Arab world

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  • Syrian authorities release 80 detainees

    Date: 2017-09-02 12:34:53 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:6972415

    DAMASCUS, Sept 2 (MENA) - The Syrian authorities released 80 detainees, most of them in Damascus countryside, within the framework of enhancing national reconciliation and on the occasion of Eidul Adha. The secretary of Ba'ath Party in Damascus ....

  • Arab-Japanese dialogue to kick off in Cairo Sept. 11

    Date: 2017-09-02 12:04:03 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:6972365

    CAIRO, Sept 2 (MENA) - An Arab-Japanese political dialogue will start in Cairo on September 11. The Arab foreign ministers and their Japanese counterpart will meet in the presence of Arab League Secretary Ahmed Abul Gheit in a bid to reach a better ....

  • PMF defuses car bomb in central Tal Afar

    Date: 2017-09-02 11:54:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:6972340

    BAGHDAD, Sept 2 (MENA) - The 53rd brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) found Saturday a car bomb in central the Iraqi city of Tal Afar, west the city of Mosul. The PMF said in a statement that the 53rd brigade managed to defuse the bomb ....

  • Three wounded in explosion in Baghdad

    Date: 2017-09-02 11:35:40 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:6972292

    BAGHDAD, Sept 2 (MENA) - At least three people were wounded after an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near Shabia market in Bowie district, the city of Al Mada'in, southeastern the Iraqi capital Baghdad. The police and civil protection ....

  • Lebanese PM concludes his visit to Paris

    Date: 2017-09-02 10:54:51 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:6972244

    BEIRUT, Sept 2 (MENA) - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al Hariri concluded Saturday his visit to the French capital Paris after meeting with French Defense Minister Florence Parly. A number of Lebanese and French advisers attended the meeting, ....

  • Russian fighters bomb Daesh hardware near Syria's Deir Ezzor

    Date: 2017-09-02 10:42:41 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:6972193

    MOSCOW, Sept 2 (MENA) - Russia’s Aerospace Defense Forces have destroyed multiple pieces of Daesh hardware over two days of operations near the Syrian city of Deir Ez-Zor, Sputnik news agency quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as saying on ....

  • Daesh mufti reportedly killed in airstrikes over Salahuddin province

    Date: 2017-09-02 10:41:32 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:6972209

    BAGHDAD, Sept 2 (MENA) - Daesh mufti is reportedly killed in air strikes over Salahuddin governorate on Saturday, a local source said. Air strikes targeted Daesh positions in eastern Salahuddin governorate, reportedly killing the terrorist ....

  • 3 suicide bombers attack Samarra diesel station

    Date: 2017-09-02 10:31:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:6972190

    BAGHDAD, Sept 2 (MENA) - Iraq's Ministry of Electricity said Saturday that three suicide bombers blew themselves up at a diesel station in Samarra, leaving six employees dead. The explosion also caused damage to the building of the station, the ....

  • 7 suicide bombers killed in Iraq's Samaraa

    Date: 2017-09-02 10:27:42 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:6972146

    BAGHDAD, Sept 2 (MENA) - Seven suicide bombers have been killed in Iraq's Samaraa province. The seven besieged guards at a power plant eastern Samaraa before Iraqi troops killed them, a source said Saturday, giving no further details. (MENA) M A ....

  • AL chief welcomes liberation of Iraq's Tal Afar

    Date: 2017-09-02 09:33:28 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:6972080

    CAIRO, Sept 2 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit has welcomed the liberation of the Iraqi city of Tal Afar in Ninawa province. In a statement Saturday, Abul Gheit congratulated the Iraqi leadership, government and people on ....

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