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Explosives cache seized, criminals arrested in southern Baghdad
Date: 2017-12-23 12:06:27 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:7155013
BAGHDAD, Dec 23 (MENA) - A cache of explosive materials was seized and a number of wanted criminals in several cases were arrested in southern Baghdad, Baghdad operations command announced on Saturday. In a statement, the command said that ....
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Eight terrorists killed, arrested in Iraq
Date: 2017-12-23 10:58:55 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:7154961
BAGHDAD, Dec 23 (MENA) - Six terrorists were killed and another one was arrested near a village of Hammam al Alil region in southern Mosul, Commander of Nineveh Operations Maj. Gen. Najm al Jabouri said Saturday. “Iraqi troops backed by the ....
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Two civilians injured in terrorist shelling attack in Hama
Date: 2017-12-23 10:32:00 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:7154914
DAMASCUS, Dec 23 (MENA) - Two civilians were injured on Saturday when terrorist elements targeted with shells Maharda town, northern Hama, the Syrian Sana news agency reported. Terrorist groups, positioned in the northern countryside of Hama ....
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Syrian army retakes control over new areas in Damascus
Date: 2017-12-23 09:58:33 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:7154844
DAMASCUS, Dec 23 (MENA) - Syrian army units carried out on Saturday intensified operations on the hideouts of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in the village of Mugher al-Mir in the southwestern of Damascus countryside after regaining control over all ....
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32 Houthis killed in clashes with Yemeni forces in Jawf
Date: 2017-12-23 08:55:59 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:7154657
SANAA, Dec 23 (MENA) - At least 32 Houthi militants were killed during fights with Yemeni legitimate forces and airstrikes by Arab coalition jets in al Jawf governorate, Yemeni military sources said on Saturday. While 13 militants were killed by ....
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Houthis abducted 16,000 people since 2014: Rights group
Date: 2017-12-23 08:35:37 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:7154642
SANAA, Dec 23 (MENA) - Houthi militants have kidnapped nearly 16,000 people in Yemen between September 2014-July 2017, the Yemeni Coalition for Monitoring Human Rights Violations announced on Saturday. "The number of reported abduction cases by ....
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Arab coalition strikes kill 11 Houthis in Yemen
Date: 2017-12-23 07:47:56 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:7154633
SANAA, Dec 23 (MENA) - At least 11 Houthi militants were killed in an airstrike conducted by Arab coalition jets against military units in Yemen's western coast, Yemeni sources said on Saturday. "Sounds of explosions following the air raids were ....
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Russia hopes for joint work with US in fighting Jabhat Al-Nusra in Syria
Date: 2017-12-23 07:35:58 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7154636
MOSCOW, Dec 23 (MENA) - Russia hopes for joint work with the US in fighting Jabhat Al-Nusra in Syria, head of the Russian delegation to the talks on Syria in Astana, the Russian president's envoy on the Syrian settlement Alexander Lavrentyev told ....
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UN condemns Houthi missile attack on Saudi Arabia
Date: 2017-12-23 06:20:37 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7154543
NEW YORK, Dec 23 (MENA) - The UN Security Council condemned this week’s ballistic missile attack by Houthi militants in Yemen against Saudi Arabia’s capital “in the strongest possible terms", the Washington Post newspaper reported. A statement ....
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Al-Qaeda linked terrorist group busted in Tunisia
Date: 2017-12-22 21:38:20 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:7154468
TUNIS, Dec 22 (MENA) - A terrorist group affiliated with al-Qaeda was captured Friday, a statement by the Tunisian Interior Ministry reported. Nine terrorists linked to al-Qaeda were busted in Sousse, Kairouan and Manouba provinces, it added. ....