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Libyan activist injured during failed abduction
Date: 2015-08-03 10:04:23 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:3090641
TRIPOLI, Aug 3 (MENA) – Unidentified masked persons opened fire on a Libyan activist during an abduction bid in the eastern city of Al Bayda. Activist Ali Boswary sustained gunshot injuries in the shoulder and leg during the botched abduction, a ....
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Daesh group threatens to kill
Date: 2015-08-03 08:55:37 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:3090213
TRIPOLI, Aug 3 (MENA) - The terrorist Daesh organization in Libya has threatened to behead army leader Khalifa Haftar. A video posted on twitter Monday showed a Daesh element, known as Abu Yahia al Tounsi, as he threatened Haftar, the Libyan army ....
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Algeria plans to reopen border with Libya soon -- newspaper
Date: 2015-08-03 08:16:05 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:3090033
ALGIERS, Aug 3 (MENA) - Algeria plans to reopen its borders with war-torn Libya in the coming few days, said local media on Monday. Technical preparations have been taken to end the year-and-half border closure, said Al-Khabr newspaper, citing a ....
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25 persons killed in military plane crash
Date: 2015-08-03 07:50:22 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:3089793
DAMASCUS, Aug 3 (MENA) - Twenty-five persons have been killed and dozens others wounded in a military plane crash in Jericho in Rif Aleppo, Syrian activists said Monday. Sky News carried the news, adding that 28 government troops and 16 ....
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Shoukry receives thank-you message from UN envoy to Libya
Date: 2015-08-03 07:18:55 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:3089769
CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received on Monday a thank-you message from UN Special Representative for Libya Bernardino León for Egypt's efforts in backing the talks to reach a political agreement to the Libyan crisis, which ....
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Yemeni army, fighters trying to storm main air base amid fierce fight -- commander
Date: 2015-08-03 07:02:00 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:3089589
ADEN, Aug 3 (MENA) - Troops of the Yemeni army and loyalist fighters are trying to storm a main air base and a camp in the southern province of Abyan, said a senior commander on Monday. "Fierce confrontations are occurring to achieve this aim," ....
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Nine bodies of popular resistance elements in Yemen found in northern Aden
Date: 2015-08-03 06:51:22 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:3089665
ADEN, Aug 3 (MENA) - Nine bodies of Yemeni popular resistance elements were found with gun shots in northern Aden several days ago, a source with the Yemeni popular resistance said. Aden Al Ghad newspaper, quoting the source, said the dead ....
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3 brigades arrive at Yemen's Al Anad air base
Date: 2015-08-03 06:41:46 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:3089413
ADEN, Aug 3 (MENA) - Three brigades of troops loyal to the legitimate government in Yemen have arrived in the vicinity of Al Anad air base in Lahaj governorate. The units have been supplied with arms offered by coalition countries with the aim to ....
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Gulf foreign ministers meet in Riyadh before Kerry talks
Date: 2015-08-02 22:42:51 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:90 - ID:3089181
RIYADH, Aug 2 (MENA) - Gulf foreign ministers met on Sunday in the Saudi capital of Riyadh before their meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday, the Saudi news agency reported. The meeting was chaired by Qatari Foreign Minister ....
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Aswan gears up for New Suez Canal celebrations
Date: 2015-08-02 22:22:11 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:89 - ID:3089129
ASWAN, Egypt, Aug 2 (MENA) - Aswan Governor Mostafa Yousri on Sunday said the tourist city was gearing up for the celebrations that mark the inauguration of the New Suez Canal. Egypt will inaugurate the New Suez Canal on August 6, which will ....
