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UNHCR Commissioner concludes his visit to Sudan
Date: 2017-08-17 12:05:24 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:6949140
KHARTOUM, Aug 17 (MENA) - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi wrapped up on Thursday his official visit to Sudan that lasted three days. During his visit, the UNHCR Commissioner got acquainted with the conditions of ....
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15 Houthis dead, injured in bombardment of southern Yemen
Date: 2017-08-17 11:04:25 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:6948673
ADEN, Aug 17 (MENA) - A bombardment by Arab Coalition fighter jets left six armed Houthis dead and nine others injured in Taiz in southern Yemen on Thursday. Coalition warplanes targeted reinforcements sent to Houthis and former Yemeni president ....
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6 Daesh fighters killed in Wednesday's violence in Lebanon
Date: 2017-08-17 10:43:22 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:6948891
BEIRUT, Aug 17 (MENA) - The Lebanese army said six Daesh fighters were killed in confrontations in Jurod, Ras Baalbek and Al Qaa in northern Beqaa Valley in Lebanon on Wednesday. In a statement on Thursday, the army said five army personnel were ....
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Yemeni FM heads for New York to attend UNSC meeting
Date: 2017-08-17 10:38:10 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:6948898
ADEN, Aug 17 (MENA) - Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdalmalek al Makhlafi headed for New York on Thursday to attend an extraordinary meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The meeting will focus on the political and humanitarian ....
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Daesh executes three brothers over refusing group's compulsory conscription in Qa'im
Date: 2017-08-17 10:26:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:6948745
BAGHDAD, Aug 17 (MENA) - The terrorist group of Daesh executed three brothers who refused to be recruited by the group in al Qa'im city in western Anbar province, a leading figure of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization said. In statements to Al ....
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Violent clashes continue in Damascus countryside
Date: 2017-08-17 08:26:15 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:6948546
DAMASCUS, Aug 17 (MENA)- Violent clashes between factions of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Syrian armed forces continued in Ayn Tarma in the Eastern Damascus countryside, Sky News reported Thursday. Meanwhile, government forces renewed their ....
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Russian military brings 30 tons of relief aid to Syria’s Eastern Ghouta
Date: 2017-08-17 07:55:02 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:6948594
DAMASCUS, Aug 17 (MENA) - Six Russian trucks carrying some 30 tons of humanitarian aid reached the outskirts of Syria’s Damascus on Thursday, a spokesman for Russia’s Syrian reconciliation center said. Every package contains sugar, rice, flour ....
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Syria's HNC to meet in Riyadh on August 20, with Cairo platform attending
Date: 2017-08-16 22:42:17 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:89 - ID:6948411
RIYADH, Aug 16 (MENA) - The Syrian opposition's High Negotiations Committee (HNC) spokesman Munzer Makhos said the committee will have a meeting in Riyadh on August 20 for talks on issues related to the Syrian constitution, Sky News reported. In ....
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Saudi King orders planes to bring Qatari pilgrims for Hajj at his expense
Date: 2017-08-16 22:15:00 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:6948434
RIYADH, Aug 16 (MENA) - King Salman bin Abdulaziz instructed to allow Qatari pilgrims to enter Saudi Arabia via the land border without electronic permits at his expense, Alarabiya TV reported. This decree came upon the mediation of Sheikh ....
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Yemeni army says about to liberate city, province from rebels
Date: 2017-08-16 21:55:02 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:85 - ID:6948374
ADEN, Aug 16 (MENA) - The Yemeni national army said on Wednesday its troops are about to retake a city and a province from Houthi rebels. "Units of the army will very nearly to storm and liberate Midi in Hajjah from the Houthi coup militias ....
