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  • Indonesian FM to visit Tunisia Tuesday

    Date: 2017-09-30 09:31:31 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:7016201

    TUNIS, Sept 30 (MENA) - Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi will start a two-day visit to Tunisia on Tuesday, during which she will meet with her Tunisian counterpart Khemaies Jhinaoui. The two sides are set to sign a number of agreements ....

  • Macron invites Iraqi PM to France to discuss Kurdish vote

    Date: 2017-09-30 08:52:05 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:7016153

    PARIS, Sept 30 (MENA) - President Emmanuel Macron has invited Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to visit Paris on October 5 to discuss the Kurdish independence referendum, offering France's help in calming tensions over the vote, France 24 ....

  • Four civilians killed in bomb blast in Iraqi Fallujah city

    Date: 2017-09-30 07:59:14 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7016016

    BAGHDAD, Sept 30 (MENA) - Four Iraqi civilians were killed on Saturday in a bomb blast in southern Fallujah city in the Iraqi province of al Anbar, Iraqi security source said. A bomb left by Daesh terrorist group, exploded when a number of ....

  • Yemeni army mount attack on Houthi sites in Sirwah

    Date: 2017-09-29 22:40:10 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:7015913

    SANAA, Sept 29 (MENA) – The Yemeni army forces have launched a fierce attack against some Houthi sites in Sirwah district of Ma'rib governorate, killing and injuring a number of Houthi militants, local sources reported on Friday. Meanwhile, the ....

  • UNHR Council extends mandate of independent expert in Sudan

    Date: 2017-09-29 22:32:45 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:7015904

    KHARTOUM, Sept 29 (MENA) - The UN Human Rights Council on Friday extended the mandate of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, Sudan Tribune reported. The decision was taken following an interactive dialogue with ....

  • CISSA urges exchanging information among African states to combat terrorism

    Date: 2017-09-29 21:56:48 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:7015900

    KHARTOUM, Sept 29 (MENA) – The final communiqué of the 14th conference of the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa (CISSA) Friday called for boosting confidence among member states and exchanging information to combat ....

  • French PM to visit Tunisia on Oct. 5

    Date: 2017-09-29 20:08:59 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:7015814

    PARIS, Sept 29 (MENA) - French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe will visit Tunisia on October 5 for a meeting of the joint cooperation council. Philippe will co-chair the meeting with Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed, said the French cabinet ....

  • 60 Houthis killed in Al Hudaydah, says Yemeni military

    Date: 2017-09-29 18:58:57 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:7015798

    SANAA, Sept 29 (MENA) - Yemeni military sources said Friday that 60 Houthi elements were killed in Al Hudaydah province, Sky news reported. The sources explained that 30 Houthi militants were killed in clashes with Yemeni security forces in ....

  • Int’l coalition: Three senior Daesh commanders killed in eastern Syria

    Date: 2017-09-29 18:30:11 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:7015731

    WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (MENA) – Three senior Daesh commanders were killed in airstrikes launched by the US-led coalition aircraft near Al Mayadin district in eastern Syria. In a statement released on Friday, the international coalition asserted that ....

  • Syrian army retakes villages in Homs from Daesh

    Date: 2017-09-29 17:16:41 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:7015629

    DAMASCUS, Sept 29 (MENA) - Syrian regime troops have retaken two villages from Daesh in eastern Homs countryside, according to a military source. The army launched on Friday an offensive on Shihat and Rasm al Aqeedat villages to expel fighters ....

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