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Published January 19, 2015

Secretary General of the Arab League Nabil Al-Araby, left, exchanges booklets with European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini after signing a cooperation agreement after a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. The European Union is calling for an anti-terror alliance with Arab countries to boost cooperation and information sharing in the wake of deadly attacks and arrests across Europe linked to foreign fighters. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)(The Associated Press)

BRUSSELS The European Union on Monday called for an anti-terror alliance with Arab countries to boost cooperation and information-sharing in the wake of deadly attacks and arrests across Europe.

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said the 28-nation bloc plans to deploy security attaches with certain delegations to promote better anti-terror contacts with authorities in countries in the Middle East, the Gulf and North Africa.

The EU also wants to help certain countries build the capacity to combat terrorism and improve inter-cultural understanding with Muslims, in part by developing Arabic language skills.

"We need an alliance. We need to strengthen our way of cooperating together," Mogherini told reporters as the bloc's foreign ministers met Brussels.

Some ministers emphasized the importance of working with Muslim countries, rather than blaming them for the problem of foreign fighters.

Muslim nations "will continue to be in the front line, and we have to work closely with them to protect both those countries and the European Union countries," British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said.

Mogherini and some ministers also urged the European parliament to move forward on sharing airline passenger information between EU countries.

Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said the police raids in his country last week to break up a suspected network of foreign fighters demonstrated that information-sharing is the key to success.

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Published January 19, 2015

EU Counter-Terrorism chief Gilles de Kerkhove, left, gestures while speaking with European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini, center, during a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. The European Union is calling for an anti-terror alliance with Arab countries to boost cooperation and information sharing in the wake of deadly attacks and arrests across Europe linked to foreign fighters. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)(The Associated Press)

European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini, center, speaks with Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom, right, during a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. The European Union is calling for an anti-terror alliance with Arab countries to boost cooperation and information sharing in the wake of deadly attacks and arrests across Europe linked to foreign fighters. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)(The Associated Press)

BRUSSELS The European Union foreign policy chief says the bloc is launching an appeal against last month's EU court ruling that ordered the Palestinian group Hamas removed from its terror list for technical reasons.

Federica Mogherini said Monday the council of ministers will challenge some of the court's finding and consider future action to avoid similar annulments.

Hamas was put on the EU terrorist list as part of broader measures to fight terrorism in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks and its funds were frozen. Hamas has long contested the classification.

An EU high court on Dec. 17 said the reason for listing it was based too much on media and Internet reports, and not enough on acts examined by competent authorities.

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By Bryan McManus ,AFP January20,2015,12:00amTWN

As Belgian troops patrolled the streets in the EU headquarters Brussels and other cities, the focus for the 28-nation European Union was how to prevent battle-hardened citizens returning home from the Syria and Iraq.

The Arab League's secretary general was at the talks, which are being held less than two weeks after three French gunmen who caused carnage in Paris claimed they were acting on behalf of al-Qaida and the Islamic State group.

EU foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini said: Terrorism and terrorist attacks are targeting most of all Muslims in the world so we need an alliance.

We need to strengthen our way of cooperating together, first of all with Arab countries but also internally, she told reporters. The threat is not only the one we faced in Paris but also spreading in many other parts of the world.

Arab League secretary general Nabil al-Arabi said that every country in the world is suffering from terrorism and recalled that the pan-Arab body had called in September for a global struggle.

It is not just a military or security issue, it covers the intellectual, cultural, media and religious spheres and that is what we are trying to get, he said.

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