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  • 2 Daesh militants killed in Iraq's Diyala

    Date: 2017-12-02 15:40:11 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:7120002

    BAGHDAD, Dec 2 (MENA) - Iraqi Commander of Tigris Military Operations Mazhar al Azzawi said Saturday that two Daesh terrorists were killed, 12 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were dismantled and a Daesh hideout was destroyed in a military ....

  • Houthis threaten former Yemeni president with murder

    Date: 2017-12-02 14:50:35 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:7119926

    SANAA, Dec 2 (MENA) - Houthi militants threatened Saturday former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh with murder, Al Arabiya Al Hadath TV channel reported. The spokesman for Houthis stressed that the militias threatened to assassinate Saleh, ....

  • Israeli shelling targets cantonment area of regime forces in southwestern Damascus

    Date: 2017-12-02 14:47:47 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:7119913

    LONDON, Dec 2 (MENA) - Director of London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) Ramy Abdel Rahman said Saturday that Israeli shelling on the Syrian capital, Damascus, has targeted the cantonment area of the first division of the regime ....

  • Two mass graves found in Yazidi district of Iraq

    Date: 2017-12-02 14:44:38 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:7119929

    BAGHDAD, Dec 2 (MENA) - Iraqi paramilitary forces have uncovered two more mass graves containing the bodies of 140 civilians, including women and children, in an area home to the Yazidi religious minority, they said Saturday. In 2014, Daesh ....

  • 50 members of the Houthi militia killed off Jazan

    Date: 2017-12-02 13:18:36 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:7119831

    SANAA, Dec 2 (MENA) - The joint Saudi forces on Saturday launched an offensive by members of the Houthi militia after they tried to attack Saudi military installations off Jazan, Al-Arabiya News reported. At least 50 members of the Houthi militia ....

  • Yemeni vice president urges popular, social unity against Houthi rebels

    Date: 2017-12-02 13:10:23 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:7119677

    ADEN, Yemen, Dec 2 (MENA) - Yemeni Vice President Ali Mohsen Saleh called Saturday for popular and social unity against Houthi militants whose control stretches to state institutions and who commit various crimes against Yemenis. Saleh underlined ....

  • Yemeni GPC forces gain control of key embassies in Sanaa

    Date: 2017-12-02 12:27:43 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:7119609

    SANAA, Dec 2 (MENA) - General People's Congress (GPC) forces on Saturday have gained control of the embassies of Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Sudan in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Tens of families of Houthi leaders left the Yemeni capital, heading for ....

  • Arab coalition calls on ‘honest Yemenis’ to unify efforts around their uprising

    Date: 2017-12-02 12:18:53 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:7119636

    RIYADH, Dec 2 (MENA) - The Arab coalition fighting the Houthi rebels in Yemen made a statement on Saturday amidst the ongoing fierce clashes in Sanaa. The Saudi-led alliance said it is determined that it has maintained its position on all Yemeni ....

  • 5 wounded in blast in northern Baghdad - source

    Date: 2017-12-02 11:59:44 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:7119499

    BAGHDAD, Dec 2 (MENA) - An Iraqi security source said Saturday that five people were wounded when an explosive device went off in northern Baghdad. The explosion occurred in Taji district in northern Baghdad, the source was quoted by Iraqi Media ....

  • Three persons arrested in Tunisia over illegal migration

    Date: 2017-12-02 10:14:49 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:7119385

    TUNIS, Dec 2 (MENA) - Tunisian security forces arrested three persons over attempting to infiltrate into Italy. The Tunisian interior ministry said in a statement on Saturday that the three people admitted during investigations that they were ....

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