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  • 4 persons injured during blast in Amiriyah Fallujah - Iraqi source

    Date: 2017-09-17 13:01:57 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:6995386

    BAGHDAD, Sept 17 (MENA) - Four persons including two affiliated to the tribal hashd were wounded when an explosive charge from the leftover IED of Daesh terrorist group went off, said a source in Amiriyah Somoud in Iraqi Anbar province. The ....

  • Haftar confers with Congolese president on Libyan crisis

    Date: 2017-09-17 12:25:46 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:6995233

    BENGHAZI, Sept 17 (MENA) - Commander in Chief of the Libyan Armed Forces Khalifa Haftar on Sunday met with President of Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso at the presidential palace in Brazzaville. Haftar arrived in Congo on Saturday at an official ....

  • Haftar to meet with Italian defense minister next week

    Date: 2017-09-17 12:03:17 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:6995094

    TRIPOLI, Sept 17 (MENA) - Head of the Libyan National Army Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar will visit Rome on September 26 upon an invitation from Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti. Haftar accepted the invitation he received from Minniti who ....

  • 12 Houthis killed, injured in raids on Taiz

    Date: 2017-09-17 11:16:51 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:6994942

    SANAA, Sept 17 (MENA) - At least 12 Houthi elements were killed and injured in raids on Maqbanah and Mawaza districts of Taiz, orchestrated by the Arab Coalition Forces Sunday. Confrontations, meanwhile, took place between legitimacy troops and ....

  • Suicide attack on US camp in Erbil in Iraq

    Date: 2017-09-17 10:21:01 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:6994984

    BAGHDAD, Sept 17 (MENA) - Three Daesh suicide bombers attacked a US camp south of the Iraqi governorate of Erbil, according to a Kurdish security source on Sunday. The US forces killed two of the terrorists at dawn while the third blew himself ....

  • Syrian forces 25 km away from Mayadin city in Deir ez Zor

    Date: 2017-09-17 10:02:30 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:6994763

    LONDON, Sept 17 (MENA) - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Sunday that the Syrian forces were 25 km away from Mayadin city in Deir ez Zor. Also, the forces besieged Daesh gunmen in the city, the observatory said. The regime forces ....

  • Haftar to visit Tunisia on Monday

    Date: 2017-09-17 10:00:42 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:6994829

    TUNIS, Sept 17 (MENA) - Commander in Chief of the Libyan Armed Forces Khalifa Haftar will arrive here on Monday on an official visit at an invitation from Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi. During the visit, Haftar will confer with Essebsi on ....

  • Iraqi President launches dialogue initiative to overcome Kurdish referendum

    Date: 2017-09-16 20:27:32 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:6994449

    BAGHDAD, Sept 16 (MENA) - A dialogue initiative launched among political leaders to overcome the Kurdish independence referendum's crisis, Iraqi President Fuad Masum said in a statement quoted by Al Sumaria news channel Saturday. This ....

  • Lebanese army asserts security situation stable

    Date: 2017-09-16 19:20:35 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:6994366

    BEIRUT, Sept 16 (MENA) - The Lebanese army stressed on Saturday that the security situation in the country is stable, following rumors on security risks of possible terrorist acts that may target commercial, tourist, and population centers. In a ....

  • Iraqi PM: Kurdistan referendum 'play with fire'

    Date: 2017-09-16 18:18:25 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:6994315

    BAGHDAD, Sept 16 (MENA) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi on Saturday reiterated rejection of a planned referendum on independence of Kurdistan, terming it "a play with fire". "The referendum will open the door for world countries not to ....

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