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  • Hadi, British min. discuss Yemen updates over phone

    Date: 2015-07-07 21:58:31 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:90 - ID:2941025

    RIYADH, July 7 (MENA) – Yemeni President Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi discussed on Tuesday over the phone with British Minister for Middle East Affairs Tobias Elwood the recent developments and situation in Yemen, the state-run Yemeni news agency ....

  • 15 Daesh militants killed in Anbar, Salahuddin

    Date: 2015-07-07 20:36:07 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:2940749

    BAGHDAD, July 7 (MENA) - Iraqi forces on Tuesday killed 15 Daesh militants in Anbar and Salahuddin governorates, Spokesman for the Iraqi Defense Ministry Nosir Nouri said in a statement. Ten out of 15 Daesh militants were slain in airstrikes ....

  • Morocco slams Al Jazeera journalist over offensive remarks

    Date: 2015-07-07 20:11:01 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:2940657

    RABAT, July 7 (MENA) - Morocco’s Foreign Affairs Minister Salaheddine Mezouar on Tuesday lashed out at Al Jazeera TV interviewer Ahmed Mansour over his offensive remarks against Moroccan journalists, saying that his comments were “grubby” and proved ....

  • Iraqi forces kill 20 Daesh militants in Anbar, Saladin

    Date: 2015-07-07 16:42:27 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:2940081

    BAGHDAD, July 7 (MENA) – As many as 20 Daesh militants were killed Tuesday by the Iraqi forces in Anbar and Saladin governorates. In Anbar, the Iraqi forces' shelling to a neighborhood in central of Ramadi's city claimed the lives of 12 ....

  • Palestinian, Greek FM underline depth of bilateral relations

    Date: 2015-07-07 15:42:01 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:2939257

    RAMALLAH, July 7 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al Maliki on Tuesday received his Greek counterpart Nikolaos Kotzias in Ramallah. Maliki briefed his Greek counterpart on latest political developments in the occupied Palestinian ....

  • UK pledges £100m extra for Syrian refugees

    Date: 2015-07-07 14:51:01 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:2939397

    AMMAN, July 7 (MENA) - The UK pledged on Tuesday further 100 million euros to support Syrian refugees and their host countries. Since the start of the Syrian crisis, Britain paid more than 200 million euros to support Syrian refugees, who have ....

  • 15 Libyan commandos killed, wounded in Benghazi clashes since early July

    Date: 2015-07-07 14:39:29 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:2939289

    TRIPOLI, July 7 (MENA) - Five members of the Libyan special forces, known as shock troops, have been killed and 10 others wounded in clashes with the Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries since the start of July. The wounded have been carried ....

  • UN: civilian death toll in Yemen conflict tops 1,500

    Date: 2015-07-07 12:51:30 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:2938329

    GENEVA, July 7 (MENA) - The United Nations' human rights office says the number of civilians killed in three months of violence in Yemen has risen above 1,500. The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said Tuesday that, between June 17 and ....

  • 200.000 prisoners by Syrian forces since 4 years - network

    Date: 2015-07-07 12:34:14 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:2937885

    DAMASCUS, July 7 (MENA) - The Syrian Network for Human Rights issued on Tuesday a report on the arbitrary arrest by the conflicting parties in Syria. The number of the arrested reached more than 200.000 Syrians, 99 percent of them were nabbed ....

  • Mujahideen Shura Council in Derna executes 6 Libyans affiliated to Daesh

    Date: 2015-07-07 12:31:50 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:2937881

    TRIPOLI, July 7 (MENA) - Mujahideen Shura Council in Derna announced that it executed six Libyans for joining Daesh terrorist group. The executed organized attacks and blasts, the council said in a statement issued on Tuesday. Meanwhile, ....

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