Arab world

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  • Moscow: US seeks forming armed opposition to impede Syrian peace process

    Date: 2018-01-26 08:26:25 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7211185

    MOSCOW, Jan 26 (MENA) - The Russian Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria said on Friday that the US is involved in the training and formation of a US-controlled armed opposition created from the defeated pro-Daesh forces. In a ....

  • 40 Houthis killed in airstrikes, clashes in Taiz

    Date: 2018-01-26 08:14:23 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:7211199

    ADEN, Jan 26 (MENA) - Forty Houthi militants were killed and dozens others injured in air raids launched by the Arab coalition warplanes and in clashes with Yemeni legitimate forces in Taiz province. Sky News channel carried the news on Friday, ....

  • 38 killed in clashes between Syrian forces, Daesh in Deir Ezzor

    Date: 2018-01-26 07:37:49 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7211178

    LONDON, Jan 26 (MENA) - The London- based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Friday that about 23 elements of the Syrian governmental forces were killed along with 15 others affiliated to Daesh terrorist group in clashes erupted ....

  • Mass grave found in Iraq's Mosul

    Date: 2018-01-25 21:03:30 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:7211012

    BAGHDAD, Jan 25 (MENA) - A security source in Nineveh province said Thursday that the Iraqi police found a mass grave in eastern Mosul. The mass grave contained the remains of young Iraqis who were executed by the terrorist Daesh militants in al ....

  • More than of 140 killed, injured in Turkish operation in Syria's Afrin, say activists

    Date: 2018-01-25 20:03:13 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:7210946

    DAMASCUS, Jan 25 (MENA) - More than 140 were killed and wounded in the Turkish "Olive Branch" military operation, which was launched Saturday in Afrin in northern Syria, Syrian activists said Thursday. The Turkish army shelled residential ....

  • Lebanese PM meets with Iraqi counterpart in Davos

    Date: 2018-01-25 17:21:31 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:7210853

    BEIRUT, Jan 25 (MENA) - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad El Hariri met with his Iraqi counterpart Haider Al Abadi on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos in Switzerland. A statement by the media office of the Lebanese prime minister on ....

  • Jordanian king says status of Jerusalem must be resolved to avoid ‘catastrophe’

    Date: 2018-01-25 16:06:40 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:7210657

    AMMAN, Jan 25 (MENA) - Jordan’s King Abdullah II told the World Economic Forum in Davos that Jerusalem “could be a city that brings us together or it could create aggression and violence that we haven’t seen before.” Abdullah told CNN’s Fareed ....

  • Iraqi PM, Saudi delegation discuss fostering bilateral coop. in Davos

    Date: 2018-01-25 13:57:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:7210296

    BAGHDAD, Jan 25 (MENA) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi has discussed in a meeting with a Saudi ministerial delegation ways of cementing bilateral cooperation between Baghdad and Riyadh, the Iraqi premier’s media office said in a statement on ....

  • Iraqi FM says Baghdad keen to develop ties with Nigeria

    Date: 2018-01-25 13:44:46 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:7210176

    BAGHDAD, Jan 25 (MENA) – Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Jaafari on Thursday asserted that his country is keen on developing relations with Nigeria and strengthening investment opportunities between the two countries, said a statement released by the ....

  • Car bomb explosion hits Kirkuk

    Date: 2018-01-25 07:49:18 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7209733

    BAGHDAD, Jan 25 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Iraqi Interior Ministry Saad Maan said that a car bomb explosion hit the northern Iraq province of Kirkuk, Alsumaria news channel reported. A booby-trapped car exploded near the shrine of Khader Elias in ....

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