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29 civilians killed in int'l coalition's raids on Raqqa

Date: 2017-08-09 07:28:01 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:6936453

LONDON, Aug 9 (MENA) - Twenty-nine civilians were killed, including 14 children of the same family, in air raids carried out by the US-led international coalition over the Syrian city of Raqqa, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights ....

Russian, US top military officers discuss situation in Syria, Iraq

Date: 2017-08-08 22:53:03 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:93 - ID:6936259

MOSCOW, Aug 8 (MENA) - Situation in Syria and Iraq, as well as issues of countering international terrorism were in focus of a telephone conversation between Chief of Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov and Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of ....

Israeli jets strike targets in Gaza Strip

Date: 2017-08-08 20:26:08 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:6936192

GAZA CITY, Aug 8 (MENA) – Israeli occupation warplanes on Tuesday bombed a target inside the Gaza Strip, sources said. The warplanes dropped bombs on a location in the north of the enclave in response to a rocket that hit Ashkelon from Beit ....

Syrian army makes new advances against Daesh terrorists in Suwayda

Date: 2017-08-08 19:29:37 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:6936047

DAMASCUS, Aug 8 (MENA) - Syrian government forces have made fresh territorial gains against the Takfiri Daesh militants in the country’s southernmost province of Suwayda, Press TV reported Tuesday. Military sources, speaking on condition of ....

Jordanian PM to visit Sudan Thursday

Date: 2017-08-08 17:16:57 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:6935921

KHARTOUM, Aug 8 (MENA) - Jordanian Prime Minister Hani al Mulki will pay Thursday a one-day official visit to Khartoum, Sudan News Agency (SUNA) reported Tuesday. The Jordanian prime minister is scheduled to hold joint talks with Sudanese First ....

Italy, Libya mission right road -- UN envoy

Date: 2017-08-08 15:37:53 GMT - Italy - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:6935825

ROME, Aug 8 (MENA) - Ghassan Salame', the United Nations special envoy for Libya, on Tuesday praised the Italian naval mission to support the Libyan coast guard's efforts against human traffickers, ANSA reported. "I know there were rows in Libya, ....

Iraqi court sentences 27 to death on Speicher killings charges

Date: 2017-08-08 15:17:43 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:6935760

BAGHDAD, Aug 8 (MENA)- Iraq's Central Criminal Court sentenced 27 persons to death for their involvement in the killing of hundreds of soldiers outside Speicher air base in Tikrit. Al Iraqiyah news channel cited Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council ....

Jordanian, Algerian joint committee to meet before end of 2017

Date: 2017-08-08 14:07:59 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:6935467

AMMAN, Aug 8 (MENA) - Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Al Safadi and his Algerian counterpart Abdel Qader Msahel agreed Tuesday to hold the upcoming meeting of the Jordanian-Algerian joint committee in Algeria before the end of this ....

Explosive device injures two people southwestern Baghdad

Date: 2017-08-08 13:56:18 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:6935579

BAGHDAD, Aug 8, (MENA)- Two people were injured by an explosive device that went off southwestern Baghdad, an Iraqi security source said on Tuesday. The bomb went off near a local market at Radwaniyah area, southwestern Baghdad, leaving two ....

12 Yemeni soldiers killed, wounded in barrack bombing

Date: 2017-08-08 13:12:32 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:6935519

SANAA, Aug 8 (MENA) - At least three Yemeni soldiers were killed and nine more injured in a a blast that targeted a military barrack Tuesday. A suicide bomber, believed to belong to Al Qaeda organization, drove into a military barrack in Jaheen ....