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Russian Warships, Sub Launch Cruise Missiles at Daesh Targets in Syria - MoD

Date: 2017-06-23 06:38:08 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6866621

MOSCOW, June 23 (MENA) - Two Russian Navy warships and a submarine launched six Kalibr cruise missiles on Daesh (banned in Russia) targets in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday. "The Russian Navy's Admiral Essen, Admiral Grigorovich ....

Kuwait hands Qatar list of demands from boycotting nations to end crisis

Date: 2017-06-23 05:50:26 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:6866603

DUBAI, June 23 (MENA) - Kuwait has reportedly handed over a list of demands to Qatar from neighboring countries Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE and Egypt, who all cut diplomatic and economic ties with Doha earlier this month, Al Arabiya news channel ....

Qatari intelligence officer confesses to defaming UAE via bogus accounts

Date: 2017-06-22 20:44:44 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:6866426

ABU DHABI, June 22 (MENA) – Qatari intelligence officer Second Lieutenant Hamad Ali al-Hammadi has admitted that the Qatari intelligence’s digital department has created bogus social media accounts in order to defame the UAE. In a video broadcast ....

AL chief says following up situation on borders between Djibouti, Eritrea

Date: 2017-06-22 19:31:06 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:6866392

CAIRO, June 22 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Arab League (AL) Ahmed Abul Gheit said that he was closely following up the latest developments on the borders between Djibouti and Eritrea after Qatar's decision to withdraw its forces deployed on ....

Mogherini, Sarraj discuss securing Libya's southern borders

Date: 2017-06-22 15:19:51 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:6865976

TRIPOLI, June 22 (MENA) - High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini met on Thursday with Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya Fayez al Sarraj. The get-together was held on the ....

UNICEF: More than 5 mln children need urgent humanitarian aid in Iraq

Date: 2017-06-22 14:26:45 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:6865895

GENEVA, June 22 (MENA) – More than five million children are in urgent need of aid in Iraq, the United Nations said on Thursday, describing the war on Islamic State as "one of the most brutal" in modern history, the Daily Mail reported. "Across ....

King of Jordan, Chinese FM discuss bilateral cooperation, regional developments

Date: 2017-06-22 14:03:45 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:6865873

AMMAN, June 22 (MENA) - King Abdullah II of Jordan discussed Thursday with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi the latest developments in the Middle East, the Mideast peace process and the Syrian crisis. The two sides affirmed the importance of ....

Top Daesh leader likely killed in Russian airstrikes on Raqqa

Date: 2017-06-22 13:20:00 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:6865893

MOSCOW, June 22 (MENA) - It is "highly likely" that Daesh leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi has been killed in Russian airstrikes last month, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov told Sputnik on Thursday. "According to the Russian Defense ....

Yemen: Cholera outbreak threatens to spiral out of control

Date: 2017-06-22 11:41:52 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:6865439

GENEVA, June 22 (MENA) - As cases of cholera and acute watery diarrhea rise across Yemen, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns that the outbreak is threatening to spiral out ....

Iraqi troops kill 16 Daesh terrorists in old Mosul

Date: 2017-06-22 11:24:08 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:6865376

BAGHDAD, June 22 (MENA) - An Iraqi military official announced Thursday that security forces killed 16 of Daesh elements including the man in charge of making explosives in Mosul. "Military forces shot yesterday Daesh explosives leader Abu ....