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  • UNICEF: More than 60 children killed by suicide car bombing in Syria

    Date: 2017-04-16 20:23:41 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:6771635

    GENEVA, April 16 (MENA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Sunday said that more than 60 children were among those killed when a suicide car bombing tore through buses carrying evacuees from besieged government-held towns in ....

  • Saudi king to visit Moscow- Russian lawmaker

    Date: 2017-04-16 19:50:46 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:6771636

    MOSCOW, April 16 (MENA) - Speaker of the upper house of Russia's parliament Valentina Matvienko said Sunday Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud gave instructions to prepare his visit to Russia by the end of 2017 at the invitation of President ....

  • Iraq condemns Aleppo blast

    Date: 2017-04-16 09:11:39 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:6770719

    BAGHDAD, April 16 (MENA) - Iran condemned on Sunday the large blast that killed more than 112 people in Rashidin, west of Aleppo, on Saturday. The attack targeted buses carrying Syrians evacuated from two besieged government-held towns, Fouaa and ....

  • UN condemns attack on evacuees in Syria

    Date: 2017-04-16 07:37:16 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:6770590

    NEW YORK, April 16 (MENA) - Condemning attack in Rasheedin, western Aleppo, Syria, on some 5,000 evacuees traveling from the besieged towns of Foah and Kefraya to government-controlled areas, the United Nations has underlined the need to bring those ....

  • Death toll from car bomb blast in Syria’s Aleppo rises to 100

    Date: 2017-04-15 20:17:14 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:6770403

    DAMASCUS, April 15 (MENA) - The death toll from the car bomb blast that rocked Rashideen neighborhood in Aleppo jumped to 100 people, the civil protection authority in the city said on Saturday. Some 500 Syrians were also injured in the suicide ....

  • Iraqi security source: Daesh launches chlorine gas attack in western Mosul

    Date: 2017-04-15 17:52:21 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:6770303

    BAGHDAD, April 15 (MENA) - An Iraqi military officer said Daesh militants have launched a gas attack in a newly-liberated area in western Mosul, according to Fox News. The officer with the anti-terrorism forces said Saturday that the attack ....

  • Haftar: Egypt does utmost to resolve Libyan conflict

    Date: 2017-04-15 17:45:04 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:6770218

    MOSCOW, April 15 (MENA) - Egypt does its utmost to resolve the Libyan conflict, and it formed a committee which is in touch with both sides, Libyan National Army Commander Khalifa Haftar told Sputnik News. "Egypt is in the forefront of the ....

  • 43 dead in blast targeting evacuation convoy stranded near Aleppo

    Date: 2017-04-15 16:57:38 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:6770214

    DAMASCUS, April 15 (MENA) – At least 43 people were killed Saturday in a suicide car bomb attack on buses carrying Syrians evacuated from two besieged regime-held towns, a monitor said in an updated toll, regime and opposition media said. The ....

  • Blast hits bus convoy evacuating Syrians from besieged towns

    Date: 2017-04-15 15:33:22 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:6770088

    DAMASCUS, April 15 (MENA) - A blast was heard near a bus convoy evacuating residents of the besieged Shiite towns of Fua and Kefraya to Aleppo, local TV reported. Over 20 civilians are reportedly dead. The explosion hit the Rashidin area on ....

  • 320,000 residents flee Mosul due to military operations: Minister

    Date: 2017-04-15 14:06:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:6769873

    BAGHDAD, April 15 (MENA) – At least 320,000 Iraqi residents have fled Mosul since the beginning of the military operations aimed at restoring the control over the city from Daesh group, Minister of Displacement and Migration Jassim Mohammed Al-Jaaf ....

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