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6 killed, injured in car bomb in central Baghdad

Date: 2017-04-28 21:12:12 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:92 - ID:6789067

BAGHDAD, April 28 (MENA) - Six persons were killed and injured in a car bomb blast in Karrada district of central Baghdad on Friday, Sky News reported. A security source announced on Wednesday that two explosive charges went off near an oil well ....

Israeli forces shoot injured Palestinian boy in Hebron

Date: 2017-04-28 19:41:16 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:88 - ID:6789034

RAMALLAH, April 28 (MENA) – A young Palestinian was shot and injured on Friday during a confrontation with the Israeli occupation forces in Hebron city, West Bank. Also, five others were kidnapped by undercover Israeli forces, according to local ....

Man who crossed into Israel handed over to Lebanese army

Date: 2017-04-28 19:40:08 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:87 - ID:6789022

BEIRUT, April 28 (MENA) – A Lebanese man who crossed the border into Israel on Thursday was returned Friday to Lebanon via the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Lebanon's National News Agency reported on Friday. Lebanese national ....

US troops deployed along Syria-Turkish border: Kurdish activists

Date: 2017-04-28 18:19:29 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:6788931

DAMASCUS, April 28 (MENA) - US armored vehicles are deploying in areas in northern Syria along the tense border with Turkey, a few days after a Turkish airstrike that killed 20 U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters, ABC News quoted a Syrian war monitor and ....

Distinguished Egyptian presence in SCRF- Official

Date: 2017-04-28 16:27:26 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:6788789

SHARJAH, UAE, April 28 (MENA) – Chairman of the Sharjah Book Authority Ahmed bin Rakkad Al Ameri praised the Egyptian participation in the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF) as distinguished. Speaking to MENA, Al Ameri hailed, in ....

Syrian forces restore control over Shaer oil field in Homs countryside

Date: 2017-04-28 11:16:38 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:6788363

DAMASCUS, April 28 (MENA) – The Syrian forces restored control over Shaer oil field in Homs countryside after clashes with Daesh terrorists that left several people dead and injured from both sides. The field is a very important cornerstone for ....

Two Israeli gunboats violate Lebanon's territorial waters

Date: 2017-04-28 11:15:12 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:6788352

BEIRUT, April 28 (MENA) - Two Israeli gunboats violated Lebanon's territorial waters off Ras al-Naqoura, a Lebanese military statement said on Friday. The breaches are being followed up in coordination with the United Nations Interim Force in ....

13 Houthi, Saleh militias killed in airstrikes of Arab alliance warplanes

Date: 2017-04-28 10:46:35 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:6788312

ADEN, April 28 (MENA) - Thirteen militants loyal to Houthis and former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh were killed, while 17 others were wounded in airstrikes launched by Saudi-led coalition warplanes. The sorties were carried out over the ....

4 Daesh gunmen killed in shelling in Ramadi

Date: 2017-04-28 10:01:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:6788279

BAGHDAD, April 28 (MENA) – Four Daesh gunmen were killed on Friday in a shelling in Ramadi, an Iraqi military source said. The international coalition jets shelled a Daesh hideout, the source said. Meanwhile, three police elements were injured ....

Yemeni forces foil suicide attack on army camp in Aden

Date: 2017-04-28 09:25:25 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:6788235

ADEN, April 28 (MENA) – The Yemeni forces foiled a suicide attack of two people who tried to sneak into "martyr Ali Naser Hadi” camp in Aden to blow themselves up, according to Yemeni security sources on Friday. The perpetrators were wearing ....