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19 Houthis killed in Saudi-led Arab coalition airstrikes in Yemen

Date: 2017-12-16 19:03:31 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:7143847

ADEN, Dec 16 (MENA) - At least 19 Houthi rebels were killed Saturday in Saudi-led Arab coalition airstrikes in Yemen, Sky News Arabia reported. The raids targeted the rebels in the cities of Al-Garrahi and Hays on the west coast of Yemen. Six ....

Syria lashes out at 'US colonial domination' in Mideast

Date: 2017-12-16 18:16:12 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:7143785

DAMASCUS, Dec 16 (MENA) – A top adviser to the Syrian president has lashed out at the US for its policies in the region. "What the US is doing in the Middle East is a clear-cut proof of colonial domination", Bouthaina Shaaban was quoted by Russia ....

7 killed in airstrikes on eastern countryside of Syria's Deir ez Zor

Date: 2017-12-16 13:25:53 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:7143325

LONDON, Dec 16 (MENA) - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said Saturday that at least seven people were killed in airstrikes which targeted several areas in eastern the countryside of Syrian Deir ez Zor province, US-based al Hurra TV ....

Iraqi forces destroy Daesh site, seven bombs in Matyabija

Date: 2017-12-16 13:15:09 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:7143204

BAGHDAD, Dec 16 (MENA) - The Iraqi military media cell announced Saturday destroying Daesh terrorist group's position and seven explosive devices in the district of al Matyabija between Diyala and Salaheddin provinces. In a statement, the cell ....

Houthis kidnap six MPs affiliated to GPC in Sanaa

Date: 2017-12-16 12:41:00 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:7143178

ADEN, Dec 16 (MENA) - The Houthi militias in Yemen kidnapped six parliamentarians affiliated to the General People's Congress (GPC) along with two officers of the republican guards, Sky News channel reported. The kidnapped persons were put in the ....

Relics of 90 Yazidi victims found in mass grave in Iraq

Date: 2017-12-16 12:37:38 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:7143236

BAGHDAD, Dec 16 (MENA) - Iraqi security troops ran into two mass graves in western Nineveh, a local source from the province said on Saturday. the source said, “Iraqi troops, the Yazidi mobilization forces and local residents seized in Sinjar two ....

Lavrov discusses situation in Syria with French foreign minister

Date: 2017-12-16 12:32:39 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:7143233

MOSCOW, Dec 16 (MENA) - Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed the situation in Syria and the upcoming bilateral contacts during a telephone conversation with France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, the Russian Foreign Ministry ....

Libyan min. says Egyptian companies have priority in reconstruction process

Date: 2017-12-16 12:10:23 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:7142935

CAIRO, Dec 16 (MENA) – Libya’s Minister of Finance at the Government of National Accord Osama Hammad said on Saturday that the Egyptian companies will be given priority in the reconstruction process in Libya. In statements to MENA on the ....

Two people killed, injured in Syria's Sweida countryside

Date: 2017-12-16 11:27:37 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:7143022

DAMASCUS, Dec 16 (MENA) - One person was killed and another injured when an armed group shot them in Syria's southern area, in a new breach of the de-escalation agreement, Syrian Sana news agency reported Saturday. An armed group opened fire ....

PMF destroy tunnel for Daesh in Iraqi Metebeijah district

Date: 2017-12-16 11:01:10 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:7142963

BAGHDAD, Dec 16 (MENA) - Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) destroyed a tunnel belonging to Daesh terrorist group in Metebeijah district, eastern al Samraa city. The PMF supported by Iraqi Armed Forces managed to destroy a tunnel that has ....