Arab world

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  • Int'l alliance forces strike 12 Daesh targets in Syria

    Date: 2018-01-27 09:26:04 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:7212648

    WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (MENA) - US-led coalition warplanes launched six airstrikes against targets of Daesh terrorist group in al Bukamal city in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, the US army announced on Saturday. According to Al Hurra news ....

  • Car bomb explosion hits Iraqi Tuz Khurmatu city

    Date: 2018-01-27 08:28:24 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7212591

    BAGHDAD, Jan 27 (MENA) - A booby-trapped car exploded near the outskirts of Tuz Khurmatu city, with no casualties reported, Vice-Chairman of the Tuz Khurmatu council of Saladin Province Ali al Hussainy said on Saturday. Hussainy told AlSumaria ....

  • 9 killed, wounded in US helicopter attack in Ramadi

    Date: 2018-01-27 07:04:07 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7212501

    BAGHDAD, Jan 27 (MENA) - A US helicopter has killed three persons and injured six more in Ramadi province of Iraq, a security source said. The US helicopter shelled a number of civilian and police cars that were part of a convoy of director of al ....

  • Yahsat confirms launch of UAE's Al Yah 3 mission

    Date: 2018-01-26 22:57:44 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:7212417

    DUBAI, Jan 26 (MENA) - Yahsat, a leading global satellite operator based in the UAE, has confirmed the launch of Al Yah 3, the third satellite in the company's fleet, WAM reported Friday. The launch is a key milestone in Yahsat’s strategy to ....

  • Arab Group at UN urges int'l rejection of Israeli unilateral actions

    Date: 2018-01-26 21:51:18 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:7212383

    NEW YORK, Jan 26 (MENA) - The Arab Group at the United Nations has called on the international community not to recognize any unilateral actions that threaten a two-state solution. The group also urged intensifying all international and regional ....

  • Syria's regime, opposition reach ceasefire in eastern Ghouta

    Date: 2018-01-26 20:24:46 GMT - Austria - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:7212333

    VIENNA, Jan 26 (MENA) - Syria's regime and the opposition have reached a ceasefire in eastern Ghouta at their peace talks in Vienna, Syrian sources were quoted by Al-Arabiya television as saying on Friday. The ceasefire will start at midnight ....

  • Egyptian worker dead in Amman wall collapse

    Date: 2018-01-26 17:59:26 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:7212152

    AMMAN, Jan 26 (MENA) - An Egyptian worker was killed and a local was wounded on Friday when a wall collapsed due to rain waters in Ras El Ain district in Amman. The body of the man, yet to be identified, has been recovered from the debris, said ....

  • Syria opposition yet to decide whether to take part in Sochi talks

    Date: 2018-01-26 16:13:16 GMT - Austria - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:7212041

    VIENNA, Jan 26 (MENA) - The Syrian opposition has not decided yet whether to attend peace negotiations slated in Russia next week, according to a spokesman. Yahya al-Aridi’s remarks came as negotiators settled in for a long, final day at separate ....

  • Putin has no plans to attend Syria peace congress: Kremlin

    Date: 2018-01-26 12:41:33 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:7211624

    MOSCOW, Jan 26 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin had no plans to meet with the Congress participants if the Sochi meeting was a success, TASS news agency quoted Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying. "There are no such plans now, you ....

  • Four civilians injured in blast in northern Baghdad

    Date: 2018-01-26 11:26:38 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:7211458

    BAGHDAD, Jan 26 (MENA) - Four civilians were wounded when an explosive device went off in northern Baghdad, an Iraqi police source said on Friday. The explosive device was planted on the roadside of the outskirts of el Tagi district in northern ....

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