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Iraqi forces control Kask oil refinery, liberate 2 villages in Tal Afar
Date: 2017-08-22 10:15:09 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:6956100
BAGHDAD, Aug 22 (MENA) – The command of the operations launched to retake Tal Afar announced that the Iraqi security forces controlled Kask oil refinery and liberated two villages in Tal Afar from Daesh grip. In a statement, the commander of the ....
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AOHR files complaint against Qatar over preventing its citizens from performing pilgrimage
Date: 2017-08-22 10:11:59 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:6955949
LONDON, Aug 22 (MENA) - The Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR) in Britain has filed a complaint to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the back of ....
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Mattis: Daesh's days are numbered
Date: 2017-08-22 09:45:38 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:6955999
BAGHDAD, Aug 22 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday Daesh’s “days are numbered,” while cautioning that defeating the militant group is not imminent, Voice of America reported. Mattis spoke to reporters before flying to ....
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Lebanese soldier killed, 4 injured in bomb blast in Juroud Arsal
Date: 2017-08-22 09:45:25 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:6955986
BEIRUT, Aug 22 (MENA) - The Lebanese army announced that a Lebanese soldier was killed and four others were injured in a bomb explosion in Juroud Arsal town. In a statement on Tuesday, the Lebanese army said that the blast took place when a unit ....
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42 civilians killed in raids of int'l coalition in Raqqa
Date: 2017-08-22 08:28:53 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:6955952
LONDON, Aug 22 (MENA) – The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that 42 civilians, including women and children, were killed in a shelling conducted by the international coalition on several neighborhoods in Raqqa, a prominent ....
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Jordanian army foils infiltration attempts from Syria
Date: 2017-08-22 07:52:35 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:6955894
AMMAN, Aug 22 (MENA)- The Jordanian army announced on Tuesday foiling attempts by eights persons to sneak via the Syrian borders into the country. The Eastern Military Zone late Monday foiled an infiltration attempt by six persons who tried to ....
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US Defense Secretary James Mattis arrives in Baghdad
Date: 2017-08-22 07:47:36 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:6955873
BAGHDAD, Aug 22 (MENA) - US Secretary of Defense James Mattis has arrived in Iraq ahead of meetings with US and Iraqi officials, CNN reported. Mattis was greeted by the Commander of the Combined Joint Task Force, Lieutenant General Stephen ....
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US asks Assad regime to cease use of chemical weapons, declare its chemical weapons stockpiles
Date: 2017-08-22 07:23:25 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:6955871
WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (MENA) - The US State Department has asked the Assad regime to cease its use of chemical weapons and fully declare all its chemical weapons stockpiles, the US-funded Radio Sawa reported Tuesday. A statement issued by the US ....
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Egypt-Tunisia high joint committee to convene in November in Cairo -- envoy
Date: 2017-08-21 21:35:43 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:6955700
TUNIS, Aug 21 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador to Tunisia Nabil Habashi on Monday said the Egyptian-Tunisian High Joint Committee is expected to convene in Cairo in November. The committee is meant to promote relations between the two countries and ....
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Iraqi forces retake 12 Daesh-controlled villages in Tal Afar -- military spokesman
Date: 2017-08-21 20:48:38 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:6955699
BAGHDAD, Aug 21 (MENA) - Iraqi forces have driven out Daesh terrorists from 12 villages in Tal Afar, only one day after Prime Minister Haider al Abadi announced a major operation to liberate the key city of Nineveh Province. The Iraqi army, the ....
