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  • 2 airstrikes target Daesh terrorists in Kirkuk’s Hawija

    Date: 2017-09-03 20:00:09 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:6973765

    BAGHDAD, Sept 3 (MENA) - Two explosions were heard in Hawija city in southern Kirkuk Governorate that targeted a column of armed Daesh terrorists, a local source told The Baghdad Post on Sunday. The source said that the two explosions resulted ....

  • Yemeni PM: Iran is not allowed to have footstep in Arab region

    Date: 2017-09-03 15:32:52 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:6973602

    ADDEN, Sep 3 (MENA) - Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr stressed that the Decisive Storm operation will mark a turning point in the history of the Arab nation, as a breaker of the Iranian expansion in the region. Bin Daghr met ....

  • Former Yemeni president enhances build-up in Sanaa

    Date: 2017-09-03 15:05:31 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:6973524

    SANAA, Sept 3 (MENA) - Ousted Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh re-deployed his forces in Rima Hamid camp in Sanaa's Sanhan district, according to Yemeni local sources on Sunday. Saleh deployed units backing him in Sanaa in anticipation for a ....

  • Cargo ship sinks of Oman coast

    Date: 2017-09-03 11:36:28 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:6973266

    MUSCAT, Sept 3 (MENA) - Twenty crew members of a Tanzanian ship were rescued by an Omani Good Samaritan after their boat sank, the Royal Oman Police (ROP) announced. "A commercial ship carrying the Tanzanian flag sank in Omani territorial waters ....

  • Iraqi police arrest 18 Daesh gunmen

    Date: 2017-09-03 06:09:56 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:6972891

    BAGHDAD, Sept 3 (MENA) - Iraqi police arrested 18 Daesh gunmen while sneaking into Mosul from Tel Afar, Nineveh police commander Wathiq al Hamdani said Sunday. There are no suicide bombers among the detained terrorists, Hamdani ....

  • Russian Defense Ministry: Syrian army liberates Uqayribat from Daesh

    Date: 2017-09-02 17:46:56 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:6972700

    MOSCOW, Sep 2 (MENA) - The Syrian Arab Army backed by Russian Air Forces liberated the Uqayribat settlement east of Hama province, the Russian Defense Ministry was quoted by Sputnik News Agency as saying Saturday in a press release. The units of ....

  • US-led coalition air raids kill 22 Daesh militants in Iraq

    Date: 2017-09-02 16:18:03 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:6972655

    BAGHDAD, Sept 2 (MENA) - At least 22 terrorists of Daesh were killed Saturday in air raids launched by the US-led international coalition in western Iraq, according to a tribal commander. The airstrikes targeted Daesh militants who were in a ....

  • Qatar must end terror support to settle crisis: ex-Saudi intelligence chief

    Date: 2017-09-02 15:42:26 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:6972630

    RIYADH, Sept 2 (MENA) - Former Saudi intelligence chief Prince Turki al Faisal has asserted that Qatar must stop its support for terrorism to settle the current crisis with its neighboring countries. In statements reported by Sky News, al Faisal ....

  • Saudi king: Kingdom managed to drain sources of terrorism in cooperation with sisterly countries

    Date: 2017-09-02 13:11:31 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:6972444

    RIYADH, Sept 2 (MENA) - Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz said terrorist groups tried to tamper with sanctuaries but the kingdom in cooperation with its sisterly countries managed to uproot terrorism and drain its sources to a great extent. During ....

  • Iraq establishes air travel services to Moscow, Kuwait and Tehran

    Date: 2017-09-02 12:50:23 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:6972413

    BAGHDAD, Sept. 2 (MENA) - Iraqi Transport Minister Kazem Finjan announced Saturday the inauguration of air travel services to Moscow, Kuwait and Tehran, Iraqi Wa'a news agency reported. Finjan explained that the Iraqi civil aviation and its ....

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