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Hariri calls for swift political solution to Syrian crisis

Date: 2018-04-25 09:21:21 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:7368634

BEIRUT, April 25 (MENA) - Prime Minister Saad Hariri stressed the necessity of finding a political solution to the Syrian crisis as soon as possible. This came in statements on Wednesday following his arrival at the venue for the second ....

Targets heading towards Syria's Khmeimim destroyed

Date: 2018-04-24 21:59:24 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:112 - ID:7368357

MOSCOW, April 24 (MENA) - Russian air defenses have intercepted and destroyed several aerial targets heading towards the country's Khmeimim airbase in Syria late on Tuesday, Russia Today quoted a military spokesman as saying Tuesday. "After the ....

Arab coalition jets shell Houthi sites in Yemen's Saada

Date: 2018-04-24 18:35:00 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:98 - ID:7368095

SANAA, April 24 (MENA) – Arab coalition warplanes on Tuesday bombarded some Houthi sites in Saada province in Yemen, Sky News channel quoted local sources as saying. Also, the Arab coalition forces launched artillery and rocket attacks on various ....

Jordanian king receives Pakistani army chief

Date: 2018-04-24 16:35:31 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:85 - ID:7367753

AMMAN, April 24 (MENA) - Jordanian King Abdullah II on Tuesday received Pakistan's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lt. Gen. Zubair Mahmud Hayat and an accompanying delegation to discuss prospects of military cooperation between the two ....

Turkish warplanes hit border areas in Iraq's Dahuk

Date: 2018-04-24 16:35:11 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:7367815

BAGHDAD, April 24 (MENA) - Turkish warplanes hit several posts in northern Dahuk province on the border with Iraqi Kurdistan Region, Alsumaria News channel reported on Tuesday. The airstrikes lasted for an hour, Alsumaria channel said. Past ....

YEMAC chief: Over 500,000 mines planted by Houthis across Yemen

Date: 2018-04-24 14:52:17 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:7367636

SANAA, April 24 (MENA) - The Houthi militias have planted hundreds of thousands of mines before their withdrawal from the Yemeni cities over the past three years, according to Director of the Yemen Executive Mine Action Center (YEMAC), Amin al ....

Israeli settlement separated al Quds from West Bank - Palestinian official

Date: 2018-04-24 14:48:58 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:7367647

CAIRO, April 24 (MENA) - Head of the Palestinian National Committee against the Wall and Colonies Walid Assaf said the Israeli settlement has separated al Quds from the West Bank, noting that Tel Aviv seeks to expel Palestinians from their historic ....

Security operation starts in Ramadi to arrest Daesh elements

Date: 2018-04-24 13:41:25 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:7367004

BAGHDAD, April 24 (MENA) - A large-scale manhunt operation was launched in search of elements of Daesh terrorist group in southern al Ramadi province, Al Anbar Operations Command announced on Tuesday. In statements to Al Sumaria channel, ....

Dozens of Syrian army, Daesh killed in clashes in Damascus

Date: 2018-04-24 11:17:09 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:7367117

LONDON, April 24 (MENA) - At least 15 elements of the Syrian army and forces loyal to it along with 19 militants affiliated to Daesh terrorist group were killed in clashes between both sides in southern Damascus, according to the Syrian Observatory ....

Army targets operations rooms in Hajar Aswad in Ghouta

Date: 2018-04-24 11:01:29 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:7367001

DAMASCUS, April 24 (MENA) - Units of the Syrian army on Tuesday directed precise strikes to the operations’ rooms and fortified centers of the armed organizations in Hajar al Asawad in Ghouta suburban area in southwestern Syria, SANA reporter ....