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New Mali militia leaves Timbuktu to 'avoid bloodbath' - Al-Arabiya
A car is also driving through town with the inscription 'Islamic police' in Arabic,” a person close to a Timbuktu imam said. Amid the chaos, Malian former foreign minister Tieble Drame warned that “ECOWAS and the international community must, ...
Blast in Bahrain's capital wounds four policemen - Al-Arabiya
A security source, who refused to be named, said the blast targeted security members patrolling the area. One resident told Reuters that three of the policemen appeared to be seriously wounded by the blast in Diraz, where there have been frequent ...
Saudi Arabia has never given 'one single arm' to Syrian opposition: source - Al-Arabiya
Saudi Arabia is keen on taking steps within the Gulf Cooperation Council or the Arab League,” said the source who asked to remain anonymous. “Everyone has to understand that the crisis is not a Saudi-Syria crisis; it is important that everyone ...
Syrian refugees return home to bury the dead - Al-Arabiya
A Turkish foreign minister, who refused to be named, said on Friday that the Syrian military has been mining the border to prevent the ongoing influx of refugees. In related news, at least 133 people have been killed on Saturday the military ...
Troops belonging to a fired Yemeni general force a Sana'a airport shutdown - Al-Arabiya
(File photo) By Al Arabiya with agencies The airport in Yemen's capital was shut down on Saturday after forces loyal to a sacked general close to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh surrounded it and threatened to shoot down planes, a source said.
Syria tells UN 'terror' attacks on rise as refugees brave mines to reach Turkey - Al-Arabiya
He declined to give his name. Activists said mining was concentrated on southerly parts of Turkey's border with Syria, from the town of Harem westwards to the coast. The flow of refugees to Turkish camps are swelling as violence in the bordering Idlib ...
Saleh threatens to pull loyalists from Yemen's cabinet - Al-Arabiya
(Reuters) By AFP Yemeni ministers loyal to veteran strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh, who quit as president last month under a hard-won transition deal, walked out of a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, sources close to Saleh's successor told AFP.
Bad weather to hit Morocco growth forecast - Al-Arabiya
The officials asked not to be identified because Finance and Economy Minister Nizar Baraka plans to present the 2012 draft budget to parliament on Thursday with the initial 4.2 percent GDP growth projection. “It's in the works,” one official told ...
Tuareg rebels take Mali garrison town, say sources - Al-Arabiya
By REUTERS Tuareg rebels seeking to carve out a desert homeland in Mali's north have taken control of the key garrison town of Tessalit following a weeks-long siege, rebel and military sources said on Sunday. Malian army units defending the town, ...
US and Israel agree to disagree on Iran - Al-Arabiya
Senior Obama administration officials said the talks at the White House left the two sides closer than they were a week ago. The Israelis walked away with prominent statements from Obama that he would not stand for containing a nuclear-armed Iran, ...
Hundreds of Yemeni soldiers protest, demand their army chiefs' ouster - Al-Arabiya
The official, who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity, said Colonel Ahmed Saleh Jueimlan was kidnapped on Wednesday by the militants in the southern coastal town of Shaqra while en route to his home village in the neighbouring province of Bayda.
Netanyahu to ask Obama for more than 'options on the table' over Iran - Al-Arabiya
A senior US official involved in the preparation for Netanyahu's visit to the United States, who asked not to be named, said that intensive preparations were underway to guarantee the success of the meeting between Netanyahu and Obama and to bridge ...
Romney, Santorum bid for right-wing in Michigan - Al-Arabiya
The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive security matters. Federal law allows candidates to seek protection if they meet a series of standards, including public prominence as measured by polls and fundraising.
Netanyahu freezes settlement, tells officials to stay mum on Iran ahead of US trip - Al-Arabiya
Speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, the official said Netanyahu made such requests “about ten times” in the past few years, following reports of assassinations of Iranian scientists and other apparent attacks on ...
Terror suspect arrested near US Capitol in an FBI sting operation - Al-Arabiya
They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record. There have been a number of undercover operations in the Washington, DC, area in recent years in which suspects thought they were plotting to carry out ...
Arab Ahwazi activist killed by Iranian securities after week in detention - Al-Arabiya
A relative of the victim, who refused to be named for security reasons, told Al Arabiya by phone that no charge was filed against Darafshan in a court and that his body bore marks of torture. The alleged extra-judicial killing, the relative said, ...
US urges Egypt to lift travel ban on Americans - Al-Arabiya
“We can confirm that a handful of US citizens have opted to stay in the embassy compound in Cairo while waiting for permission to depart Egypt,” a US State Department official told AFP on the condition of anonymity. Meanwhile, a high-ranking Egyptian ...
Shocking silence - Al-Arabiya
An influential member of one liberal Jewish organisation, who asked not to be identified, pointed his finger at the Republic Jewish Coalition, a political lobbying group that fervently supports Israel and the remaining Republican presidential ...
UAE Hormuz bypass pipeline faces more delay - Al-Arabiya
“Our impression is that the crude pipeline to Fujairah should be operational by August or September and crude sales will start then,” said a Dubai-based analyst who declined to be named. Iran remained defiant after the European Union this week agreed ...
From The Jordan Times: US drops reservations over Jordanian uranium enrichment - Al-Arabiya
A US diplomatic source close to the negotiations, who requested anonymity, said the administration of US President Barack Obama had reversed its stance demanding Jordan forego its right to uranium enrichment: a sticking point that has held up bilateral ...
No incentive for outside military intervention in Syria: League chief ... - Al-Arabiya
Sources, who insisted on anonymity, told Al Arabiya that the “Arab League won't send any more of its observers to Syria until situation is suitable for the observers to return." The three observers, two Kuwaitis and one UAE national, were injured ...
Karzai concerned over role in Afghan peace talks; US undecided on Gitmo release - Al-Arabiya
(Reuters) By AL ARABIYA WITH AFP Afghan President Hamid Karzai is concerned over being sidelined in US efforts to bring Taliban insurgents to the negotiating table, a government official said Thursday. “Any peace process without Afghanistan's ...
For the 1st time in more than a year, Mideast negotiators to meet in Jordan ... - Al-Arabiya
“The international Quartet has decided to hold a meeting bringing together its representatives and the Jordanian foreign minister, along with Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat and Israeli negotiator Yitzhak Molcho,” the source said. ...
South Sudan seeks food and farmland investments - Al-Arabiya
(File photo) By Reuters South Sudan hopes to attract investors from Gulf Arab states, Israel, China and fellow African countries to boost production of basic food items, a government official said on Thursday. Created in July after a 2005 peace ...
Bloody clashes between Egypt's protesters and military police overshadow vote ... - Al-Arabiya
“There are desperate attempts aiming to undermine Egypt's stability and drag the country into chaos, especially during the parliamentary elections,” the source said. Refused to comment on the clashes, Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri canceled all his ...