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Israel threatens to blow up Gaza houses covering Hamas tunnels

Date: 2017-08-10 15:47:08 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:6939057

GAZA CITY, Aug 10 (MENA) – The head of the Israeli army’s Southern Command revealed the location of two alleged Hamas tunnel sites buried underneath an apartment building and a family home in the northern Gaza Strip, and threatened to blow up both ....

Sudan, Jordan sign 10 cooperation agreements

Date: 2017-08-10 15:43:05 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:6939006

KHARTOUM, Aug 10 (MENA) – Sudan and Jordan signed Thursday 10 memoranda of understanding and cooperation agreements at the closing session of higher joint committee meetings. Sudanese Prime Minister Gen. Bakri Hassan Salih and his Jordanian ....

13 Houthis, pro- Saleh militants killed in Yemen

Date: 2017-08-10 15:40:21 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:6938942

ADEN, Aug 10 (MENA) - Thirteen Houthis and pro-Saleh militias were killed on Thursday during clashes with the Yemeni national army and public resistance forces in Osaylan district of Shabwah province. Local sources said that elements of the MIKA ....

Helicopter crash kills 4 people in southren Algeria

Date: 2017-08-10 14:51:47 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:6938779

ALGERIA, Aug 10 (MENA)- Four people have been killed due to Helicopter crash in Dakakane area southwestern Algeria's capital, Tassili Airlines said on Thursday. "A Bell 206 helicopter crashed leading to the death of its pilot, his two assistants ....

Saudi Minister of Energy expects more trading, investment cooperation with Iraq

Date: 2017-08-10 14:49:26 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:6938772

JEDDAH, Aug 10 (MENA) - Saudi Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid Al Falih said Thursday that relations between Saudi Arabia and Iraq are expected to witness more cooperation in the coming phase. Fields of cooperation will ....

Iraqi police seize 3,000 projectiles, explosives in Mosul

Date: 2017-08-10 14:25:42 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:6938734

BAGHDAD, Aug 10 (MENA) – Iraqi police said on Thursday that security forces seized a depot that includes 3,000 mortar shells and explosives in the industrial zone west of the city, Al Iraqiya TV station reported. Federal Police Chief Raed Shawkat ....

Jordan keen on expanding cooperation with Iraq - FM

Date: 2017-08-10 13:38:30 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:6938800

AMMAN, Aug 10 (MENA) - Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi reiterated on Thursday the kingdom's keenness on taking all steps needed to expand cooperation with Iraq in implementation of King Abdullah II's directives. The remarks were made ....

Preparations for 6th round of Astana Talks underway

Date: 2017-08-10 13:18:07 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:6938646

MOSCOW/ASTANA, Aug 10 (MENA)- Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov said Thursday that the preparations for the 6th round of Astana talks on Syria are underway. The talks are scheduled to take place end of August as per the agreement in the ....

19 civilians killed in aggression by US-led “international coalition” on residential neighborhoods in Deir Ezzor

Date: 2017-08-10 13:04:30 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:6938649

DEIR EZZOR, Aug 10 (MENA) - Up to 19 civilians were killed and others got injured in Deir Ezzor countryside in an aggression launched by the warplanes of the US-led “international coalition” under the pretext of fighting Daesh. Local sources told ....

UNICEF: More than half million Libyan children need aid

Date: 2017-08-10 12:14:16 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:6938538

CAIRO, Aug 10 (MENA) - The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said Thursday that more than half a million children in Libya need humanitarian assistance. UNICEF called on reaching a political solution for the crisis ....