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  • 19 Houthis killed in clashes, raids in Taiz, Hudaydah: Yemeni sources

    Date: 2017-12-31 09:05:07 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:7167333

    ADEN, Dec 31 (MENA) - Nineteen Houthi militias were killed and 30 others injured in clashes and raids of the Arab coalition in Taiz and southern Hudaydah within the past 24 hours, Yemeni sources said on Sunday. Yemeni local sources said that ....

  • 115 bodies exhumed from mass grave in Syria's Raqqa

    Date: 2017-12-30 20:30:03 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:7167052

    DAMASCUS, Dec 30 (MENA) – Nearly 115 bodies were exhumed from one of the two mass graves discovered recently in Syria's Raqqa countryside, official SANA news agency reported on Saturday. The two mass graves contain the bodies of tens of military ....

  • Iraqi forces launch manhunt to arrest arms dealers in eastern Baghdad

    Date: 2017-12-30 16:02:47 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:7166739

    BAGHDAD, Dec 30 (MENA) - Iraqi security forces launched a manhunt in Moridi marketplace in eastern Baghdad to inspect arms dealers. Iraqi troops backed by Armed Forces carried out an inspection campaign on arms dealers in Moridi marketplace, ....

  • Yemeni forces recaptures Yetma district in Al Jawf Governorate

    Date: 2017-12-30 14:32:29 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:7166521

    ADEN, Dec 30 (MENA) – The legitimate Yemeni forces controlled Yetma district, Al Jawf Governorate, northern Yemen, military sources said Saturday. The move aims at disrupting Houthi militia’s supply lines between Al Jawf and Saada ....

  • Putin: Russia will help defend Syrian sovereignty

    Date: 2017-12-30 12:34:35 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:7166221

    MOSCOW, Dec 30 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will continue supporting Syria’s efforts to defend its sovereignty, the Kremlin said on Saturday. In a new year’s greeting to his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad, Putin ....

  • Three civilians injured in southern Baghdad bomb blast

    Date: 2017-12-30 12:33:41 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:7166181

    BAGHDAD, Dec 30 (MENA) - Three people were injured on Saturday when a bomb blast exploded in southwestern the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. An IED was planted on the roadside near some commercial stores in al Bayya, southwestern Baghdad went off, ....

  • Houthi leader killed during clashes in Yemen

    Date: 2017-12-30 12:33:04 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:7166310

    SANAA, Dec 30 (MENA) - The Houthi militias said that one of its leaders was killed in Hodeidah in western Yemen, adding that 80 Houthi elements were also killed either in clashes or raids by the Alliance in support of legitimacy in Yemen. The ....

  • Arab red crescent, red cross condemns attacking places of worship in Egypt

    Date: 2017-12-30 12:30:22 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:7166179

    RIYADH, Dec 30 (MENA) - The General Secretariat of the Organization of Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross Societies on Saturday denounced Friday's terrorist attack on Mar Mina Church in Cairo district of Helwan, which left several innocent people dead ....

  • Almost 40,000 dead in Syria in 2017: SOHR

    Date: 2017-12-30 10:15:51 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:7166019

    LONDON, Dec 30 (MENA) - About 40,000 people including more than 10,000 civilians were killed in Syria during 2017, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Saturday. The tally included 2,923 government soldiers and ....

  • Eight people killed in Syrian army bombardment on Ghouta

    Date: 2017-12-30 09:27:46 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:7165968

    LONDON, Dec 30 (MENA) - Eight people were killed and dozens others injured in a shelling launched by the Syrian forces on opposition-held areas in eastern Ghouta of Damascus, the London-Based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on ....

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