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Joint Iraqi forces deployed along Tuz Khurmatu-Daquq road

Date: 2017-12-14 11:18:03 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:7139867

BAGHDAD, Dec 14 (MENA) - The Iraqi federal government announced the deployment of a joint force, of the Iraqi army and the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) along Tuz Khurmatu-Daquq road. A PMF leader was quoted by Iraqi news agency on Thursday ....

5 killed, injured in explosion northern Baghdad

Date: 2017-12-14 11:08:48 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:7139984

BAGHDAD, Dec 14 (MENA) - One person was killed and five others wounded in a bomb blast near a popular market in northern the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, an Iraqi security source was quoted by the Iraqi news agency Thursday as saying. The source ....

Iraqi intelligence uncovers two Daesh hideouts in Anbar

Date: 2017-12-14 10:16:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:7139905

BAGHDAD, Dec 14 (MENA) - The Iraqi Military Intelligence Directorate on Thursday announced that Iraqi forces uncovered two hideouts for Daesh militants in Anbar governorate, the Iraqi News Agency reported. The Seventh Squad of the Iraqi ....

18 Houthis killed in shelling in western Yemen

Date: 2017-12-14 09:24:10 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:7139805

SANAA, Dec 14 (MENA) - Eighteen Houthi militias were killed in a shelling by the Arab coalition jets of some of Houthi sites in Hudaydah in western Yemen, Yemeni field sources said on Thursday. The jets conducted more than 10 raids targeting ....

Libyan FM: Weapons' flow into country'd lead to civil war

Date: 2017-12-13 22:20:48 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:97 - ID:7139522

MOSCOW, Dec 13 (MENA) – Libya and the UN see that the flow of weapons into the country would lead to the outbreak of a civil war in light of the absence of a unified military establishment, Foreign Minister Mohamed Siala, currently on a visit to ....

Jordanian king urges int'l community to shoulder responsibility towards Palestinian cause

Date: 2017-12-13 16:17:05 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:7139134

AMMAN, Dec 13 (MENA)- Jordanian King Abdullah II held talks on the sidelines of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit meeting in Istanbul, with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan ....

Israeli forces arrest 60 Palestinians

Date: 2017-12-13 12:33:00 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:7138500

RAMALLAH, Dec 13 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested 60 Palestinians at dawn Wednesday, bringing to 260 the number of Palestinians arrested since US President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, said the Palestinian Prisoner ....

33 bombs found, outlaws arrested in western Baghdad

Date: 2017-12-13 11:24:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:7138428

BAGHDAD, Dec 13 (MENA) - Thirty-three explosive devices were found on Wednesday and some outlaws arrested in western Baghdad, Baghdad operations command said. The Daesh remnant bombs were detonated, a statement of the command said. The ....

2 terrorists killed, one arrested in Kirkuk: Kirkuk operations commander

Date: 2017-12-13 10:11:31 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:7138220

BAGHDAD, Dec 13 (MENA) - Two terrorists were killed and another arrested in northwestern Kirkuk, Kirkuk operations commander Ali Fadel Omran said on Wednesday. In statements to al Sumaria news channel, Omran said that joint security forces ....

40 Houthis killed, injured in confrontations in western Yemen

Date: 2017-12-13 09:49:22 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:7138174

ADEN, Dec 13 (MENA) - Twenty-two Houthis were killed and 18 injured in confrontations with Yemeni forces in western Yemen, Yemeni sources said on Wednesday. The confrontations took place at night on Tuesday and in the morning Wednesday, Sky News ....