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Yemeni vice president leaves Cairo
Date: 2015-07-13 14:25:53 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:2974309
CAIRO, July 13 (MENA) - Yemeni Vice President and Prime Minister Khalid Mahfouz Bahah left here after an official visit to Egypt during which he met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab. Bahah led the ....
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Iraqi defense minister follows up war on Daesh in Anbar
Date: 2015-07-13 13:46:51 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:2973261
BAGHDAD, July 13 (MENA) - Iraqi Defense Minister Khaled al Obeidi followed up Monday from the premises of the Iraqi joint operations in Baghdad the military operations launched against the Daesh terrorist group. The automated infantry brigade ....
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Iraqi civilian killed, 13 injured in Baghdad blasts
Date: 2015-07-13 12:00:52 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:2972341
BAGHDAD, July 13 (MENA) - An Iraqi civilian was killed and 13 others injured in two separate blasts in southern Baghdad. A security source said that a bomb went off at a local market, where a person was killed and seven others injured. Another ....
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Iraqi warplanes kill 52 Daesh militants in Anbar
Date: 2015-07-13 11:41:56 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:2972741
BAGHDAD, July 13 (MENA) - Iraqi warplanes on Monday launched airstrikes against Daesh hotbeds near Anbar's Ramadi. As many as 52 Daesh militants were killed and several vehicles and equipment were destroyed. Iraqi warplanes also bombed two ....
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Sudan sends military reinforcements to border areas with S. Sudan
Date: 2015-07-13 11:18:56 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:2972461
KHARTOUM, July 13 (MENA) - Sudan's West Kurdufan state on Monday sent security and military reinforcements to oil fields and borderline areas with South Sudan. The state authorities did not disclose the size of the fresh reinforcements. In ....
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First batch of US F-16 jets arrives in Iraq
Date: 2015-07-13 11:16:15 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:2972705
BAGHDAD, July 13 (MENA) - Iraq received a first batch of F-16 fighter jets from the United States on Monday, the BBC quoted Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's office as saying Monday. Iraq ordered 36 of the $65 million Lockheed Martin Corp planes, ....
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Anbar liberation operation meant to rid Iraq of Daesh - minister
Date: 2015-07-13 08:25:16 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:2971197
BAGHDAD, July 13 (MENA) – Iraqi Defense Minister Khaled al Obaidi asserted that the military operations of the Iraqi joint forces Monday to liberate Anbar will accomplish victory in Iraq and free the Iraqis from Daesh. Obaidi's remarks came ....
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Leading Houthi official assassinated in Sanaa
Date: 2015-07-13 08:12:03 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:2971133
SANAA, July 13 (MENA) - Unidentified gunmen assassinated at dawn of Monday a leading Houthi official, Sada Aden website reported. Gunmen driving a motorcycle opened fire at Zeid Ali Mutawekel while traveling in his car in Tunis street in the ....
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Joint Iraqi forces start operation to liberate Anbar from Daesh
Date: 2015-07-13 08:09:52 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:2970905
BAGHDAD, July 13 (MENA) - Joint Iraqi forces have started an operation to liberate Anbar province from the terrorist Daesh group. Commander of the operation Brigadier Yahia Rasoul Abdullah announced the launch of the operation at 5.00 a.m. local ....
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Saudi king relieves chairman of Royal Diwan of post
Date: 2015-07-13 06:48:06 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:2970689
MECCA, July 13 (MENA) - Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz al Saud issued a royal decree relieving Hamad bin Abdulaziz al Suwailem, chairman of the Royal Diwan, of his position. Khaled bin Abdel Rahman al Issa, a state minister, has been appointed ....