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  • Tunisia denounces Barcelona terror attack

    Date: 2017-08-18 17:52:42 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:6951097

    TUNIS, Aug 18 (MENA) - Tunisia firmly condemned Thursday’s terrorist attack in Barcelona's Las Ramblas that killed and injured several people, the Tunisian press agency (TAP) reported. Tunisia expressed full solidarity with the Spanish people ....

  • Over 4,000 civilians killed in Taiz since beginning of war - Yemeni FM

    Date: 2017-08-18 17:28:40 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:6951028

    NEW YORK, Aug 18 (MENA) - Yemeni Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulmalik Al Mekhlafi said Friday 4,164 civilians have been killed in the ongoing war in Taiz city in southwestern Yemen. Speaking during an extraordinary session of the UN Security ....

  • Syrian opposition group Failak al Rahman joins ceasefire

    Date: 2017-08-18 16:16:18 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:6950964

    MOSCOW, Aug 18 (MENA) - Russia’s Defense Ministry and the Syrian opposition’s Failak ar-Rahman grouping have signed a ceasefire deal, TASS news agency quoted the ministry as saying on Friday. Earlier, on July 22, Russia’s Defense Ministry signed ....

  • Pentagon hopes to declassify hidden threat in Mosul

    Date: 2017-08-18 15:49:48 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:6950860

    NEW YORK, Aug 18 (MENA) - The Pentagon seeks to declassify strike targets in Mosul where American bombs did not explode during the battles in Mosul, the New York Times reported on Thursday. Commander of the campaign against Daesh in Iraq and ....

  • Houthi militias urge supporters to flock to Sanaa Thursday

    Date: 2017-08-18 14:53:28 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:6950738

    SANAA, Aug 18 (MENA) – Houthi militias have called on supporters to take to streets of Sana Thursday to prevent loyalists of former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh from celebrating the 35th anniversary of establishing the General People's ....

  • 2 Daesh leaders killed in Diyala

    Date: 2017-08-18 14:26:56 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:6950760

    BAGHDAD, Aug 18 (MENA) - Two senior leaders of Daesh terrorist group were killed in an airstrike on the northern parts of Diyala governorate in Iraq, Police chief Jassem al Saadi said on Friday. Al Hashd Al Shaabi troops also targeted a gathering ....

  • Lebanon condemns Barcelona terrorist attack

    Date: 2017-08-18 12:14:20 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:6950522

    BEIRUT, Aug 18 (MENA) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun sent two cables of condolences to Spanish King Felipe VI and to Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy over the victims of Barcelona terrorist attack. The attack, which occurred on Thursday, left 13 ....

  • Iraq: Roadside bomb blast wounds three persons in southern Baghdad

    Date: 2017-08-18 11:33:58 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:6950493

    BAGHDAD, Aug 18 (MENA) - A bomb went off near a local market in southern Baghdad, leaving three persons wounded, Iraqi Media News Agency reported Friday. The bomb was planted on a roadside near the market and exploded early Friday, a security ....

  • Syrian forces claim four oil fields from Daesh in west-central Syria

    Date: 2017-08-18 11:32:51 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:6950426

    DAMASCUS, Aug 18 (MENA) - The Syrian Armed Forces were able to regain control of four oil fields from terrorist Daesh group in the countrysides of Homs and Hama cities in west and west-central of Syria respectively, Russia Today (RT) channel ....

  • Israeli reconnaissance drone violates Lebanese airspace

    Date: 2017-08-18 11:00:21 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:6950423

    BEIRUT, Aug 18 (MENA) - A reconnaissance drone belonging to the Israeli occupation forces violated the Lebanese airspace on Thursday over Rmaich village, the Lebanese Army said. In a statement, the army said it hovered over the southern parts ....

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