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Italian FM plans to meet Libyan officials in Tripoli
Date: 2017-09-28 13:49:51 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:7013767
TRIPOLI, Sept 28 (MENA) - Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano said on Thursday he will visit the Libyan capital of Tripoli shortly to meet officials of the legitimate Libyan government. Libyan Al Wasat gate quoted Italian news agency ANSA as ....
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45 Syrian regime forces killed in blast of booby-trapped buildings in Damascus
Date: 2017-09-28 13:48:23 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:7013652
DAMASCUS, Sept 28 (MENA) – Forty-five Syrian regime forces were killed in an explosion of booby-trapped buildings in the countryside of Damascus, local sources reported on Thursday. The blast, which rocked Ein Tarma district, was carried out by ....
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Palestinian PM, UN official in talks over national reconciliation file
Date: 2017-09-28 13:00:08 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:7013710
RAMALLAH, Sept 28 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah met with UN Special Coordinator for Mideast Peace Process Nikolay Mladenov at his Ramallah office Thursday for talks on the latest developments of the national reconciliation ....
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Iraqi forces kill 52 Daesh militants in Shirqat
Date: 2017-09-28 12:02:09 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:7013496
BAGHDAD, Sept 28 (MENA) - Iraqi forces killed 52 Daesh militants and liberated 66 villages during its offensive to liberate Shirqat town from militants' control, spokesman for the Interior Ministry Saad Maan said Thursday. The forces managed to ....
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Syria: People's Assembly elects Hammoudeh Sabbagh as its new speaker
Date: 2017-09-28 12:01:20 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:7013512
DAMASCUS, Sept 28 (MENA) - The People’s Assembly on Thursday elected Hammoudeh Sabbagh as a new speaker for the Assembly, SANA news agency reported. Earlier in the day, the assembly of the second legislative term held its fifth session of the ....
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Libya's coast guards rescue 200 illegal immigrants off Tripoli shore
Date: 2017-09-28 11:15:00 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:7013456
TRIPOLI, Sept 28 (MENA) - Libyan coast guards rescued 200 illegal immigrants after the overcrowded boat carrying them suffered a technical malfunction, Al Hurra channel reported Wednesday. High waves and the big number of passengers on board the ....
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20 Daesh elements killed in western Ramadi desert
Date: 2017-09-28 09:58:11 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:7013081
BAGHDAD, Sept 28 (MENA) - Twenty Daesh militants were killed in air raids launched by the international coalition in Ramadi, west of Anbar, a commander said. The US-led coalition war jets shelled a Daesh militants gathering in western Ramadi ....
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Jordan denies Israeli interception of plane
Date: 2017-09-27 20:55:04 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:87 - ID:7012719
AMMAN, Sept 27 (MENA) - The Royal Jordanian Airlines dismissed reports on Wednesday that Israeli air force jet fighters intercepted one of its planes en route from Egypt to Jordan. "The reports are categorically unfounded," the flag carrier said ....
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11 killed, injured in two blasts in Iraq
Date: 2017-09-27 19:22:43 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:7012630
BAGHDAD, Sept 27 (MENA) - Eleven people were killed in two blasts in Baghdad on Wednesday, according to a security source. A car bomb went of in Bab al-Mozzam in central Baghdad, leaving two persons dead and four other injured, the source told ....
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4 civilians injured in blast in Baghdad
Date: 2017-09-27 17:28:16 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:7012428
BAGHDAD, Sept 27 (MENA) – Four civilians were injured on Wednesday after an explosive device went off south of Baghdad. A roadside bomb exploded near a commercial market south of Baghdad, a security source said. Baghdad has seen almost daily ....