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Under Trump, gains against Daesh have ‘dramatically accelerated’ - newspaper
Date: 2017-08-05 12:11:36 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:6931172
WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (MENA) - Nearly a third of territory reclaimed from Daesh since 2014 has been won in the past six months, due to new policies adopted by the Donald Trump administration, a senior State Department official said. Brett McGurk, the ....
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UN envoy to Libya visits Tripoli
Date: 2017-08-05 10:31:19 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:6931032
TRIPOLI, Aug 5 (MENA) – United Nations Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salamé is due to embark on a visit to Tripoli with his accompanying delegation. Salamé is scheduled to meet with Head of the Libyan Presidential Council Fayez Sarraj and Foreign ....
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Negotiations continuing in 6 Syrian provinces to maintain ceasefire deal - Russian defense ministry
Date: 2017-08-05 10:21:36 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:6930984
MOSCOW, Aug 5 (MENA) - Negotiations in six Syrian provinces are going on between Russian military men and representatives from the Syrian opposition in order to maintain the ceasefire deal, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday. In a ....
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Fierce clashes between Syrian regime, opposition forces near borders with Jordan - SOHR
Date: 2017-08-05 07:48:37 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:6930797
LONDON, Aug 5 (MENA) - Fierce clashes erupted between the Syrian regime forces and the opposition forces in al Badia area near borders with Jordan, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). The clashes erupted after the Syrian regime ....
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Clashes continue between regime, opposition forces in Homs countryside - SOHR
Date: 2017-08-05 07:29:28 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:6930788
LONDON, Aug 5 (MENA) - Clashes have continued between the Syrian army troops and opposition forces in al Hula area in Homs countryside on the second day of the ceasefire agreement, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). In a ....
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3 Israeli gunboats breach Lebanese waters -- army
Date: 2017-08-04 22:28:03 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:6930681
BEIRUT, Aug 4 (MENA) - The Lebanese army said Friday three Israeli gunboats violated the country's territorial waters off Ras al Naqoura to a distance of 500 meters. The gunboats threw two explosive charges into the water before leaving to ....
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9 Houthis killed in clashes in northern Taiz
Date: 2017-08-04 20:44:34 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:6930621
ADEN, Yemen, Aug 4 (MENA) – Nine Houthi and pro-Saleh militants were killed while others were injured on Friday when Yemeni security forces repelled an attack that was launched by the militias in southern Taiz city, a security source of the 35th ....
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Yemen's cholera death toll hits 1,890 - minister
Date: 2017-08-04 18:00:14 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:6930515
ADEN, Yemen, Aug 4 (MENA) – Yemeni Minister of Health and Population Naser Baoom said Friday that 1,890 cholera-related deaths were recorded from April 27 till the end of July. Speaking to reporters, the minister said the cases were mainly ....
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8 Houthi militants killed in raids on Shabwah
Date: 2017-08-04 16:25:13 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:6930416
ADEN, Aug 4 (MENA) – Eight Houthi militants were killed on Friday in two Arab coalition airstrikes in Shabwah Governorate, east of Aden, Yemen. The two airstrikes targeted a gathering and a site belonging to the Houthi militia. Meanwhile, a ....
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21 civilians killed in June airstrikes in Syria, Iraq -- int'l coalition
Date: 2017-08-04 16:16:42 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:6930425
WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (MENA) - Twenty-one civilians in Syria and Iraq in June in airstrikes launched by the US-led Coalition, Russia Today reported on Friday. Since the start of the campaign against Daesh group in 2014, 624 people were ....
