Arab world
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30 civilians killed in Syria airstrike
Date: 2017-06-28 14:25:07 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:6872123
LONDON, June 28 (MENA) - Thirty civilians were killed and dozens others injured in an airstrike on the Daesh-held Dablan village east of Syria. It is not known yet who is standing behind the attack, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. ....
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2 suicide bombers killed in wedding party western Iraq
Date: 2017-06-28 13:53:10 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:6872051
BAGHDAD, June 28, (MENA) - Two teenage suicide bombers were killed before blowing themselves up at a wedding party in western Iraq, an Iraqi security source told Russia Today Wednesday. Iraqi security forces shot them one minute before ....
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19 Daesh terrorists killed in clashes near Raqqah
Date: 2017-06-28 13:41:13 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:6871886
DAMASCUS, June 28 (MENA) - Nineteen Daesh terrorists were killed on Wednesday during clashes with the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Al Nahda district west of Raqqah in northern Syria. According to Russia Today Television Network, ....
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Libyan special forces: Army controls new sites in Benghazi
Date: 2017-06-28 11:49:37 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:6871847
TRIPOLI, June 28 (MENA) - Spokesman of the Libyan special forces Melud el Zawi has stressed that the army controlled new sites in Benghazi city. In statements to Al Bawaba Al Wasat, el Zawi underlined that the Libyan army is advancing towards Al ....
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State of emergency declared in Yemen over cholera outbreak
Date: 2017-06-28 10:24:49 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:6871587
ADEN, June 28 (MENA) - Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr declared on Wednesday a state of emergency in the governorates of Abyan, Aden, Lahij, Dhale and South Shabwah in order to contain a cholera outbreak. Bin Daghr directed local ....
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25 migrants found dead on Libya coast: Red Crescent
Date: 2017-06-28 10:08:28 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:6871716
TRIPOLI, June 28 (MENA) - The bodies of at least 25 migrants who drowned trying to reach Europe were found near Tripoli, the Libyan Red Crescent said. Some of the corpses were washed ashore on a beach near the Libyan capital, but most were on ....
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AP to convene next Wednesday in Cairo
Date: 2017-06-28 09:04:43 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:6871586
CAIRO, June 28 (MENA) - The Arab Parliament (AP) will convene next Wednesday at the Arab League (AL) General Secretariat headquarters in Cairo. AP committees will hold meetings on Monday and Tuesday to probe reports on the political landscape in ....
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Key Houthi leader killed in Arab coalition attack on Yemen’s Ma'rib
Date: 2017-06-27 19:40:51 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:6871296
ADEN, June 27 (MENA) - A key leader in Yemen’s Houthi movement was killed in the city of Sirwah which is located to the west of Ma’rib Governorate. According to Sky News, the militant leader was killed along five others of his aides in a strike ....
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Saudi FM Adel al-Jubeir: In Qatar’s hands to stop financing terror
Date: 2017-06-27 18:50:46 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:6871286
RIYADH, June 27 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir has said that it is in Qatar’s hand to stop financing terror and inciting extremism across the region. Jubeir’s statements comes on Tuesday, less than a week before a ....
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German FM hopes for diplomatic solution to Qatari crisis
Date: 2017-06-27 14:43:25 GMT - Germany - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:6871089
BERLIN, June 27 (MENA) - German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel expressed on Tuesday hope that the Qatari crisis (with other Arab countries) would be settled via a diplomatic solution through initiatives, such as the Kuwaiti initiative and the Arab ....