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  • Iraqi army takes over last Daesh stronghold in Mosul's Najafi

    Date: 2017-07-06 07:47:19 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:6883778

    BAGHDAD, July 6 (MENA) - The Iraqi army took over the last Daesh stronghold in Mosul's Najafi district. The Iraqi federal police commander said forces tightened its grip around Daesh through fanning out snipers with a large number of planes ....

  • Gargash: The next steps will further isolate Qatar

    Date: 2017-07-06 07:19:53 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:6883699

    ABU DHABI, July 6 (MENA) - UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar al Gargash said that the four-way Cairo meeting on Qatar is the beginning of a difficult and necessary road, a path that saves Qatar from its illusions and sins represented ....

  • Basic infrastructure repair in Mosul will cost over dlrs1 bln - UN

    Date: 2017-07-06 07:00:45 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:6883721

    NEW YORK, July 6 (MENA) - Mosul's basic infrastructure will cost more than dlrs 1 billion to repair after the US-backed Iraqi offensive to retake the city from Daesh, a senior UN official has said. Iraqi commanders have predicted final victory in ....

  • 12 Libyan army personnel killed, 44 injured in Benghazi clashes - sources

    Date: 2017-07-06 06:59:06 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:6883700

    TRIPOLI, July 6 (MENA) - Libyan military and medical sources said 12 Libyan army personnel were killed and 44 others injured during clashes with terrorists in al Sabri neighborhood and central Benghazi over the past 48 hours. The sources told ....

  • UN: Cholera outbreak in Yemen has spread and over 1,600 dead

    Date: 2017-07-06 06:38:30 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:6883701

    NEW YORK, July 6 (MENA) - The United Nations says the cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen has now spread to all 21 governorates and there have been 270,000 suspected cases and over 1,600 deaths from the disease since late April, abc News ....

  • Haftar announces 'full liberation of Benghazi'

    Date: 2017-07-05 21:56:22 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:6883558

    BENGHAZI, July 5 (MENA) - The Libyan army's commander Khalifa Haftar announced on Wednesday the liberation of the whole city of Benghazi from "all terrorist groups". In a speech on the occasion, Haftar thanked "the national army" for the full ....

  • Jordan's Regent meets U.S. House of Representatives delegation

    Date: 2017-07-05 13:37:19 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:6882578

    AMMAN, July 5 (MENA) - Prince Feisal Bin Al Hussein, the Regent, Wednesday, received a U.S. House of Representatives delegation headed by MP, Jeffrey Denham, said Petra news agency. Prince Feisal discussed with the delegation representing the ....

  • Arab information ministers to discuss counter-terrorism measures

    Date: 2017-07-05 13:27:00 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:6882351

    CAIRO, July 5 (MENA) - The Arab information ministers council will hold on Wednesday its 48th ordinary session at the General Secretariat of the Arab League headquarter in Cairo under Tunisia's chairmanship. The meeting will be preceded by the ....

  • Egyptian, Saudi, UAE diplomats accuse Qatar of undermining their countries’ security

    Date: 2017-07-05 12:41:28 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:6882451

    ABU DHABI, July 5 (MENA) – Over the past years, Qatar has been seeking to undermine the stability of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE through violating both bilateral and collective agreements signed between them, the ambassadors of the three ....

  • Arab Ministerial Council for Water follows up executive plan for water security strategy in region

    Date: 2017-07-05 12:11:48 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:6882247

    CAIRO, July 5 (MENA) - The executive office of the Arab Ministerial Council for Water convened its second meeting on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Iraqi Minister of Water Resources Hassan al Janabi. Representatives of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, ....

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