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Tunisian president pardons 196 prisoners on Eidul Fitr
Date: 2017-06-23 19:00:43 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:6867473
TUNIS, June 23 (MENA) - Tunisian President Béji Caid Essebsi decided on Friday to grant a presidential pardon to 196 prisoners ahead of Eidul Fitr, TAP news agency reported. Prisoners sentenced for the first time for drug use, those involved in ....
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Syrian observatory: US-led strikes on Syria killed 472 civilians over past month
Date: 2017-06-23 18:56:34 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:6867480
LONDON, June 23 (MENA) - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said that US-led coalition air strikes on two Syrian provinces have killed 472 civilians over the past month, Sky News reported. Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said the ....
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Tunisia's Essebsi affirms urgent need to reach consensual solution to Gulf crisis
Date: 2017-06-23 18:36:35 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:6867457
TUNIS, June 23 (MENA) – Tunisian President Béji Caïd Essebsi discussed on Friday with former speaker of the Arab Parliament and former member of the UAE Federal National Council Ahmed Mohammed al Jarwan Tunisian-Emirati relations and the crisis in ....
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UN: Attack on Mosul historical mosque may amount to war crime
Date: 2017-06-23 18:17:17 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:6867444
GENEVA, June 23 (MENA) - The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) denounced the destruction of the leaning al-Hadba minaret that towered over Mosul for 850 years and the laying to ruins of the Grand al-Nuri Mosque, demolished ....
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UNICEF warns Cholera cases in Yemen may reach 300,000 by end of August
Date: 2017-06-23 17:45:02 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:6867417
NEW YORK, June 23 (MENA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned that Cholera cases in Yemen may reach 300,000 by the end of August due to the rainy season, Sky News reported Friday. UNICEF representative in Yemen Meritxell Relano ....
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Six policemen injured in clashes in Tunisia's Sidi Bouzid
Date: 2017-06-23 16:30:16 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:6867382
TUNIS, June 23 (MENA) - The Tunisian Interior Ministry said that six policemen were injured in violent clashes erupted between security forces and a group of youths in Bir Lahfay, Sidi Bouzid governorate. In a statement on Friday, the ministry ....
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New UN envoy pledges to settle Libya crisis
Date: 2017-06-23 14:27:57 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:6867200
TRIPOLI, June 23 (MENA) - New UN Libya envoy Ghassan Salama thanked on Friday the UN Security and the UN chief for naming him for the post. Salama, in tweets, promised the Libyan people that the interest of their country will be on the top of his ....
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Libyan army advances in stronghold of extremist groups in Benghazi
Date: 2017-06-23 12:58:57 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:6867096
BENGHAZI, Libya, June 23 (MENA) - Troops of the Libyan army have achieved progress following clashes in the last stronghold of extremist groups in Benghazi, Sky News Arabia quoted military sources as saying on Friday. The forces managed to ....
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Qatar's leak of demands aims at foiling mediation: UAE FM
Date: 2017-06-23 11:13:36 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:6866868
ABU DHABI, June 23 (MENA) - UAE Foreign Minister Anwar Gargash balked at Qatar's leak of demands as aiming to scupper mediation efforts by Kuwait. He called on Qatar to deal seriously with the issue seriously, the Arabic-speaking Al Arabiya ....
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Kazakhstan denies talks on sending troops to Syria
Date: 2017-06-23 09:06:33 GMT - Kazakhstan - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:6866712
ASTANA, June 23 (MENA) - Kazakhstan has refuted reports of talks with Russia on the possibility of sending troops to monitor the so-called "de-escalation" agreement in Syria, Radio Free Europe reported. "Kazakhstan is not holding any talks with ....
