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Jan 18 22 tweets 11 min read
#BREAKING: Executive chairman of #WEF @ProfKlausSchwab commends #Israel president @Isaac_Herzog on his leadership and leading his country through crises
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#BREAKING: #Israel president @Isaac_Herzog says October 7 attacks by #Hamas resulted in the highest number of #Jews killed since the holocaust
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Oct 26, 2021 4 tweets 5 min read
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with Greece’s Prime Minister #KyriakosMitsotakis to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral relations
arab.news/g6br7 #BREAKING: Joint #Saudi-#Greek statement stresses need to enhance #defense and security cooperation, to raise the level, readiness and skill of their military forces through joint military exercises and drills
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Oct 26, 2021 34 tweets 30 min read
#BREAKING: We will work together to develop #Sudan, says Sudanese sovereign council head General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan: Al-Arabiya #BREAKING: It was our duty to stand with Sudanese people, says #Sudanese sovereign council head General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan: Al-Arabiya
Oct 26, 2021 7 tweets 7 min read
#BREAKING: #Sudan’s Burhan to hold a press conference today on latest developments in the country: Al Arabiya TV arab.news/jm99f #BREAKING: #Sudan’s Burhan issues six new decisions, including dissolving trade union management committees arab.news/jm99f
Oct 26, 2021 10 tweets 14 min read
Good morning from the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh, where global leaders and icons will gather for the @FIIKSA 5th Anniversary! Follow our live coverage.

#FII5 #ImpactOnHumanity

arabnews.com/fii2021 #FII5: Inside the conference hall of the @FIIKSA 5th anniversary. This year's theme is "Invest in Humanity."

The show is about to begin. Follow our coverage.

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Oct 25, 2021 39 tweets 42 min read
The #MGISummit is about to begin. Follow our live coverage of the event, where high-profile regional leaders gather in #Riyadh to discuss #climate action ahead of #COP26.

arabnews.com/SGI2021 #MGISummit: #Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, as well as #Jordan and and #Kuwait's crown princes, arrive at the venue. Pakistani PM @ImranKhanPTI also shows attendance.

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Oct 25, 2021 42 tweets 39 min read
#Sudan’s Prime Minister #AbdallaHamdok under house arrest, several cabinet officials and allies seized in apparent #powergrab arab.news/mtcf5 #BREAKING: #Khartoum airport shut amid reports of coup in #Sudan: Al-Arabiya arab.news/mtcf5
Oct 25, 2021 6 tweets 5 min read
#BREAKING: #Alhadath TV reports arrest of 4 Sudanese ministers and a member of #Sudan's sovereign council
arab.news/mtcf5 #BREAKING: One of those arrested was Ali Al-Rayh Al-Sanhouri, secretary-general of the Sudanese Baath Party, Al-Sharq reports, quoting unnamed sources arab.news/mtcf5
Oct 24, 2021 4 tweets 6 min read
Pakistan’s Prime Minister #ImranKhan and his accompanying delegation arrive in Saudi Arabia’s capital, #Riyadh, to attend the #MiddleEastGreenInitiative Summit @PTIofficial
arab.news/vesft ImageImage #PHOTOS: Chairman of Libya’s Presidential Council Mohamed Al-Menfi (@LPCLYM), and his accompanying delegation, arrive in #Riyadh to attend the #MiddleEastGreenInitiativeSummit
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Oct 24, 2021 5 tweets 7 min read
The #YouthGreenSummit starts today in #Riyadh, as part of the #SaudiGreenInitiative, with the attendance from #SaudiArabia's Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz Al-Saud

arabnews.com/sgi2021 Image #Saudi energy minister says he will not buy electric car, but #SaudiArabia will manufacture electric vehicles

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Sep 13, 2021 4 tweets 5 min read
#BREAKING: First Pakistani commercial flight lands at #Kabul airport: Al-Arabiya correspondent arab.news/4c82u #BREAKING: #Pakistan International Airlines commercial passenger flight takes off from #Kabul: Reuters witness arab.news/n9cps
Sep 12, 2021 4 tweets 5 min read
#WATCH: Arab News' Editor-in-Chief @FaisalJAbbas recounts vivid memories of the day when the #September11 attacks took place arab.news/8drqj #WATCH: Airport security, state surveillance, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, #September11 changed the world in so many ways, says Arab News Editor-in-Chief @FaisalJAbbas arab.news/8drqj
Sep 12, 2021 12 tweets 9 min read
#BREAKING: #SaudiArabia and #Austria press conference begins
arabnews.com/world #BREAKING: Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister affirms support for international efforts to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon
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Sep 12, 2021 5 tweets 5 min read
#BREAKING: #Israel PM calls on the international community to put a stop to #Iran's nuclear program, says Tehran is at advanced stage
arab.news/jtjdr #BREAKING: Iranian media says Tehran agrees to maintain surveillance cameras following talks with IAEA head Rafael Grossi
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Sep 12, 2021 5 tweets 7 min read
#September11 Spotlight: Ethnic & sectarian divisions in #Afghanistan & #Iraq were never something Americans or other Western powers could simply “fix,” writes David Romano | arab.news/c35bz #September11 Spotlight: After failures in #Afghanistan & #Iraq, banishing such grandiose policy goals as “nation-building” from #US imagination might prove wise, writes David Romano | arab.news/c35bz
Sep 12, 2021 5 tweets 7 min read
#Spotlight: Airline security measures changed the way people fly after #September11, but for #Arabs and #Muslims, racial & religious profiling became the norm | arab.news/5u8w9 #September11 Spotlight: Fear of #terrorism after 9/11 has led to the widespread acceptance of extensive & often intrusive security measures at airports | arab.news/5u8w9
Sep 11, 2021 5 tweets 5 min read
#BREAKING: Houthis target the port of Mocha with missiles and drones - Al-Arabiya
arabnews.com/tags/yemen #UPDATE: #Yemen’s Vice President: The #Houthi attack on the port of Mocha is a crime arab.news/mrj3m
Sep 11, 2021 4 tweets 6 min read
#September11: @suzanneplunkett captured this iconic photo of people running for cover as terror struck #NewYork city. 20 years on, she shares her story | arab.news/68kyt Image @suzanneplunkett #September11: “Suddenly, 9/11 woke me up. It made me question where I was from & why the world didn’t like Americans,” says 9/11 photojournalist @suzanneplunkett | arab.news/68kyt ImageImage
Sep 11, 2021 6 tweets 9 min read
#Spotlight: From the invasion of #Afghanistan & #Iraq, new #surveillance powers, to the opening of #Guantanamo, #September11 changed America | arab.news/bs3gk ImageImage #September11: The total cost of the post-9/11 wars in #Afghanistan & #Iraq is estimated at $6tn, making them the most expensive in US history | arab.news/bs3gk ImageImageImage
Sep 10, 2021 9 tweets 12 min read
#LIVE: Hans Grundberg delivers his first briefing to the Security Council in his capacity as new @UN Special Envoy for #Yemen (@OSE_Yemen) arab.news/46kz7 Image #LIVE: @OSE_Yemen: The epicenter of the military confrontation has shifted over time with combatants taking turns on the offensive. Since early 2020, the focus has been on the #Houthi's #Marib offensive in which thousands of #Yemenis have lost their lives arab.news/46kz7 Image
May 23, 2021 4 tweets 5 min read
As a #ceasefire took hold in #Gaza on Saturday, authorities began to count the cost of Israel’s 11-day war, which has resulted in at least 248 #Palestinian lives lost and hundreds wounded arab.news/83pv5 #Israeli bombardment destroyed nearly 17,000 homes and businesses, 53 schools, 4 hospitals, 4 mosques, and 50% of #Gaza water supply infrastructure arab.news/83pv5