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UN: 36 Yazidis rescued from Daesh in Iraq

Date: 2017-05-02 07:12:56 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:6792850

NEW YORK, May 2 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that a group of Yazidi civilians has been rescued from Daesh that held them as slaves and is receiving urgent assistance, Sputnik news reported. "A group of 36 Yazidi ....

Israeli gunboat violates Lebanese territorial waters: Army

Date: 2017-05-01 21:56:09 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:6792718

BEIRUT, May 1 (MENA) - An Israeli gunboat violated the Lebanese territorial waters, off Ras al-Naqoura, six times on Monday to a distance of approximately 463 meters, an Army Command statement said. The breach is being followed-up by Army units, ....

Abbas off to Washington to meet Trump

Date: 2017-05-01 21:29:22 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:6792706

RAMALLAH, May 1 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday headed for Washington, where he is scheduled to meet with US President Donald Trump and address the US administration’s role in peace talks with Israel, official WAFA news agency ....

Saudi forces bomb new Houthi locations in Yemen

Date: 2017-05-01 19:23:53 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:6792644

ADEN, Yemen, May 1 (MENA) - Saudi forces on Monday fired sporadic shells at Harad, one of the fort sites of the Houthi militias and the guards of the ousted Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Al Arabiya news channel reported. Military sources ....

UN envoy for Syria to attend Syria talks in Astana

Date: 2017-05-01 19:17:53 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:6792602

GENEVA, May 1 (MENA) - UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura will attend the talks on Syria in Kazakhstan's Astana on May 3 and 4, a diplomatic source told TASS on Monday. "The special envoy and his deputy, Ramzi Izz Eddin Ramzi, will ....

US coalition strikes against Daesh killed at least 352 civilians since 2014, Pentagon says

Date: 2017-05-01 17:12:16 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:6792505

WASHINGTON, May 1 (MENA) - A new Pentagon report finds at least 352 civilians have been unintentionally killed by artillery and airstrikes in the US coalition fighting Daesh in Iraq and Syria since the operation began in August 2014, ABC News ....

Germany's Merkel arrives in UAE to talk trade and refugees

Date: 2017-05-01 12:55:22 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:6792125

ABU DHABI, May 1 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday for talks with officials ahead of the Hamburg-hosted G20 summit in July. She was greeted by Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al ....

6 Houthi rebels killed in Arab coalition raids in Taiz

Date: 2017-05-01 11:20:03 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:6791984

SANAA, May 1 (MENA) - Six Houthi rebels have been killed and 11 others injured in airstrikes by the Arab military coalition on sites of the rebels in Taiz, according to military sources. The raids on Khaled Camp of the rebels and other targets in ....

Iraqi forces kill 30 Daesh elements in military operation in Anbar

Date: 2017-05-01 10:37:55 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:6791958

BAGHDAD, May 1 (MENA) - Iraqi forces killed 30 Daesh militants and seized their command headquarters in the north of the western province of Anbar. Al Arabiya news channel quoted an Iraqi military source as saying Monday that two booby-trapped ....

Arab coalition downs 2 ballistic missiles in Yemen's Taiz

Date: 2017-05-01 08:39:45 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:6791757

ADEN, May 1 (MENA) - Arab Coalition forces have downed two ballistic missiles in the Yemeni city of al Makha, western Taiz. The two missiles exploded in the air and no damage was caused, a local source told Al Arabiya news channel Monday. ....