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Iraqi forces liberate Tal al Saban village in western Tal Afar
Date: 2017-08-20 10:13:25 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:6952791
BAGHDAD, Aug 20 (MENA) - Iraqi security forces and Popular Mobilization troops managed to liberate Tal al Saban village, in western Tal Afar, according to the Iraqi news agency. In a televised speech at dawn Sunday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider el ....
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Iraq army starts offensive in Tal Afar; Daesh suffers heavy losses
Date: 2017-08-20 09:54:49 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:6952689
BAGHDAD, Aug 20 (MENA) - The terrorist group of Daesh has suffered heavy losses as the Iraqi army launched on Sunday a ground offensive to retake Tal Afar, west of the recently liberated Mosul. "Two advanced defense front-lines of Daesh collapsed ....
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Iraqi forces launch fresh assault on Tal Afar: Washington Post
Date: 2017-08-20 08:24:47 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:6952652
WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (MENA) - Iraqi ground forces began an assault on the town of Tal Afar, Prime Minister Haider al Abadi announced on state television, one of the last territories in the country controlled by Daesh militants, the Washington Post ....
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Iraqi defense min. asserts support of Lebanon in face of terror
Date: 2017-08-20 08:11:19 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:6952634
BEIRUT, Aug 20 (MENA) – Iraqi Defense Minister Erfan al Hiyali asserted his country's support of Lebanon and its army in face of terror. This came during Hiyali’s phone call with Lebanese Defense Minister Yaacoub Riad Sarraf on Sunday. During ....
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Lebanon army continues anti-Daesh offensive
Date: 2017-08-20 07:51:30 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:6952633
BEIRUT, Aug 20 (MENA) - The Lebanese army continued on Sunday for the second day in a row its offensive on Daesh militants in an enclave on the border with Syria. In the "Jroud Dawn" operation, the Lebanese troops shelled Jroud and Ras Balebek on ....
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Iraqi police retakes Al Abra area in Tel Afar
Date: 2017-08-20 07:36:46 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:6952631
BAGHDAD, Aug 20 (MENA) - Iraqi police regained control over Al Abra area in Tel Afar city on Sunday, the police command said. In a statement, units of Iraqi federal police, backed by warplanes, managed to retake the city as part of a military ....
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Iraqi commander pledges to liberate Tal Afar from Daesh
Date: 2017-08-20 07:32:58 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:6952594
BAGHDAD, Aug 20 (MENA) - Commander of the Nineveh Liberation Operation, Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah, pledged to liberate Tal Afar city in Nineveh governorate from the hands of the terrorist group of Daesh. In a statement on Sunday, Yarallah said ....
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Iraqi PM announces start of Tel Afar liberation operation
Date: 2017-08-20 05:55:24 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:6952561
BAGHDAD, Aug 20 (MENA) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider el Abadi announced on Sunday the start of a military operation to oust Daesh militants from Tel Afar, 60 kilometers west of Mosul. The operation comes six weeks after Mosul, Iraq’s ....
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Egypt, Jordan, Palestine FMs urge end to stalemate in peace process 2 Cairo
Date: 2017-08-19 18:58:29 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:6952322
The top diplomats of Egypt, Jordan and Palestine have asserted that the Palestinian cause is central to the Arab and Islamic worlds, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said. In a statement following their talks in Cairo, the three ministers demanded ....
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Egypt, Jordan, Palestine FMs urge end to stalemate in peace process
Date: 2017-08-19 17:23:36 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:6952283
CAIRO, Aug 19 (MENA) – The foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan and Palestine have stressed the necessity of overcoming the current stalemate in the Middle East peace process. Speaking at a press conference in Cairo on Saturday, Sameh Shoukry of ....
