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  • Tunisian army says rescued 126 migrants heading for Italy

    Date: 2017-05-27 16:14:53 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:6830472

    TUNIS, May 27 (MENA) – The Tunisian Armed Forces rescued about 126 migrants of different African nationalities while trying to cross the sea into Italy. Mongi Slim, the Tunisian Red Crescent's regional director in Medenine, said first aid was ....

  • Syria strongly condemns Minya terrorist attack

    Date: 2017-05-27 14:54:29 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:6830438

    Damascus, May 27 (MENA) - Syria condemned the attack on Coptic Christians in Egypt’s Minya governorate on Friday that killed 29 people, including women and children, SANA news agency reported. The Syrian Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said in a ....

  • 4 wounded Syrians of Nusra Front evacuated to Lebanese hospital

    Date: 2017-05-27 12:56:04 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:6830195

    BEIRUT, May 27 (MENA) - The Lebanese Red Cross said Saturday they, in coordination with the Lebanese Army, evacuated four wounded Syrians belonging to Jabhat Fatah al Sham, previously known as the Nusra Front, to a Lebanese hospital. The four ....

  • UNSC condemns military escalation in Triploi

    Date: 2017-05-27 11:44:53 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:6830067

    TRIPOLI, May 27 (MENA) - The UN Security Council condemned on Saturday the military escalation in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, calling on all parties to exercise self-restraint. The members of the council, in a statement, said that there can be ....

  • Iranian Revolutionary Guards general killed in Mosul battle

    Date: 2017-05-27 10:27:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:6829933

    BAGHDAD, May 27 (MENA) - A general in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards was killed in western Mosul on Saturday following armed clashes between Popular Mobilization Forces and Daesh. Security sources told Al Arabiya that General Shaaban Nasiri was ....

  • Daesh 'mufti', 4 others killed in Iraqi airstrike - source

    Date: 2017-05-27 07:51:26 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:6829759

    BAGHDAD, May 27 (MENA) - A mufti of Daesh terrorist group was killed along with his four companions in the district of Ba'aj in the west of Iraq's Nineveh province on Saturday, Al Arabiya News Channel quoted a security source as saying. The five ....

  • Iraqi forces storm 3 neighborhoods western Mosul

    Date: 2017-05-27 07:11:00 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:6829718

    BAGHDAD, May 27 (MENA) - Iraqi forces managed to storm three neighborhoods and a hospital in western Mosul city, Commander of Operation "We are coming, Nineveh" Abdel Amir Yar Allah said on Saturday. The forces raided al Shifaa district and the ....

  • Death toll from Libya's Tripoli clashes rises to 28

    Date: 2017-05-26 20:56:38 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:106 - ID:6829592

    TRIPOLI, May 26 (MENA) - The Libyan Health Ministry said Friday the death toll from the ongoing clashes in Tripoli rose to 28, Al Arabiya news channel reported. It added that 130 persons were also injured in the clashes. No further details are ....

  • 13 killed in Libya's Tripoli clashes

    Date: 2017-05-26 18:34:56 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:92 - ID:6829450

    TRIPOLI, May 26 (MENA) - The Libyan Health Ministry said Friday 13 people were killed in clashes in Tripoli, Al Arabiya news channel reported. No further details are available so far. (MENA) M S H/R R N ....

  • Lebanese president deplores terrorist attack in Minya

    Date: 2017-05-26 18:29:16 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:90 - ID:6829332

    BEIRUT, May 26 (MENA) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Friday condemned the terrorist attack that targeted a bus carrying Coptic Christians while traveling to a monastery in southern Egypt, the National News Agency reported. Aoun stressed that ....

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