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  • 25 Houthis killed in Arab coalition raids on Maarab

    Date: 2015-08-01 07:31:56 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:3078693

    SANAA, Aug 1 (MENA) - As many as 25 Houthis have been killed and 15 others injured in Arab coalition raids on targets of the group in southwestern Maarab governorate. The raids occurred a short while after the five-day humanitarian truce ....

  • 42 of Houthi militants killed in Yemen

    Date: 2015-08-01 07:23:15 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:3078593

    SANAA, Aug 1 (MENA) - The popular resistance in the Yemeni province of Taiz said that it killed 42 Houthi militants in the recent battles in Mashra'a and Hadnan areas in Jebel Sabr. The battles which erupted between the two sides yesterday left ....

  • Yemeni govt plans to reopen Wadiha border crossing within days

    Date: 2015-08-01 07:15:09 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:3078585

    ADEN, Aug 1 (MENA) - The legitimate Yemeni government plans to reopen within days al Wadiha border crossing between Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Yemeni Deputy head of chief of staff Nasser el Zaheri and acting finance minister Hossam al Shorbagy ....

  • Palestine's Abbas urges int'l community to consider settlement organizations as terrorist bodies

    Date: 2015-07-31 19:25:14 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:87 - ID:3077497

    RAMALLAH, July 31 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday urged the international community, the United States and the United Nation to consider Israeli settlement organizations as "terrorist bodies". During an urgent Palestinian ....

  • Consultations resume in Algiers over Libya crisis

    Date: 2015-07-31 19:20:38 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:3077373

    ALGIERS, July 31 (MENA) – United Nations Special Envoy to Libya Bernardino Leon and representatives of the Libyan General National Congress resumed on Friday consultations in Algiers over boosting political dialogue in Libya. On Thursday, the ....

  • Palestine ambassador in Cairo condemns killing of Palestinian toddler by Israeli settler

    Date: 2015-07-31 18:29:25 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:3077453

    CAIRO, July 31 (MENA) - Palestinian Ambassador in Cairo Gamal el Shobaky on Friday strongly condemned the hideous arson attack carried out by some Israeli settlers who burnt a house of a Palestinian family, killing a toddler and seriously injuring ....

  • 5 arrested in Tunisia over terrorist charges

    Date: 2015-07-31 16:23:33 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:3077105

    TUNIS, July 31 (MENA) - Five people have been arrested in Tunisia over plans to join a terrorist group in Libya. The five were captured in Bizerte city, said the Interior Ministry in a statement on Friday. They were referred to the prosecution. ....

  • Saudi forces destroy missile launch pads in Yemen

    Date: 2015-07-31 15:55:31 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:3076905

    RIYADH, July 31 (MENA) – The Saudi forces in the southern border city of Dhahran destroyed Friday missile launch pads in Yemen. This came after the Saudi forces intercepted military shells fired from Yemen against a Saudi camp, killing a sergeant ....

  • Libyan army achieves victory in Derna city

    Date: 2015-07-31 15:35:34 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:3076785

    TRIPOLI, July 31 (MENA) - The Libyan army achieved victory in "al Noar and Martouba" area in Derna city, according to spokesman for Operation Omar al Mukhtar, Abdul Karim Sabra. The northern area was freed and the Libyan army forces are ....

  • 4 Indians held captive in Libya's Sirte

    Date: 2015-07-31 15:23:06 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:3076609

    TRIPOLI, July 31 (MENA) - Four Indian nationals have been held captive in the Libyan city of Sirte, said India's Foreign Ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup. In a statement on Friday, Swarup said that the four, who work as university professors, ....

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