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  • Three Houthis killed in ambush in Bayda governorate - source

    Date: 2017-04-14 07:44:41 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:6768396

    ADEN, April 14 (MENA) – A Yemeni security source said on Friday three militias of Houthis and former president Ali Abdallah Saleh were killed and others injured in a legitimate forces ambush in Bayda governorate. The source said fierce clashes ....

  • Casualties reported in SDF-Daesh clashes - SOHR

    Date: 2017-04-14 07:07:18 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:6768350

    LONDON, April 14 (MENA) – The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said casualties were reported during confrontations between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Daesh terrorists in al Raqqa countryside. On Thursday, the ....

  • Four besieged Syrian towns evacuated

    Date: 2017-04-14 06:08:54 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:6768324

    DAMASCUS, April 14 (MENA) - Civilians and fighters began leaving four towns besieged by militants and government forces on Friday under a deal between armed groups and the government, a local source said. At least 80 buses arrived in the area ....

  • More than 20 inmates escape in Yemen prison break

    Date: 2017-04-13 23:01:58 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:6768289

    ADEN, Yemen, April 13 (MENA) - More than 20 inmates escaped from a prison in Yemen's southern city of Aden on Thursday after gunmen demanding the release of detainees imprisoned without trial blocked roads and clashed with security forces, ABC News ....

  • 23 migrants rescued off Libyan coast, 97 feared missing

    Date: 2017-04-13 20:43:55 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:6768172

    TRIPOLI, April 13 (MENA) – Libyan coastguards on Thursday rescued about 23 migrants off Tripoli coast after their inflatable boat sank. Spokesman for the Libyan coast guards Ayob Qasem said some 97 migrants are feared missing, including 15 women ....

  • Jordan, Saudi Arabia to hold joint military drills

    Date: 2017-04-13 15:42:45 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:6767721

    AMMAN, April 13 (MENA) - The Jordan Armed Forces and their Saudi counterparts will hold joint military drills as of next week within a joint training program, Jordan News Agency (Petra) reported Thursday. The several-week drills, aim to exchange ....

  • 10 killed, wounded in car bomb explosion in Ramadi

    Date: 2017-04-12 22:39:22 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:88 - ID:6766611

    BAGHDAD, April 12 (MENA) – Ten people were killed and injured when a car bomb went off in the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Wednesday. The causalities include women and children, Al Arabiya Al Hadath Channel reported. (MENA) M I N/A H E ....

  • Arab women development fund urged

    Date: 2017-04-12 21:25:27 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:6766487

    CAIRO, April 12 (MENA) – The Arab Labor Conference on Wednesday called for the establishment of a fund for the development of Arab Women. This came at the close of the 44th round of the Arab Labor Conference, which was held under the patronage ....

  • Lebanese president suspends parliament sessions

    Date: 2017-04-12 21:17:31 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:6766396

    BEIRUT, April 12 (MENA) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun adjourned the holding of parliament's sessions for one month as stipulated in Article 59 of the Lebanese Constitution, Lebanon's National News Agency reported. "I pledged in my oath speech ....

  • Russia vetoes UN condemnation of Syria attack

    Date: 2017-04-12 21:11:56 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:6766546

    NEW YORK, April 12 (MENA) - Russia has vetoed a Western-backed Security Council resolution that would have condemned the reported use of chemical weapons in a town in northern Syria and demanded a speedy investigation, ABC News ....

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