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  • Daesh leader arrested, 3 explosive warehouses found in Diyala

    Date: 2017-09-02 09:04:21 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:6972048

    BAGHDAD, Sept 2 (MENA) - A terrorist Daesh leader has been arrested and three explosive warehouses found in Iraq's northeastern governorate of Diyala, Degla Operation Command announced on Saturday. A joint security unit ....

  • Over 20 Houthi militants killed in Usaylan

    Date: 2017-09-02 07:36:37 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:6971983

    ADEN, Sept 2 (MENA) - More than 20 Houthi elements have been killed in airstrikes by coalition jets and in fierce clashes in Usaylan district of Shabawah. The national army have regained control over three strategic posts southern Usaylan after ....

  • Syrian troops advancing toward Deir Ez-Zor, says Russian defense ministry

    Date: 2017-09-02 07:23:55 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:6971968

    MOSCOW, Sept 2 (MENA) - Syrian government troops, supported by the Russian Aerospace Forces, continue to encircle Daesh terrorist group near Akerbat settlement in Hama province, Sputnik reported Saturday quoting a statement by the Russian Defense ....

  • US-led coalition continues tracking Daesh militants to cut road to Syria's Deir Ezzor - spokesman

    Date: 2017-09-01 21:49:14 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:6971889

    WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (MENA) - Spokesman for the US-led coalition Ryan Dillon said that tracking convoys of Daesh militants and their families will continue to prevent them from reaching the Syrian city of Deir Ezzor. The coalition will continue ....

  • More than 8,000 lives lost crossing the Mediterranean in the two years since Alan Kurdi's death

    Date: 2017-09-01 21:41:03 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:6971894

    LONDON, Sept 1 (MENA) - More than 8,000 refugees and migrants have died or gone missing while trying to cross the Mediterranean since the death of Alan Kurdi, the Syrian toddler whose body washed up on a Turkish beach two years ago today (SAT), ....

  • Pan-Arab Parliament speaker deplores Algeria suicide bombing

    Date: 2017-09-01 21:01:03 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:6971882

    CAIRO, Sept 1 (MENA) - Speaker of the pan-Arab Parliament Meshaal bin Fahm al Salami has condemned a suicide attack on a police station in western Algeria that killed two policemen on Thursday. Such cowardly terrorist attacks will steel Algeria's ....

  • Iraq’s Popular Mobilization: Daesh seizes tens of thousands of citizens in Hawija

    Date: 2017-09-01 17:50:51 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:6971767

    BAGHDAD, Sept 1 (MENA) – Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces Spokesman Ahmed al Asadi said on Friday that tens of thousands of citizens are being held by Daesh terrorist group in Hawija town of Kirkuk governorate. In statements to Alsumaria News ....

  • National reconciliation prerequisite for sustainable peace in Iraq: UN official

    Date: 2017-09-01 17:35:13 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:6971743

    BAGHDAD, Sept 1 (MENA) - Sustainable peace can only be secured through inclusive solutions, addressing the grievances, needs and aspirations of the Iraqi people, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) for Iraq Ján Kubiš said on ....

  • Saudi-led warplanes destroy Houthi-affiliate ballistic missile launcher

    Date: 2017-09-01 17:04:49 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:6971745

    SANAA, Sept 1 (MENA) – Saudi-led warplanes destroyed on Friday a ballistic missile launcher affiliated to Houthis in Hajjah Governorate, military sources told Sky News. The sources, speaking under condition of anonymity, said that a number of ....

  • SOHR: Opposition releases 30 regime forces, pilot

    Date: 2017-09-01 16:15:19 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:6971710

    LONDON, Sept 1 (MENA) - The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) learned that Jaysh Usud Al Sharqiyah and Ahmad Al Abdo Forces released more than 31 members of regime forces and their allied militiamen, including the pilot whose ....

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