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  • Lebanese PM will visit Russia on Monday

    Date: 2017-09-06 15:53:34 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:6977928

    MOSCOW, Sept 6 (MENA) - Lebanese Prime minister Saad Al Hariri will start an official visit on Monday to Russia, Sputnik news agency quoted sources as saying Wednesday. During his visit, Hariri will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, ....

  • MWL denounces brutal assaults against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar

    Date: 2017-09-06 14:14:22 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:6977519

    MECCA, Sept 6 (MENA) – The Muslim World League (MWL) has deplored brutal assaults against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, asserting that these atrocities and genocide committed before the eyes of the entire world are a blot on the humanity’s ....

  • 5 Daesh militants killed in Iraq's Saladin

    Date: 2017-09-06 13:33:36 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:6977538

    BAGHDAD, Sept 6 (MENA) - The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) killed 5 Daesh militants, and burned a vehicle that belonged to the terrorist organization, Northern Saladin province on Wednesday. The PMF in a statement, said the 29th brigade was ....

  • Russian warplanes eliminate 1,200 terrorists in Syria in two weeks

    Date: 2017-09-06 13:11:27 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:6977573

    MOSCOW, Sept 6 (MENA) - Russian planes in Syria have flown 1,417 sorties over the past two weeks to deal 2,687 strikes against command centers, field camps and groups of militants and destroy 83 armored vehicles, Commander of Russia’s military group ....

  • Houthis arrest 14 pro-Saleh supporters

    Date: 2017-09-06 11:11:21 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:6977218

    SANAA, Sept 6 (MENA) - Houthi militias arrested 14 civilians and an officer loyalist to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemeni sources said Wednesday. Pro-Saleh forces and leaderships have been captured and threatened by Houthis over the ....

  • DNA results confirm slain soldiers' identity - army

    Date: 2017-09-06 09:29:59 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:6977136

    BEIRUT, Sept 6 (MENA) - Results of DNA tests confirmed that all bodies found in the former Daesh enclave were of the Lebanese soldiers who went missing three years ago, said Army Commander General Joseph Aoun on Wednesday. The Lebanese servicemen ....

  • Paper: Boost for Assad as Syrian army makes gains against Daesh in eastern Syria

    Date: 2017-09-06 09:25:43 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:6977028

    WASHINGTON, Sept 6 (MENA) - The Syrian army broke a three-year siege by Daesh on an enclave of the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zour on Tuesday, offering a fresh boost to the fortunes of President Bashar al-Assad and his once-flagging army, The ....

  • AL chief slams escalating violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar

    Date: 2017-09-06 08:46:22 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:6976981

    CAIRO, Sept 6 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit vehemently condemned escalating violence against the minority Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. In a press release on Wednesday, Abul Gheit called on the authorities in Myanmar to ....

  • Key Houthi commander killed in Sirwah raid

    Date: 2017-09-06 07:55:06 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:6976846

    ADEN, Sept 6 (MENA) - A key Houthi commander was killed in an airstrike over Sirwah city in Ma'rib governorate, Yemeni security sources said on Wednesday. Medical sources said Ismail Mohamed Ali al Sha'bani - aka Abu Jihad - succumbed to the ....

  • Sudan takes part in AU meeting on Libya

    Date: 2017-09-05 20:36:10 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:6976552

    KHARTOUM, Sept 5 (MENA) - Sudanese Vice President Hassabu Mohamed Abdalrahman will fly to the capital of the Republic of the Congo, Brazzaville, on Friday to take part in an African Union meeting on Libya. The meeting will be held on Saturday ....

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