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1 killed, 3 wounded in bomb blast west of Baghdad: Iraqi police
Date: 2017-08-25 11:00:30 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:6961196
BAGHDAD, Aug 25 (MENA) - One person was killed and three others were wounded on Friday when a bomb blast hit an area in western Baghdad, an Iraqi security source said. The explosive device was placed near commercial shops in Bakriya, west of the ....
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UK Foreign Secretary: Heftar has role to play in political process
Date: 2017-08-25 10:17:02 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:6961163
BENGHAZI, Libya, Aug 25 (MENA) - Head of the Libyan National Army Field Marshall Khalifa Heftar has a role to play in the political process and Libyans have to decide what an acceptable compromise looks like, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson ....
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Iraqi forces capture 50% of Tal Afar city
Date: 2017-08-25 10:14:00 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:6961162
BAGHDAD, Aug 25 (MENA) - Commander of the Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) elite units Lieutenant General Abdul Ghani al Asadi said on Friday that Iraqi forces recaptured more than 50 percent of the city of Tal Afar in Nineveh governorate held by ....
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SOHR: Daesh attack in Raqqa leaves 34 Syrian soldiers dead
Date: 2017-08-25 08:08:27 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:6960969
DAMASCUS, Aug 25 (MENA) - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported the death of 34 soldiers of the Syrian government forces in an attack carried out by Daesh terrorist group in Raqqa governorate, Sky News Arabia said on Friday without ....
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Libya’s Haftar receives British foreign secretary
Date: 2017-08-24 21:35:14 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:103 - ID:6960851
BENGHAZI, Aug 24 (MENA) – Commander of the Libyan army General Khalifa Haftar held a meeting Tuesday with British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in Benghazi. According to the Libyan army media office, the meeting took up the latest political ....
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British foreign secretary meets Libya’s Haftar
Date: 2017-08-24 19:43:28 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:98 - ID:6960594
BENGHAZI, Aug 24 (MENA) - British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson arrived Thursday in Benghazi for a meeting with Commander of the Libyan army General Khalifa Haftar. During his stay, Johnson visited western cities of Libya and held a number of ....
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Barzani says Kurdistan independence referendum to be held on time
Date: 2017-08-24 18:51:23 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:95 - ID:6960629
BAGHDAD, Aug 24 (MENA) - Kurdish President Masoud Barzani on Thursday said the Kurdistan independence referendum will not be postponed. The referendum is planned to be held on September 25. Kurdistan gained autonomous governance based on the ....
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Head of Libya's interim gov't mourns victims of checkpoint attack
Date: 2017-08-24 17:37:23 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:90 - ID:6960545
AL BAYDA’, Libya, Aug 24 (MENA) – Head of Libya's interim government Abdullah al-Thani has mourned the victims of a terrorist attack on an army checkpoint in central Libya’s Jufra district on Wednesday, which killed 11 people. Al-Thani asserted ....
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Abbas receives phone call from Saudi FM
Date: 2017-08-24 17:09:06 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:89 - ID:6960517
RAMALLAH, Aug 24 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received a phone call from Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al Jubeir on Thursday. The contact tackled the outcome of Abbas's meetings with the US delegation over the peace process. A US ....
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EU amb. to Libya: We will cooperate with Libyan authorities in various fields
Date: 2017-08-24 16:04:16 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:6960463
TRIPOLI, Aug 24 (MENA) - The EU Ambassador to Libya Bettina Muscheidt said Thursday that she is present in the Arab country to prepare for the return of the European mission which will work from inside Libya. This remark came during the meeting ....
