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Hamas eyes success in reconciliation talks in Cairo: spokesman
Date: 2017-10-06 19:47:41 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:7027005
GAZA CITY, Oct 6 (MENA) - Taher el-Nounou, a Hamas spokesman in Gaza said on Friday that the group has no target for talks in Cairo with Fatah but "success". "Our options for Cairo talks is to succeed or succeed", he said urging every party to ....
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US lifts sanctions on Sudan
Date: 2017-10-06 19:16:07 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:7026952
WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (MENA) – The United States permanently lifted a raft of sanctions on Sudan Friday, saying the African nation had begun addressing concerns on fighting terrorism as well as human rights abuses against civilians in the country’s ....
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Baghdad may use force to control crossing Habur in Kurdistan: envoy
Date: 2017-10-06 18:52:54 GMT - Turkey - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:7026934
ANKARA, Oct 6 (MENA) - Iraqi Ambassador to Turkey Hisham al-Alawi said on Friday that Baghdad may use force – if needed - to take control of Habur border crossing that links Iraqi Kurdistan with Turkey. The Iraqi ambassador made the remarks ....
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Top Daesh leader killed in Iraq's Diyala
Date: 2017-10-06 18:50:56 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:7026899
BAGHDAD, Oct 6 (MENA) - A top Daesh leader was killed when an air raid targeted his vehicle in northeastern Diyala governorate in Iraq, a local source said on Friday. The terrorist, H. M. S., is a senior Daesh leader who was responsible for ....
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Death toll from Russian airstrikes on Syria's Mayadin city rises to 105
Date: 2017-10-06 17:27:25 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:7026855
LONDON, Oct 6 (MENA) - The death toll from Russian airstrikes on the Syrian city of Mayadin in Deir ez-Zor governorate rose to 105 civilians, including 18 children. Director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Rami Abdulrahman said more ....
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Libya coast guard targets foreign 'smuggling' ship off Zuwarah
Date: 2017-10-06 17:14:39 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:7026827
TRIPOLI, Oct 6 (MENA) - A patrol of the Libyan coast guard targeted a foreign oil smuggling ship off the city of Zuwarah, according to a news website. The Comoros-flagged ship, named Goeft, refused instructions by the coast patrol to stop, that ....
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Libya's Sarraj lauds retaking Sabratha from Daesh
Date: 2017-10-06 16:24:49 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:7026783
TRIPOLI, Oct 6 (MENA) - The Daesh fighting operation room in Sabratha, affiliated to Libya’s unity government, showed a great responsibility in restoring the security to the city in coordination with security and military bodies, Libyan presidential ....
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7 killed in airstrike on refugee camp in Syria
Date: 2017-10-06 16:15:34 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:7026830
DAMASCUS, Oct 6 (MENA) - At least seven civilians were killed and others wounded in an airstrike on a refugee camp in southern Khan Shaykhun in Idlib province, northwestern Syria, Syrian activists told Saudi-based Al Arabiya TV news ....
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5 takfiris arrested in Tunisia
Date: 2017-10-06 16:13:57 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:7026772
TUNIS, Oct 6 (MENA) - Tunisian security forces have arrested five takfiris on suspicion of joining a terrorist group. In a statement on Friday, the Tunisian Interior Ministry said the five admitted adopting a takfiri ideology and using their ....
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Syrian army retakes western side of Mayadin city
Date: 2017-10-06 15:52:08 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:7026698
DAMASCUS, Oct 6 (MENA) - Syrian regime troops managed to enter Al Mayadin city, one of the last strongholds of Daesh in Deir Ez-zor countryside, Russia Today quoted Syrian activists as saying Friday. The Syrian regime forces, backed by the ....