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  • 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 ....

  • Iraqi Defense Ministry: 96 Daesh militants killed in Kirkuk

    Date: 2017-09-29 16:53:12 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:7015630

    BAGHDAD, Sept 29 (MENA) – As many as 96 Daesh militants were killed and 13 vehicles were destroyed in Hawija district, south west Kirkuk province, the Iraqi Defense Ministry’s War Media Cell reported. In a statement released on Friday, the cell ....

  • Skhirat agreement amending committee meets in Tunisia

    Date: 2017-09-29 16:44:43 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:7015636

    TUNIS, Sept 29 (MENA) - The joint committee of the High Council of the Libyan State and House of Representatives tasked with amending Skhirat agreement held Friday its fourth meeting in Tunisia. Committee members discussed ideas and suggestions ....

  • Kurdistan terminal control to prevent corruption, says Iraqi PM

    Date: 2017-09-29 15:28:14 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:7015454

    BAGHDAD, Sept 29 (MENA) - Iraq's Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi said Friday that the Iraqi government's decision to control the terminals of Kurdistan was meant to prevent corruption and smuggling, not to starve residents of the region after a ....

  • Libya's rival leaders to meet in Moscow -- Russian paper

    Date: 2017-09-29 13:37:01 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:7015316

    MOSCOW, Sept 29 (MENA) - Moscow is preparing to host a meeting between Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al Sarraj and Libyan army commander Khalifa Haftar, Russian Izvestia newspaper reported on Friday. Haftar confirmed the meeting, which means ....

  • Iraqi forces kill 6 Daesh suicide bombers in Ramadi

    Date: 2017-09-29 13:05:22 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:7015240

    BAGHDAD, Sept 29 (MENA) - Six Daesh suicide bombers were killed in a military operation in southwestern the Iraqi city of Ramadi, Commander of Anbar Operations Major General Mahmoud Al Falahi said Friday. The division 8th of the Iraqi army and ....

  • Syria: Army repels Daesh attack on Deir Ezzor-Palmyra highway

    Date: 2017-09-29 12:49:29 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:7015166

    DAMASCUS, Sept 29 (MENA) - The Syrian army units repelled an attack by Daesh on the international Deir-Ezzor-Palmyra highway in the Syrian Badia, official SANA news agency reported Friday. Groups of Daesh terrorists launched over the past hours ....

  • Iraq: Four Daesh militants killed in northeastern Diyala

    Date: 2017-09-29 11:16:14 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:7014992

    BAGHDAD, Sept 29 (MENA) - Four elements of Daesh terrorist group were killed after their vehicle was shelled in northeastern Diyala, Commander of Tigris Operations, Major General Mazhar al-Azzawi told Alsumaria news channel on Friday. The ....

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