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Scores of Daesh elements killed, injured during clashes in western Mosul

Date: 2017-04-28 09:18:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:6788077

BAGHDAD, April 28 (MENA) – Iraqi local sources said scores of Daesh militias were killed and injured during confrontations with Iraqi forces in western Mosul. The sources said Iraqi troops are 300 meters away from the Grand Nuri Mosque in the Old ....

30 Houthis killed, injured in clashes in Taiz

Date: 2017-04-28 09:17:12 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:6788173

ADEN, April 28 (MENA) – Thirteen Houthi and Saleh militias were killed and 17 others injured in raids and clashes in western Taiz. The raids targeted militant gatherings in northern Mokha district, Sky News channel quoted Yemeni sources as saying ....

10 civilians killed in raids on medical facilities in northwestern Syria

Date: 2017-04-28 07:32:50 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:6788076

LONDON, April 28 (MENA) – Ten civilians including two toddlers were killed in raids on medical facilities in northwestern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday. War jets launched four raids on two hospitals in Idlib ....

Assad says soon talks with Russia to get latest anti-missile systems

Date: 2017-04-28 07:25:37 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:6788031

DAMASCUS, April 28 (MENA) – Syrian President Bashar el Assad said that he will hold talks with Russia on the latest anti-missile systems to face any possible Israeli or US threats. Assad said that Syria is in a state of war with Israel, according ....

Abbas, Sisi to meet in Cairo on Saturday: Palestinian diplomat

Date: 2017-04-27 22:33:37 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:94 - ID:6787926

CAIRO, April 27 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to arrive in Cairo Saturday on a quick visit to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, Palestinian Ambassador to Egypt Jamal al Shobaky said on Thursday. The ....

UN envoy for Libya to visit Sudan on Sunday

Date: 2017-04-27 17:20:59 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:6787661

KHARTOUM, April 27 (MENA) - UN envoy for Libya Martin Kobler will visit Sudan next Sunday, where he will meet with Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour and a number of senior government officials, SUNA news agency reported on ....

Tourism min. meets UAE culture min. to discuss fostering mutual ties

Date: 2017-04-27 16:41:36 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:6787588

CAIRO, April 27 (MENA) – Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, has met with Mohamed Yehia Rashed, Egypt's Minister of Tourism, to discuss cooperation and tourism investment opportunities between the ....

2 Israeli boats violate Lebanese territorial waters

Date: 2017-04-27 14:42:06 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:6787349

BEIRUT, April 27 (MENA) - The Lebanese army announced that two Israeli boats violated the Lebanese territorial waters on Thursday. The two military boats breached the Lebanese territorial water in Ras el Naqoura, according to a statement issued ....

Two Saudi sergeants killed in attack from Yemeni territoies

Date: 2017-04-27 14:31:30 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:6787347

RIYADH, April 27 (MENA) - The spokesman of the Interior Ministry stated that on Thursday that a patrol of the border guards in al Rdhaa Sector in Jazan Region was hit by landmine and projectiles from the Yemeni territories. The incident resulted ....

Kuwait's interior, foreign, defense ministers leave for Riyadh

Date: 2017-04-27 12:17:22 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:6787068

KUWAIT CITY, April 27 (MENA) - First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al Khaled al Hamad al Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sheikh Mohammad al Khaled al Hamad al Sabah and Deputy Prime Minister and Interior ....