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Syrian army kills Daesh elements in Sweida - source
Date: 2015-07-11 11:47:05 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:2961109
DAMASCUS, July 11 (MENA) - The Syrian army killed extremists belonging to Daesh terrorist group on Saturday in Sweida, southern Syria, said a Syrian military source. An army unit clashed with Daesh terrorists after monitoring their movements from ....
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Libyan political dialogue participants say to sign deal Saturday
Date: 2015-07-11 11:07:40 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:2960929
SKHIRAT, Morocco, July 11 (MENA) – Participants in a new round of the Libyan political dialogue said Saturday they expected an agreement to be signed and steps to be taken to form a national government later in the day. The meeting was held in ....
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Arab commission for human rights mourns death of former Saudi FM
Date: 2015-07-11 11:01:15 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:2960913
CAIRO, July 11 (MENA) - Head of the Arab Commission for Human Rights Hadi al Yami mourned former Saudi foreign minister Prince Saud al Faisal who passed away on Thursday. In a statement, Yami voiced deep sorrow over the death of Faisal, who was ....
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3 IEDs target patrol of Iraqi army
Date: 2015-07-11 09:40:29 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:2960489
BAGHDAD, July 11 (MENA) - Three improvised explosive devices targeted a patrol of the Iraqi army in southern Baghdad Saturday. A number of Iraqi army officers were killed and injured as a result of the blast. The three IEDs were planted on a ....
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5 Qaeda elements killed in US drone strike in Yemen
Date: 2015-07-11 07:22:25 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:2959441
SANAA, July 11 (MENA) - A US drone targeted two cars belonging to al Qaeda, killing leader Ghaleb Ahmed Baqeeti al Hadrami and four other elements of the organization. Officials say the airstrike took place on Friday night in Mukalla, the capital ....
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Houthis break truce in Yemen
Date: 2015-07-11 07:13:59 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:2959397
SANAA, July 11 (MENA) - Houthi rebels launched attacks in the southern Yemeni governorates of Taiz, Aden and Marib overnight Saturday, just an hour after a truce went into effect in the Arab country. Houthis and troops loyal to former president ....
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60 Daesh militants killed in Iraq's Anbar
Date: 2015-07-10 21:48:20 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:2959061
BAGHDAD, July 10 (MENA) – Iraqi forces killed on Friday 60 Daesh militants in Ramadi city in western Iraq. The Iraqi forces dragged Daesh militants and surrounded and killed 20 of them in Husaibah city, the Interior Ministry said. The forces used ....
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Saudi-led coalition strikes Houthi sites in Yemen hours before truce takes hold
Date: 2015-07-10 21:20:21 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:2958985
SANAA, July 10 (MENA) – Warplanes of a Saudi-led coalition Friday launched raids on sites used by Houthi militants and factions loyal to former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh just hours before a UN-brokered humanitarian pause starts. The ....
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Tunisian police kill 5 terrorists in Gafsa: Interior Ministry
Date: 2015-07-10 21:07:50 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:2958909
TUNIS, July 10 (MENA) – Tunisian security forces on Friday killed five terrorists in an operation in Gafsa province, said the Interior Ministry. In statements late on Friday, Interior Ministry spokesman Walid al Weqini said that the operation ....
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1 Palestinian injured, scores suffocate as Israel disperses rallies
Date: 2015-07-10 18:29:42 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:2958401
RAMALLAH, July 10 (MENA) - One Palestinian youth was injured and scores suffered suffocation when Israeli occupation troops dispersed rallies in the West Bank on Friday. The 17-year-old young man was shot in the leg. The soldiers attacked the ....