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UAE offers $10mn emergency assistance to Hurricane Irma victims in Caribbean states

Date: 2017-09-14 18:29:03 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:6991424

ABU DHABI, Sept 14 (MENA) - The United Arab Emirates has provided an emergency assistance worth AED36.7 million (US$10 million) to aid those affected by Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean states. Ordered by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin ....

Fierce clashes erupt between Syrian forces, Daesh militants in Deir ez-Zor: SOHR

Date: 2017-09-14 17:40:47 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:6991264

LONDON, Sept 14 (MENA) - Fierce clashes broke out between the Syrian forces and elements of Daesh terrorist group in Deir ez-Zor city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Thursday. The clashes were concentrated in the ....

Tunisian court annuls ruling on imprisoning former minister

Date: 2017-09-14 16:47:59 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:6991265

TUNIS, Sept 14 (MENA) - A Tunisian court of first instance accepted the challenge on the ruling issued against resigned Tunisian minister of investment, development and international cooperation Mohammed Fadel Abdel Kafi, spokesman for the court ....

Iraq Airways resumes flights to Moscow

Date: 2017-09-14 15:40:04 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:6991069

BAGHDAD, Sept 14 (MENA)- The Russian Embassy in Iraq announced that Iraq Airways will recommence regular flights between Baghdad and Moscow after being suspended for 13 years. The first Iraqi Airlines flight will leave for Moscow on Sunday, ....

Kazakhstan may send peacekeepers to Syria if such decision made by UN

Date: 2017-09-14 15:23:14 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:6991080

MOSCOW, Sept 14 (MENA) - Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said Thursday that Kazakhstan may send peacekeepers to Syria if such decision would be made by the United Nations, Sputnik news agency reported. "If the UN decides to send such forces ....

Tunisia annuls laws prohibiting marriage to non-Muslim men

Date: 2017-09-14 15:22:16 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:6990949

TUNISIA, Sept 14 (MENA)- Tunisian Presidency Spokeswoman Saida Guarrach said that the laws governing the marriage of Tunisian women to non-Muslims have been annulled. The 1973 decree and laws prohibiting the marriage of Tunisian women to a ....

12 Daesh militants killed in western Mosul

Date: 2017-09-14 15:05:48 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:6991079

BAGHDAD, Sept 14 (MENA) - As many as 12 suicide bombers affiliated to Daesh terrorist group were killed during an armed clash in Al Qayrawan in western Mosul in Iraq, the Iraqi mobilization forces said in a statement, Iraqi news agency reported ....

Death toll of twin terrorist attacks in Iraq reaches 60 people

Date: 2017-09-14 14:45:31 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:6991071

BAGHDAD, Sept 14 (MENA) - The Iraqi authorities announced Thursday that the death toll of twin terrorist attacks reached 60 people, while 80 others were wounded, Saudi-funded Al Arabiya TV news channel reported. The twin attacks which took place ....

Saudi plane pilot dies during anti-Qaeda operation in Yemen

Date: 2017-09-14 11:31:19 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:6990421

RIYADH, Sept 14 (MENA) - Official spokesman of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen Turki Al Maliki announced that an aircraft of Saudi Royal air force fell due to a technical failure in the area of Abyan in Yemen while carrying out one of its ....

Syrian armed opposition delegation holds meeting ahead of Astana talks

Date: 2017-09-14 10:18:30 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:6990117

MOSCOW, Sept 14 (MENA)- Members of the armed Syrian opposition factions, who arrived in Astana Wednesday night, held a closed meeting in the Kazakh capital ahead of the sixth round of talks on Syria. Syrian Free Army Chief of Staff Ahmed Berri ....