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Friday is first day of Eidual Fitr in Saudi Arabia
Date: 2015-07-16 17:47:15 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:85 - ID:2997937
RIYADH, July 16 (MENA) - The Saudi Royal Court announced that Friday, July 17, is the first day of Eidul-Fitr (Lesser Bairam). The Saudi Supreme Court said "tomorrow, Friday, 1 Shawwal 1436 of Umm Al Qura calendar is the day of Eid al-Fitr," ....
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94 Syrians crucified, whipped by Daesh for "eating in Ramadan"
Date: 2015-07-16 16:17:29 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:2997397
LONDON, July 16 (MENA) - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented 94 cases of “crucifixion, detaining inside metal cage and whipping” carried out by Daesh in Ramadan in various areas in Syria, said a statement by the SOHR on ....
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Abbas urges int'l framework to Arab-Israeli conflict
Date: 2015-07-16 15:27:23 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:2997441
RAMALLAH, July 16 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on Thursday for laying down an international framework to settle the Arab-Israeli conflict on the lines of the agreement reached between Iran and the major world powers on its ....
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We support Erbil's gov't in solving pending problems with Baghdad's gov't - UN envoy
Date: 2015-07-16 15:04:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:2997153
ERBIL/IRAQ, July 16 (MENA) - Prime Minister of Kurdistan Nechirvan Barzani met on Thursday here with United Nations (UN) Special Envoy for Iraq Yan Kubish and his accompanying delegation. Kubish hailed the cooperation and coordination between the ....
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Jordan receives 60 Syrian refugees over past 48 hours
Date: 2015-07-16 14:59:48 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:2997133
AMMAN, July 16 (MENA) – Jordan's border guards received during the last 48 hours 60 Syrian refugees from different ages, the Moral Guidance Directorate affiliated to the Jordanian Armed Forces said on Thursday. The border guards provided the ....
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Houthis shell oil refinery in Aden
Date: 2015-07-16 14:51:34 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:2996733
ADEN, July 16 (MENA) - Aden Refinery Company announced that the Houthi militias and loyalists of former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh shelled an oil refinery Thursday causing the eruption of a huge fire in one of the tanks. Two Katyusha ....
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Jordan says Iraq closes joint border crossings
Date: 2015-07-16 14:27:27 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:2996905
AMMAN, July 16 (MENA) - Iraqi authorities closed border crossings with Jordan until further notice, said an official source in the kingdom on Thursday. Passengers and drivers willing to travel to Iraq should not head for the borders until a new ....
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All parties in Libya urged to release detainees
Date: 2015-07-16 13:28:06 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:2996109
TRIPOLI, July 16 (MENA) - UN envoy to Libya Bernardino Leon hailed the release of a number of prisoners in several cities in Libya over the past weeks. In a report submitted to the UN Council on the situation in Libya, Leon urged all parties to ....
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7 Iraqi policemen killed, wounded in Samarra
Date: 2015-07-16 13:23:48 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:2995337
BAGHDAD, July 16 (MENA) - Two Iraqi policemen were killed Thursday and five others wounded when Daesh militants attacked a police station in Samarra city in Saladin province. Popular mobilization forces rushed to the clash site to back the ....
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Yemen interior, transport ministers back to Aden
Date: 2015-07-16 13:10:43 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:2995597
SANAA, July 16 (MENA) – The return of the Yemeni interior and transport ministers and the head of the national security agency to Aden was to secure the return of President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a resistance leader said. Speaking over the phone ....
