Arab world

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  • SDF: 20 Daesh militants killed northwest Raqqa city

    Date: 2017-06-10 12:28:38 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:6848737

    DAMASCUS, June 10 (MENA) – As many as 20 Daesh militants were killed in advance of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in al-Romania district in northwest Raqqa city, Sky News reported Saturday. Sporadic skirmishes occurred in the northern ....

  • Saudi energy min.: No immediate need to adjust global oil producers pact

    Date: 2017-06-10 12:08:12 GMT - Kazakhstan - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:6848709

    ASTANA, June 10 (MENA) - Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Saturday that there is no evidence a pact by global oil producers to curb output needs to be adjusted, Al Arabiya news channel reported. He described the recent weakness in ....

  • Dozens of Daesh militants killed, injured in airstrikes west of Mosul

    Date: 2017-06-10 11:51:31 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:6848674

    Baghdad, June 10 (MENA) – Dozens of Daesh militants were killed and injured in airstrikes on their positions in Qairawan district west of Mosul city, Alhurra news channel reported Saturday. The Iraqi federal police said its troops advanced 10 ....

  • Libya’s interim PM to visit Moscow next week

    Date: 2017-06-10 10:48:07 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:6848569

    MOSCOW, June 10 (MENA) – Libya’s Interim Prime Minister Abdullah Al Thani will pay a visit to Moscow on June 13-15, Russian media outlets reported Saturday. Al Thani’s visit comes after a recent visit paid by Libyan Army Chief Khalifa Haftar’s ....

  • Anti-Nusra protests staged in Syria's Maarat Numan

    Date: 2017-06-10 10:27:57 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:6848547

    DAMASCUS, June 10 (MENA) - Several protests were staged in the northwestern Syrian city of Maarat Numan, Local sources reported Saturday. Civilians across the city took to the streets en masse to protest against Al Nusra Front, currently known as ....

  • Russia calls for resolving crisis between Arab countries, Qatar through dialogue

    Date: 2017-06-10 10:16:12 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:6848554

    MOSCOW, June 10 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed Russia's concern over the escalation between Qatar and some Arab states, according to Sputnik News Agency. "The reports about this escalation, the steps taken by some Arab ....

  • Military operation launched to liberate villages in southern Taiz

    Date: 2017-06-10 08:44:50 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:6848435

    ADEN, June 10 (MENA) - A wide-scale military operation has been launched to liberate a number of villages controlled by Houthi and Saleh militias in southern Taiz. The Houthis had begun their advance in September 2014, sweeping into the Yemeni ....

  • 7 Houthis, allies killed in Taiz clashes: Yemeni sources

    Date: 2017-06-10 07:11:13 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:6848357

    ADEN, June 10 (MENA) - At least seven Houthi militants and their allies were killed and others injured during fierce clashes in Taiz city, said Yemeni sources on Saturday. The clashes took place in western Taiz, where Houthi militants pounded ....

  • Israeli reconnaissance plane violates Lebanese skies

    Date: 2017-06-09 21:28:49 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:6848241

    BEIRUT, June 9 (MENA) - An Israeli reconnaissance plane on Friday violated the Lebanese airspace at 6:40 p.m. from over the town of Alma Al Shaab and circled over the southern localities, Beirut and its suburbs and Baabda, the army command said in a ....

  • UN: No aid convoys moved to besieged areas in Syria in over two weeks

    Date: 2017-06-09 21:27:27 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:6848251

    NEW YORK, June 9 (MENA) - Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, told reporters that UN humanitarian workers are alarmed that no UN convoys have moved to besieged and hard-to-reach locations in Syria in over two weeks, with the ....

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