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  • Lebanese FM, Kuwaiti Ambassador discuss bilateral relations

    Date: 2017-08-23 10:30:53 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:6957860

    BEIRUT, Aug 23 (MENA) - Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil discussed Wednesday with Kuwaiti Ambassador in Beirut Abdelaal Al Qenaie ways of boosting bilateral relations. During the meeting, Bassil showed keenness on better and stronger ....

  • Baghdad operational command kills 2 suicide bombers west of Baghdad

    Date: 2017-08-23 09:29:17 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:6957691

    BAGHDAD, Aug 23 (MENA) - The Baghdad operational command announced that it killed two suicide bombers in western Baghdad, Al Sumaria news reported on Wednesday. The two, wearing suicide belts were planning to target a military force in Abu ....

  • Iraqi forces tell Daesh militants to choose either surrender or die

    Date: 2017-08-23 08:17:13 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:6957564

    BAGHDAD, Aug 23 (MENA) - Iraqi government forces used loudspeakers to tell Daesh militants in Iraq's Tal Afar city to choose either to surrender or die. Iraqi field sources said on Wednesday that Daesh militants are panicked and fled to the ....

  • Iraqi army realizing great progress in Tal Afar battle - spokesman

    Date: 2017-08-23 07:20:00 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:6957458

    BAGHDAD, Aug 23 (MENA) - Iraqi military spokesman Yahya Rasool said the Iraqi army is realizing great progress in Tal Afar battle against Daesh. In statements to the Arabic-speaking Sky News channel on Wednesday, the spokesman said Daesh militants ....

  • Fierce clashes renew between SDF, Daesh militants in Raqqa

    Date: 2017-08-23 07:14:59 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:6957491

    LONDON, Aug 23 (MENA) - Fierce clashes renewed on Wednesday between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Daesh militants in Raqqa, the main stronghold of the militant group in Syria, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The ....

  • Bahrain calls for filing international lawsuit against Qatar

    Date: 2017-08-22 22:51:55 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:95 - ID:6957333

    MANAMA, Aug 22 (MENA) - A call to file an international lawsuit against the Government of Qatar for its subversive role in Bahrain has resonated with the country's lawmakers, BNA reported Tuesday. MPs have announced a parliamentary and official ....

  • 37 Daesh terrorists killed in Iraq's Tal Afar

    Date: 2017-08-22 22:19:29 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:91 - ID:6957248

    BAGHDAD, Aug 22 (MENA) - As many as 37 Daesh terrorist have been killed in US-led airstrikes on Iraq's Tal Afar, a military statement said Tuesday. The US-led fighters launched 30 airstrikes on Daesh sites in Tal Afar and Anbar, which also ....

  • 22 illegal Moroccan, Algerian immigrants rescued off Libyan costs

    Date: 2017-08-22 22:14:33 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:90 - ID:6957246

    TRIPOLI, Aug 22 (MENA)- Libyan Cost Guards have rescued 22 illegal immigrants form Morocco and Algeria who were on board an inflatable boat. The immigrants were sailing within the territorial water in western Libya. The department in charge ....

  • Omani defense minister meets US central command chief

    Date: 2017-08-22 22:06:54 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - Arab world - SN:89 - ID:6957235

    MUSCAT, Aug 22 (MENA) – Omani Minister of Defense Affairs Badr bin Saud al-Busaidi held a meeting Tuesday with US Central Command chief Gen. Joseph Votel. The meeting took up military cooperation and a number of fields of mutual interests. ....

  • Arab Coalition forces thwart infiltration attempt by Houthis along the Jazan borders

    Date: 2017-08-22 22:02:50 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:88 - ID:6957344

    SANAA, Aug 22 (MENA) - The Arab coalition forces foiled an infiltration attempt by the Houthi militia and ousted-Saleh loyalists in one of the border areas between the Yemeni province of Saada and the Saudi Arabian region of Jazan, Al Arabiya TV ....

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