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The Saudi and French defense ministers discussed in Riyadh Sunday the delivery of military aid to Lebanon. French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian visited his Saudi counterpart Prince Salman bin Abdul-Aziz.
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January, 2015
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5 January
Hollande: sanctions on Russia could be lifted depending on Ukraine situation evolution
French President Francois Hollande said today that biting Western sanctions against Russia should be lifted if progress were made in resolving the Ukraine crisis. “I think the sanctions must stop now. They must be lifted if there is progress. If there is no progress the sanctions will remain,” he said during a wide-ranging …
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5 January
French President rules out intervention in Libya
French President Francois Hollande said today that France would not intervene unilaterally in Libya and urged the international community to take action to stem the deepening crisis in the country. “We are acting to contain terrorism in the south, but France will not intervene in Libya because it’s for the international community to …
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5 January
Egypt forms ‘crisis cell’ to release nationals kidnapped in Libya
A “crisis cell” to “secure the lives of Egyptians kidnapped in Libya” and work on their release was formed Monday, upon the orders of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. Over the past week, 20 Egyptians, all of them Christian, were kidnapped in two separate incidents. The crisis cell convened and discussed …
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December, 2014
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19 December
Algeria, Egypt relations on positive trend, says Egyptian ambassador to Algiers
The Algerian-Egyptian relations witness “substantial” and “very positive progress,” said Wednesday in Algiers, Egypt’s Ambassador Omar Ali Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Eich. In a statement to the press following the meeting he had with the President of the Republic, to whom he presented his credentials as an Ambassador, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary …
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19 December
Tunisia to deploy 36,000 troops to secure presidential runoff vote
The Tunisian army plans to deploy 36,000 troops to secure a presidential runoff vote slated for Sunday, a Defense Ministry spokesman has said. “Around 28,000 soldiers will be used to secure polling stations, while 8,000 others will be deployed in rapid reaction units,” Belhasan al-Waslati said.
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19 December
EU imposes additional sanctions on Crimea
The EU Thursday imposed substantial additional sanctions on investment, services and trade with Crimea and Sevastopol. “This is to reinforce the EU’s policy of not recognising their illegal annexation by Russia,” said an EU statement which came hours before EU leaders are to begin a summit in Brussels to discuss …
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19 December
Iraqi Kurdish PM will visit Turkey
The prime minister of Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Nechirvan Barzani, is set to arrive in Turkey on the night of Dec. 18, ahead of talks with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tanju Bilgiç has announced.
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19 December
Kurdish forces recapture ground in Iraq
Kurdish forces backed up by US-led warplanes have recaptured a large area in Iraq near the Syrian border in an offensive against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadists, a top US commander said Dec. 18. More than 50 air strikes in recent days by coalition aircraft “have …
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19 December
France, Algeria to increase security cooperation
Algerian Minister of Interior and Local Governments Tayeb Belaiz met his French counterpart Bernard Cazeneuve here on Thursday to discuss security cooperation. The discussions covered “all issues relating to security and training as well as the movement of people,” Algeria Press Service (APS) quoted Belaiz as saying after the meeting. …
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