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  • Military operation in Syria may be completed before end of this year -- Russian MP

    Date: 2017-10-17 13:13:39 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:7044110

    MOSCOW, Oct 17 (MENA) - First Deputy Chairman of the Defense and Security Committee of the Council of the Russian Federation Franz Klintsevic said that the military operation in Syria may be completed before the end of this year. Senator ....

  • AL: Egypt played major role to achieve inter-Palestinian reconciliation

    Date: 2017-10-17 12:18:26 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:7044037

    CAIRO, Oct 17 (MENA) - Egypt has played a major role in ending inter-Palestinian divisions, said Arab League Assistant Secretary General Ambassador Saeed Abu Ali on Tuesday. In press statements, he expressed hope that inter-Palestinian ....

  • Coalition jets shell Houthi sites on borders with Saudi Arabia

    Date: 2017-10-17 10:02:40 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:7043707

    ADEN, Oct 17 (MENA) - Arab coalition jets shelled sites affiliated to Houthi militants on the borders of the the Yemeni city of Saada with Saudi Arabia, Yemeni sources said on Tuesday. The raids are aimed at preventing the militants from ....

  • Riyadh denounces Arish terrorist attack

    Date: 2017-10-17 09:43:31 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:7043592

    RIYADH, Oct 17 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia on Tuesday denounced a terrorist attack against a security checkpoint in the Egyptian city of Arish that left several people dead and wounded. A Saudi Foreign Ministry official confirmed the kingdom's support ....

  • Iraqi forces retake Bai Hassan oil fields in northern Kirkuk

    Date: 2017-10-17 08:01:33 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7043409

    BAGHDAD, Oct 17 (MENA) - Iraqi forces retook control over Bai Hassan oil fields in northwestern Kirkuk after the withdrawal of Peshmerga forces from them, Sky News reported quoting Iraqi security sources as saying on Tuesday. The all-news network ....

  • International medical teams arrive to Somalia

    Date: 2017-10-17 07:58:27 GMT - Somalia - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7043374

    MOGADISHU, Oct 17 (MENA) - International medical teams arrived on Tuesday to Somalia to offer aid to the victims of the bombing of a booby-trapped truck in central Mogadishu. Relief workers from Djibouti also arrived to Somalia to offer ....

  • Iraqi security sources: PMF retakes Sinjar town

    Date: 2017-10-17 07:26:50 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7043354

    BAGHDAD, Oct 17 (MENA) - Iraqi security sources said that the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) on Tuesday extended control over all of Sinjar town in the northern province of Ninawa province, Sky News reported. Clashes between the PMF and ....

  • Syrian Democratic forces control Daesh stronghold of Raqqa

    Date: 2017-10-17 06:34:22 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7043339

    DAMASCUS, Oct 17 (MENA) - US-backed forces in Syria said they now control Daesh's one-time capital of Raqqa, with only a few dozen militants remaining in the city, the BBC reported. The Syrian Democratic Forces said they have retaken al-Naim ....

  • Four SRCS volunteers among Mogadishu attack casualties

    Date: 2017-10-16 21:54:16 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:7043186

    GENEVA, Oct 16 (MENA) - Four Red Crescent volunteers were killed when two powerful truck bombs hit the heart of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Saturday, leaving at least 276 people dead and about 300 more injured, in what authorities call the ....

  • Saudi king says rejects results of Kurdish independence referendum

    Date: 2017-10-16 21:05:36 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:7043165

    BAGHDAD, Oct 16 (MENA) – Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz stressed on Monday his country’s support for the unity of Iraqi and rejection of the results of a recent Kurdish referendum for independence. "Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi received ....

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