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Saudi national dies of coronavirus: Health Ministry
Date: 2015-07-18 17:57:04 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:3005641
RIYADH, July 18 (MENA) – A Saudi national died on Saturday of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), or coronavirus, the Health Ministry said. The ministry added in a statement that no new infections have been identified. The new death ....
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Yemen's Tawahi military camp under resistance; 26 Houthis taken as prisoners
Date: 2015-07-18 17:28:50 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:3005169
ADEN, July 18 (MENA) – Members of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) and squads from the Yemeni army managed on Saturday to take control of a military camp in the city district of Tawahi, Aden and detained 26 Houthi militants, sources said. ....
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Awqaf minister hails anti-terror call raised by Saudi King
Date: 2015-07-18 15:34:22 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:3005165
CAIRO, July 18 (MENA) – Minister of Awqaf (Endowments) Mohamed Gomaa on Saturday hailed Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz over a call to maintain inter-Arab unity in face of terrorism. In a statement, the minister said a mechanism is necessary to ....
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Saudi authorities arrest 431 Daesh-linked suspects…. 2 last Riyadh
Date: 2015-07-18 15:09:30 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:3004969
During the press conference, Turki clarified that the network included three groups that were involved in several attacks and plots, including deadly suicide bombings at Shiite mosques in the kingdom's Eastern Province. The three groups have ....
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Saudi ِauthorities arrest 431 Daesh-linked suspects
Date: 2015-07-18 15:06:46 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:3004829
RIYADH, July 18 (MENA) – Saudi Arabia has broken up a Daesh network, nabbing 431 Daesh-linked suspects, said the Saudi interior ministry on Saturday. At a press conference, Interior Ministry Spokesman Mansour Al-Turki said that the suspects are ....
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30 Houthis killed, injured in clashes with opposition forces
Date: 2015-07-18 15:01:07 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:3004973
SANAA, July 18 (MENA) - About 10 persons, affiliated to the Houthis militants and loyalists of former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh, were killed and 20 others were wounded in clashes with the opposition forces in Taiz. Four of the ....
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11 soldiers killed in terrorist attack in Algeria - newspaper
Date: 2015-07-18 14:41:15 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:3004949
ALGIERS, July 18 (MENA) - As many as 11 soldiers from the People's National Army were killed in an armed ambush in Ain Defla, according to Algeria's El Khabar newspaper. On its website, the newspaper said that there are contradicting reports about ....
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Diyala blast by Daesh aims at harming Iraq's stability - official
Date: 2015-07-18 12:44:47 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:3004237
BAGHDAD, July 18 (MENA) - Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al Jabouri condemned on Saturday the explosion that was carried out by a booby-trapped car and targeted civilians in a market in Diyala province. In press statements on Saturday, al ....
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Arab coalition strikes Houthi-controlled Al Anad Air Base in Yemen
Date: 2015-07-18 12:41:57 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:3004129
SANAA, July 18 (MENA) - The Saudi-led Arab airstrikes on Saturday hit the Houthi-controlled Al Anad Air Base in the southern Lahej province, 35 miles north of the newly captured Aden. Local sources asserted that around 47 Houthi militants were ....
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Iraqi F-16 jets launch first raid against Daesh
Date: 2015-07-18 12:24:40 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:3004057
BAGHDAD, July 18 (MENA) – The Iraqi F-16 fighter jets on Saturday hit Daesh militants' sites for the first time in the country, said a military source. On Monday, US delivered the first lot of F-16 fighter jets to the Iraqi government to be used in ....