
Date: 2015-05-23 09:45:27 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:2646845
Daesh terrorist organization is seeking to recruit youths from Ramadi city, Anbar, in western Iraq, while troops from the popular committees (Al Hashd Al Shaabi) engaged in clashes with the organization. Security sources said military ....
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Egypt envoy to Kuwait offeres condolences over death of former speaker
Date: 2015-05-23 09:43:25 GMT - Kuwait - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:2646833
Egyptian Ambassador to Kuwait Abdel Kerim Seliman offered condolences over the demise of former Kuwaiti speaker of the National Assembly Jasim Mohammed al Kharafi. In exclusive statements to MENA correspondent in Kuwait, he said that Kharafi ....
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No extremists sneaked into Sudan from Libya – army
Date: 2015-05-23 09:40:55 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:2646785
The Sudanese army denied the infiltration of extremist religious groups of Daesh or Qaeda from the Libyan borders into Sudan. The Sudanese-Libyan borders are completely secured although major challenges have been facing joint forces from the two ....
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Meeting of Arab chiefs of staff kicks off in Cairo
Date: 2015-05-23 09:14:38 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:2646421
The second meeting of Arab chiefs of staff started in Cairo on Saturday under Egypt's Mahmoud Hegazi. The meeting, which is held at the Arab League General Secretariat, is attended by AL chief Nabil el Araby and his deputy, Ahmed bin ....
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1st trial session of Morsi, 24 others over insulting judiciary starts
Date: 2015-05-23 09:13:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:2646469
The first trial session of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and 24 others over charges of insulting Egypt’s judiciary started on Saturday before Cairo Criminal Court. Morsi is accused, alongside 24 other Brotherhood associates, Islamist figures, ....