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A ban on laptops on flights to US ended for Suadi airliners

Jul 19, 2017

A ban on laptops and other large electronic devices from the cabins of direct flights to the United States from Saudi Arabia has been lifted, Saudi Arabian Airlines said on Wednesday. In March, the United States imposed restrictions on…

China weighs in on Libyan crisis, calls for peaceful settlement of conflicts

Jul 19, 2017

China is willing to make joint efforts with regional partners to seek a political settlement in the Libyan crisis, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Wednesday, Xinhua reported.Wang made the remarks after talks with visiting…

Clashes between rebel groups in Syria’s Idlib leave fighters and civilians dead

Jul 19, 2017

Clashes between rival insurgent groups broke out in Syria's Idlib region in some of the heaviest fighting between Islamist factions which hold sway in the northwestern province, war monitors reported on Wednesday, Reuters reported.…

UNHCR wants to dissuade West African migrants from going to Libya

Jul 19, 2017

West Africa migrants and asylum-seekers must be dissuaded from going to Libya, the main point of departure for Europe but where they often face abuse and detention at the hands of traffickers, the United Nations said on Tuesday.The…

Salabi calls for elections laws before polls

Jul 19, 2017

The Libyan religious cleric Ali Salabi said Tuesday that before talking about elections, there must be an elections law in Libya that can regulate the process.Salabi added on Tuesday that in order for the road map of Al-Serraj to be…

Over a dozen Syrian rebels killed in fighting with Kurdish forces

Jul 19, 2017

More than a dozen Syrian rebel fighters have been killed in hit-and-run clashes in a Kurdish-controlled area of northeastern Syria near the border with Turkey, a monitoring group has said.The Turkish-backed fighters were locked in a…

GNA Prime Minister receives credentials of Sweden, Belgium ambassadors

Jul 19, 2017

The Head of the Presidential Council, Fayez Al-Serraj received Monday the credentials of Swedish and Belgian ambassadors, Fredrik Florén and Michel Tilemans in a row.The ceremony took place in the Red Castle Museum Building in…

Qatar seeks legal action against Gulf states’ blockade

Jul 19, 2017

Qatar has announced that it is considering legal action against four Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, demanding compensation for losses incurred owing to the ongoing blockade.Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani, Qatar's economy…

US-led airstrike kills several civilians in Syrai’s Dayr Al-Zawr

Jul 18, 2017

Several civilians have lost their lives when the US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group carried out a number of aerial attacks in Syria's troubled eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr.Informed sources,…

IS leader Al-Baghdadi still alive, top Kurdish official tells Reuters

Jul 17, 2017

A top Kurdish counter-terrorism official said on Monday he was 99 percent sure that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was alive and located south of the Syrian city of Raqqa, after reports that he had been killed, Reuters…

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