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  • 13 takfiris arrested across Tunisia : Ministry of Interior

    Date: 2017-11-03 10:59:06 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:7072527

    TUNIS, Nov 3 (MENA) - Tunisian security apparatus arrested on Friday 13 takfiris, suspected of belonging to a terrorist organization, in different locations across the country. The takfitris, who admitted belonging to a takfiri organization, were ....

  • Iraqi forces retake Tank, Sekak neighborhoods in Anbar

    Date: 2017-11-03 10:57:20 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:7072519

    BAGHDAD, Nov 3 (MENA) - The Iraqi forces of al Jazeera Operations Command and the army's 7th division have successfully recaptured al Tank and al Sekak neighborhoods in western al Qa'im, a security source said. In statements to Alsumaria news ....

  • Bomb blast in Baghdad kills one, wounds four

    Date: 2017-11-03 10:07:54 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:7072468

    BAGHDAD, Nov 3 (MENA) - A person was killed Friday and four others were wounded after an explosive device went off near a local market in al Radwaniyah area in southwestern Baghdad, a security source told Alsumaria news channel. A security force ....

  • UN says Daesh executed hundreds during siege of Mosul

    Date: 2017-11-03 09:49:46 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:7072426

    NEW YORK, Nov 3 (MENA) - Daesh fighters executed at least 741 Iraqi civilians in Mosul, including women and children who had tried to flee, during the nine-month battle by government forces to retake the northern Iraq city from the militant group, ....

  • Tunisia foils illegal migration attempt to Europe by 17 persons

    Date: 2017-11-03 09:47:04 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:7072425

    TUNIS, Nov 3 (MENA) - Tunisian National Guards units on Friday thwarted an illegal migration attempt by 17 people from various areas of Tunisia to Europe. In a statement, the Tunisian Interior Ministry said that National Guards units arrested a ....

  • Iraqi forces recapture al Qa'im border crossing from Daesh

    Date: 2017-11-03 09:34:32 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:7072342

    BAGHDAD, Nov 3 (MENA) - Iraqi forces on Friday recaptured control over the border crossing between Iraq and Syria in al Qa'im town from Daesh terrorist group. Head of al Qaim Council of Anbar Province Nazim Bardan announced the liberation of al ....

  • Moscow accuses Washington of preventing delivery of humanitarian aid to refugees in Syrian Tanf

    Date: 2017-11-03 09:16:43 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:7072266

    MOSCOW, Nov 3 (MENA) - The Russian Defense Ministry on Friday accused Washington of preventing the Syrian government from setting up a safe corridor for deliveries of humanitarian assistance to refugees in the Rukban camp in Homs province because of ....

  • Suicide bombing kills 6 in Syria's Quneitra

    Date: 2017-11-03 09:00:12 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:7072331

    DAMASCUS, Nov 3 (MENA) - At least six people were killed and 21 others wounded on Friday when a suicide bombing hit the southern countryside of Quneitra, Syrian state news agency SANA reported. The bombing targeted the town of Hadar in the ....

  • Iraqi forces enter Gaza neighborhood in al Qa'im town

    Date: 2017-11-03 08:48:10 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:7072275

    BAGHDAD, Nov 3 (MENA) - Units from the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service have entered Gaza neighborhood in al Qa'im town in western Anbar, an Iraqi military source said on Friday. The move comes within the framework of the Iraqi forces' efforts to ....

  • Syrian army controls Rashdia district and storms Hawiqa in Deir Ezzor

    Date: 2017-11-03 08:30:46 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:7072240

    DAMASCUS, Nov 3 (MENA) - Syrian government forces on Friday took control over al Rashdia district and stormed al Hawiqa district in Deir Ezzor, the Syrian television reported. The state television added that the Syrian forces have found large ....

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