by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Sep 25, 2017 | Middle East
Cairo- Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit and UN chief Antonio Guterres have agreed to activate the cooperation agreement signed between the two organizations last year. Aboul Gheit met Guterres at the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly,...
by Sawsan Abu Husain and Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 23, 2017 | Middle East
Cairo, London and New York – United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed will commence a new round of consultations in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman aimed at finding the basis for resuming negotiations between the Yemeni government and Houthi...
by Sawsan Abu Husain and Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 14, 2017 | Middle East
Tunisia, Cairo- Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit said that an Egyptian military operation against Ethiopia is unlikely due to the ongoing discord on Addis Ababa building El Nahda Dam on Nile. During a lecture, Aboul Gheit showcased his two books...
by Bassam al-Qadi | Aug 31, 2016 | Middle East
Aden-Security forces in Aden carried out on Tuesday evening a series of raids at hideouts of suspected terrorist cells run by security and intelligence officials that are known for their support to ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The terrorist operations are...
by Eyad Abu Shakra | Mar 22, 2016 | Opinion
A few hours separated two events last week: the Arab League picked a new secretary general, and its foreign ministers labelled Hezbollah of Lebanon a terrorist organization. There is nothing untoward about the appointment of Egypt’s Ahmed Aboul-Gheit as new secretary...
