Arab world

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  • Coalition airstrikes pound Daesh stronghold of Raqqa in Syria

    Date: 2015-07-05 08:02:55 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:2923021

    WASHINGTON, July 5 (MENA) – US-led coalition forces launched a major series of airstrikes against Daesh group's self-declared capital, Raqqa, in Syria Saturday, International Business Times reported on Sunday. "The significant airstrikes tonight ....

  • Ashrawi: Egypt is pillar of Palestinian reconciliation

    Date: 2015-07-05 08:00:39 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:2922841

    RAMALLAH, July 5 (MENA) – Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) executive committee member Hanan Ashrawi asserted that there is an Arab consensus that Egypt is the pillar of Palestinian reconciliation. In an exclusive interview with MENA, ....

  • 6 Yemenis killed in Houthis shelling of Aden

    Date: 2015-07-05 07:03:24 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:2922777

    ADEN, July 5 (MENA) - Six Yemenis were killed during a random shelling of Houthis militants loyal to former Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh of a nursery in northern Mansoura district of Aden at dawn Sunday. Aden Al Ghad newspaper said a ....

  • Palestinian, foreign delegations condole over Barakat, Sinai martyrs at Egypt embassy

    Date: 2015-07-04 21:07:42 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:2922221

    RAMALLAH, July 4 (MENA) – The Egyptian Embassy in Palestine received during the last three days a number of Palestinian and foreign delegations as well as Egyptian community members who offered their condolences over the assassination of prosecutor ....

  • Essebsi: Tunisia in war against terror, army on high alert

    Date: 2015-07-04 19:33:29 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:2921665

    TUNIS, July 4 (MENA) - Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi said Saturday that Tunisia is in a state of war as the army announced highest alert to fight terrorism. Essebsi said in a national address that security, economic and social challenges ....

  • 4 Iraqis killed, 16 injured in Baghdad blast

    Date: 2015-07-04 18:57:49 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:2921801

    BAGHDAD, July 4 (MENA) - Four Iraqi people were killed and 16 others injured in a car bomb blast in southern Baghdad. The car bomb went off near a mosque before Iftar time, a security source told MENA. Security forces rushed to the scene, ....

  • Iraqi warplanes carry out air landing operation against Daesh camp in Anbar

    Date: 2015-07-04 18:45:59 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:2921721

    BAGHDAD, July 4 (MENA) – Iraqi warplanes carried out on Saturday a successful air landing operation that targeted a Daesh camp in Anbar province, the Iraqi Defense Ministry said in a press release. The landing troops destroyed the camp and seized ....

  • 68 Daesh militants killed in Iraq

    Date: 2015-07-04 18:06:39 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:2921537

    BAGHDAD, July 4 (MENA) - Iraqi forces and the US-led alliance killed Saturday 33 members of Daesh during military operations launched nationwide against the terrorist group. A statement by the Iraqi Joint Special Operations Command said a sniper ....

  • Tunisia declares state of emergency

    Date: 2015-07-04 17:21:51 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:2921445

    TUNIS, July 4 (MENA) - Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi on Saturday declared a state of emergency in the country, just over a week after 40 tourists, mainly Britons, died in an attack in the resort city of Sousse. The state of emergency gives ....

  • Emergency state declared in Tunisia

    Date: 2015-07-04 14:12:17 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:2920533

    TUNIS, July 4 (MENA) - Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi Saturday declared state of emergency in the country. Essebsi is expected to deliver a speech to the Tunisian people at 5:00 pm local time, according to a presidential source. (MENA) Y ....

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