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Takfiri cell arrested in Tunisia

Date: 2017-09-08 14:59:38 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:6980871

TUNIS, Sept 8 (MENA) - A four-strong takfiri cell was arrested Friday in Aryanah coastal city in Tunisia. In a statement, the Tunisian Interior Ministry said the four admitted they were recruited by a Tunisian national, who lives in an Arab ....

Kuwaiti Finance Min.: US to boost actions against terrorism funding

Date: 2017-09-08 14:43:27 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:6980874

KUWAIT CITY, Sept 8 (MENA) - Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Anas Al Saleh affirmed Washington's resolve to strengthen measures against terrorism funding, Kuwati News Agency (KUNA) reported Friday. Al Saleh made the ....

Lebanese President lamented death of Army heroes

Date: 2017-09-08 14:32:45 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:6980730

BEIRUT, Sept 8 (MENA) - The Lebanese soldiers martyrs, who stood in 2014 in defense of Lebanon, committed to their duty, responsibility, are source of honor and loyalty to their army and homeland, Lebanese President Michel Aoun said, Lebanon's ....

Main financier of Daesh killed in armed attack on Huwaija, says PMF

Date: 2017-09-08 14:20:39 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:6980823

BAGHDAD, Sept 8 (MENA) - Prominent Leader of Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) Gabar Al Mamoury said Friday that the main financier of terrorist Daesh group was killed in an armed attack on his vehicle near the Iraqi town of Huwaija, Kirkuk ....

Kuwaiti Defense Minister meets Mattis in Washington

Date: 2017-09-08 14:15:03 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:6980296

KUWAIT, Sept 8 (MENA)- Secretary of Defense James Mattis received on Thursday Kuwaiti Defense Minister Sheikh Mohammed Khaled Al Sabah in Washington. During the meeting, Mattis said that the two countries have close military relations which ....

Lebanon mourns 10 military personnel killed by Daesh

Date: 2017-09-08 12:57:00 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:6980651

BEIRUT, Sept 8 (MENA) - Lebanon mourned in a funeral held on Friday 10 military personnel who were killed by terrorist Daesh group militants after they had been kidnapped by the group in 2014. The military personnel fired 21 shots in the honor of ....

1 killed, 6 injured in explosion southern Baghdad

Date: 2017-09-08 12:53:29 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:6980644

BAGHDAD, Sept 8 (MENA) - One person was killed and six others were injured when a bomb blast hit an area in Southern Baghdad, an Iraqi security source said, Al Sumaria news channel reported on Friday. The explosive device was placed near a ....

UN envoy for Libya to participate in AU summit on Libya

Date: 2017-09-08 12:38:16 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:6980487

TRIPOLI, Sept 8 (MENA) - UN Secretary General's special envoy for Libya Ghassan Salama on Sunday will take part in an African Union Summit meeting on Libya, a Libyan well-placed source said on Friday. The meeting will be held in Congo's capital ....

Iraqi police to liberate Hawija, Shirqat and western Anbar

Date: 2017-09-08 11:21:36 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:6980469

BAGHDAD, Sept 8 (MENA) - Federal police chief Major General Raid Shaker Jawdat said on Friday that the police forces sent several units to liberate Hawija, Al Shirqat and western Anbar. In a statement, he revealed that the forces continue to ....

Russia keen on implementing joint investment projects in Sudan: Lavrov

Date: 2017-09-08 10:51:24 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:6980405

MOSCOW, Sept 8 (MENA) - Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stressed on Friday his country's keenness on implementing joint investment projects with Sudan. He added that his country is keen on establishing rapprochement based on respecting ....