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2 elements of Kurdish forces in Iraq killed in Daesh attack near Kirkuk
Date: 2017-05-07 10:26:46 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:6800211
BAGHDAD, May 7 (MENA) – Two elements of the Kurdish forces in Iraq were killed in a Daesh attack in a camp of Peshmerga near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk. Daesh attacked the camp and the Peshmerga forces killed three of the attackers and the two ....
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Sisi arrives in Kuwait on first leg of his Gulf tour
Date: 2017-05-07 09:44:35 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:6800257
KUWAIT CITY, May 7 (MENA) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi arrived here on Sunday on the first leg of his Gulf tour that will take him to Bahrain. Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jabir welcomed the Egyptian president upon his ....
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Int'l coalition launches 18 raids on Daesh sites in Iraq, Syria
Date: 2017-05-07 08:29:58 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:6800073
WASHINGTON, May 7 (MENA) – The US-led international coalition launched 18 raids on Daesh sites in Iraq and Syria. Six of the raids targeted areas in Mosul, the international coalition said in a statement Sunday. The coalition announced ....
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Israeli reconnaissance aircraft violates Lebanese airspace
Date: 2017-05-06 22:41:36 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:6799927
BEIRUT, May 5 (MENA) - An Israeli reconnaissance plane violated the Lebanese airspace over the town of Aalma ech Chaab and circled over the southern regions, the Lebanese army command said in a statement Saturday. The plane then left the Lebanese ....
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168 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan shores
Date: 2017-05-06 20:44:36 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:6799859
TRIPOLI, May 6 (MENA) – Libyan coastguards have rescued 168 illegal migrants from different African nationalities off Tripoli shores, Spokesman for the Libyan Navy General Ayoub Qassem said on Saturday. The 168 migrants, including five women and ....
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Libyan parl't speaker meets Kobler
Date: 2017-05-06 20:44:17 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:6799867
TRIPOLI, May 6 (MENA) - President of the Libyan House of Representatives Aguila Saleh Issa had a meeting on Saturday with the UN Special Representative and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya, Martin Kobler. The US envoy said on his Facebook ....
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Chairman of Libya's PC receives Italian FM
Date: 2017-05-06 20:43:59 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:6799866
TRIPOLI, May 6 (MENA) - Chairman of Libya's Presidential Council (PC) Fayez al Sarraj on Saturday received Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Angelino Alfano in Tripoli. The meeting dealt with measures taken to put cooperation agreements and ....
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Syria safe zones: Fighting 'eases' as plan takes effect
Date: 2017-05-06 19:35:49 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:6799803
LONDON, May 6 (MENA) - Fighting has eased in parts of Syria where a Russian-led initiative to halt the country's six-year war took effect from midnight, activists say. The deal unveiled by Russia on Thursday to set up four "de-escalation zones" ....
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Aden new gov. arrives in Yemen to carry out his duties
Date: 2017-05-06 19:33:15 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:6799760
ADEN, May 6 (MENA) – Aden's New Governor Abdul Aziz Al Maflahi arrived at Aden airport on Saturday coming from Riyadh to carry out his duties as the head of the domestic authority. He said that he will give more attention in this term to ....
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150 Palestinian refugees hold sit-in Lebanon
Date: 2017-05-06 19:29:49 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:6799762
BEIRUT, May 6 (MENA) – As many as 150 Palestinian refugees in Lebanese camps on Saturday staged a sit-in to express their solidarity with Palestinian prisoners, who remain on hunger strike in Israeli jails for the third week in a row. During the ....
