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Libyan warplanes kill 3 terrorists, destroy 7 vehicles in Darna

Date: 2017-07-14 14:41:20 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:6897291

TRIPOLI, July 14 (MENA) - Libyan warplanes shelled gatherings of extremist groups west of Darna city, Libya’s al-Wasat gate news website reported Friday. The airstrikes left three terrorists dead and 11 others wounded. The are mostly of ....

Lebanon's police arrest three persons over Daesh links

Date: 2017-07-14 14:38:38 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:6897314

BEIRUT, July 14 (MENA) - The Lebanese General Security arrested Friday three Lebanese men over links to Daesh terrorist group. The move came within the framework of monitoring terrorist groups and combating terror networks involved in recruiting ....

First batch of China's emergency aid arrives in Yemen

Date: 2017-07-14 12:24:06 GMT - China - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:6897124

BEIJING, July 14 (MENA) - China announced on Friday that the first batch of emergency humanitarian aid provided by the Chinese government to help Yemeni people facing catastrophic situation there arrived in the port of Aden southern Yemen on ....

Duma ratifies dispatching air forces to Syria for 49 years

Date: 2017-07-14 11:04:05 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:6897267

MOSCOW, July 14 (MENA) - The Russian State Duma on Friday unanimously ratified a protocol attached to the agreement of deploying Russian air forces to Syria for 49 years. The protocol will allow the Russian air forces to conduct operation in ....

150 families returned to Homs from Jarabulus camp -- official

Date: 2017-07-14 10:51:23 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:6897153

DAMASCUS, July 14 (MENA) - Homs Governor Talal al Barazi said on Friday that as many as 150 Syrian families have been returned this week to areas under Syrian armed forces' control in Homs governorate coming from camp Zogra, west of Jarabulus city ....

Saudi-led coalition targets Houthi, Saleh militias in Al Jawf

Date: 2017-07-14 09:36:11 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:6897098

ADEN, July 14, (MENA) - The Saudi-led coalition conducted on Friday more than eight airstrikes on sites of the militias loyal to Houthis and former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh in several areas at northern Al Jawf governorate, local sources ....

US-Qatari deal not to solve problem; regional solution needed-- UAE ambassador

Date: 2017-07-14 08:17:45 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:6897003

MOSCOW, July 14 (MENA) - UAE ambassador to Russia Omar Saif Ghobash stressed on Friday that the agreement between US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Qatar- on fighting terrorism- will not be a solution to the problem that requires a regional ....

Bombings in Aleppo kill Baath party leader

Date: 2017-07-14 08:12:16 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:6897007

DAMASCUS, July 14 (MENA) - Syrian activists said on Friday that secretary of the ruling Baath party Fadil Najar was killed and five others were wounded in powerful explosions at the party building in the city of Aleppo. The activists explained ....

UAE says heading for "long estrangement" with Qatar

Date: 2017-07-14 08:09:52 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:6897001

ABU DHABI, July 14 (MENA) - There will be no quick end to the crisis between Qatar and the four countries boycotting it, the UAE minister of state for foreign affairs wrote on his official Twitter account on Friday. "We are heading for a long ....

Saudi Arabia congratulates Iraq on liberating Mosul

Date: 2017-07-14 07:37:58 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:6896999

RIYADH, July 14 (MENA) - An official at the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday conveyed his country's congratulations to the Iraqi government and people on restoring the city of Mosul and liberating it from Daesh terrorist group, the Saudi ....