Abbas

/ ˈæbəs /

noun

1. Ferhat. 1899–1985, Algerian nationalist leader: joined the National Liberation Front (1956); president of the provisional government of the Algerian republic (1958–61)

Example Sentences

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that "no enrichment" was taking place at present because the sites were damaged in the Israel war and that the country had no undeclared uranium enrichment sites.

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During a visit to Beirut in May, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas agreed with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun that weapons in Lebanon's Palestinian refugee camps would be handed over to the Lebanese authorities.

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Iran's Minister of Energy, Abbas Ali Abadi, has warned the situation could soon force authorities to cut water supplies.

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For these detainees, "the lawyer is their only connection to the outside world," said Naji Abbas of Physicians for Human Rights.

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"It takes months to get an appointment. We visit them but we have a lot of difficulties," said Abbas, adding that such visits often lasted less than half an hour.

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