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  • Abu Dhabi iconic buildings illuminated with Egyptian flag colours in solidarity with Minya victims

    Date: 2017-05-28 08:22:26 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:6830830

    ABU DHABI, May 28 (MENA) - A number of landmarks in Abu Dhabi have been illuminated in the colors of the Egyptian flag in solidarity with the sisterly Arab Republic of Egypt after the terrorist attack in the Minya Governorate, which resulted in the ....

  • 26 Daesh terrorists killed in air raid in western Mosul

    Date: 2017-05-28 07:56:34 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:6830815

    BAGHDAD, May 28 (MENA) – Twenty-nine Daesh terrorists were killed when the Iraqi air force launched an air raid on Mosul city in Nineveh governorate, Al Arabiya quoted a security source as saying on Sunday. The source added that 29 Daesh ....

  • Battles against Daesh in Mosul to end next month - Iraqi sources

    Date: 2017-05-28 07:32:53 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:6830765

    BAGHDAD, May 28 (MENA) - Iraqi military sources said the western side of Mosul under control of the terrorist Daesh group has shrunk to only 5%. The military sources were quoted by Al Arabiya Al Hadath news channel as saying Sunday the battle ....

  • Turkish forces shell SDF positions in Aleppo

    Date: 2017-05-28 07:31:40 GMT - Turkey - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:6830757

    ANKARA, May 28 (MENA) – Turkish forces shelled on Sunday positions of the Syrian Democratic Forces in Aleppo, Sky News Arabia reported. This comes after SDF shelled Marea town in northern Aleppo where a number of civilians were killed while ....

  • 14 Houthis killed, 23 injured in Arab-coalition air raid in Yemen

    Date: 2017-05-28 07:12:05 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:6830756

    ADEN, May 28 (MENA) – Arab-led coalition jets launched five air raids targeting Houthis and pro-former president Ali Abdullah Saleh militias killing nine and injuring 13 others and destroying four vehicles in north of Mocha city in Taiz governorate, ....

  • 13 people killed, injured in blast in central Ba'qouba

    Date: 2017-05-28 06:07:48 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:6830745

    BAGHDAD, May 28 (MENA) - At least 13 people were killed and injured in a suicide attack that targeted central Ba'qouba city, Diyali governorate, Sky News reported Sunday. No further details were given by the news network. Meanwhile, a security ....

  • Bahraini King condoles with Pope Tawadros II over victims of Minya terrorist attack

    Date: 2017-05-27 21:13:38 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:6830645

    CAIRO, May 27 (MENA) – Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa sent a cable of condolences to Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark, over the victims of the terrorist attack that targeted Coptic Christians in ....

  • Pentagon says US soldier killed in Syria

    Date: 2017-05-27 19:29:36 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:6830581

    WASHINGTON, May 27 (MENA) - US military officials said Saturday a soldier from Georgia has been killed in a vehicle crash in Syria, ABC News reported. The Department of Defense added that 22-year-old Spc. Etienne J. Murphy died of injuries ....

  • Algeria says three wanted terrorists arrested in Tamanrasset

    Date: 2017-05-27 19:25:02 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:6830575

    ALGIERS, May 27 (MENA) - A detachment of the Algerian People’s National Army arrested Saturday three wanted terrorists in Silet in the province of Tamanrasset. The National Defense Ministry announced the arrests in a statement carried by the ....

  • Lebanese PM cables Sisi to condemn Minya terrorist attack

    Date: 2017-05-27 18:39:30 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:6830552

    BEIRUT, May 27 (MENA) – Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri Saturday cabled Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, expressing his deep condemnation of the terrorist attack on a bus carrying Coptic citizens in ....

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