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KUWAIT -- Minister of Information Mohammad Al-Jabri says the ministry has prepared programs to promote Kuwait 2035 vision for development -- including audio-visual programs, to be executed in cooperation with private media companies.

NEW YORK -- Kuwait is leading efforts at UNSC to highlight Middle East's most urging issues namely Syrian crisis and Palestinian cause, says Kuwait permanent delegate to UN Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi, who also reveals that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, for the first time, will partake in the council's meeting on the Palestinian cause Feb. 20.

AMMAN -- Jordan aborts a plot to smuggle terrorists, arms and narcotics via Trans-Arabian Pipeline (Tapline).

CAIRO -- Seven terrorists were killed while eight hideouts used by terror elements were destroyed by the army within the Comprehensive Military Operation of Sinai 2018, says a statement by the Egyptian Armed Forces.
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