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pro-legitimacy forces advancing towards Taiz E.P

Houthis Muddled after Defeat in Taiz… FM Al-Mekhlafi: Approaching Sana’a

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Mar 13, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Cairo- Houthi and pro-Saleh (ousted Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh) were jumbled and in shock after their defeat in Taiz. The Insurgent militias had lost due to a swift unpredicted military action conducted by the National Army and Popular Resistance supported by...

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The Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir at the Arab foreign ministers meeting to elect a new secretary general of the Arab League in Cairo yesterday (AFP)

Aboul Gheit is Consensually Appointed as the Eighth Secretary General of the Arab League

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Mar 11, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

After hours of intensive talks and mediation, Arab foreign ministers agreed on the appointment of former Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit as the Secretary General of the Arab League and Nabil El-Araby’s successor during their meeting in Cairo yesterday. The...

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UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed and Frank-Walter Steinmeier during a joint press conference yesterday (EPA)

Gulf sources: A Comprehensive Dossier on Tehran’s Interventions Will be Presented Regionally and Internationally

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Mar 8, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Gulf diplomatic sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the GCC foreign ministers’ meeting scheduled to be held in Riyadh tomorrow will discuss vital issues relating to the protection of Arab national security and the preparation of a comprehensive dossier about...

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Salim Al-Jabouri: There Will Not be a Gulf – Iraqi Rift Like the Gulf – Lebanese One

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Feb 26, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

  The Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament Salim Al-Jabouri said that his country will always stand in solidarity with fellow Arab countries and that a rift like the one that has developed between the Gulf states and Lebanon will not develop between the Gulf states and...

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Nabil Elaraby, LAS Secretary-General

Morocco Will not Host 2016 Arab League Summit- FM Salaheddine Mezouar

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Feb 20, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Cairo- The League of Arab States (LAS) announced on Feb.20 that Nabil Elaraby LAS Secretary-General has received a phone call from Salaheddine Mezouar, Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, who expressed Morocco’s apology for not being able to host the Arab League...