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US-led coalition launches 16 airstrikes over Daesh targets in Syria, Iraq

Date: 2015-06-25 14:56:57 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:85 - ID:2863913

WASHINGTON, June 25 (MENA) - The US-led coalition launched 16 airstrikes on Daesh targets in Syria and Iraq over the past 24 hours, Russia Today reported Thursday. Three raids targeted Daesh sites in the provinces of Aleppo, Tal Abyad and Hasakah ....

Woman killed, 6 persons injured in car explosion in Baghdad

Date: 2015-06-25 14:54:26 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:2863893

BAGHDAD, June 25 (MENA) - A woman was killed and six civilians were wounded Thursday when a booby-trapped vehicle went off in northern the Iraqi capital Baghdad. The car detonated near a central market causing damage to three vehicles which were ....

Coronavirus case reported in Saudi Arabia

Date: 2015-06-25 14:53:06 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:2863901

RIYADH, June 25 (MENA) - The Saudi Health Ministry asserted that one Coronavirus case was reported in the country on Thursday. In a statement, the ministry said 575 cases were discharged from hospitals, while four others are still receiving ....

Armenian Catholic Patriarch dies in Lebanon

Date: 2015-06-25 14:49:19 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:2863937

BEIRUT, June 25 (MENA) - Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia Nerses Bedros XIX passed away Thursday after suffering from a heart attack. The renowned Egyptian patriarch, who resides in Lebanon, is widely known for serving the Armenian ....

Tunisia plans to be regional center for manufacture of aircraft components

Date: 2015-06-25 14:32:48 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:2863465

TUNIS, June 25 (MENA) - Tunisia is planning to be a regional center for the manufacture of aircraft components, said Tunisian Minister of Development, Investment and International Cooperation Yassin Ibrahim. In statements Thursday, Ibrahim ....

Coalition jets shell Houthis' hotbeds in several Yemeni provinces

Date: 2015-06-25 14:23:43 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:2863485

SANA'A, June 25 (MENA) - The aircraft of the Arab coalition shelled hotbeds affiliated to the Houthis in Marib, al-Jawf, Dali and Shabwa provinces. The jets of the coalition raided the Houthis hotbeds in Marib and smoke was seen pillowing in the ....

11,435 stranded Yemenis return home - center

Date: 2015-06-25 14:16:01 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:2863317

RIYADH, June 25 (MENA) - The number of Yemenis who returned to their country assisted by King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid, reached 11.435. The spokesman at the center Raafat al Sabbagh said that the center is keen on returning ....

Sudanese army capable of facing N. Darfur riots, says governor

Date: 2015-06-25 14:03:49 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:2862813

KHARTOUM, June 25 (MENA) - Governor of North Darfur Abdel Wahed Youssef said on Thursday that the Sudanese army is capable of facing all kinds of riots in the governorate. In statements, Youssef said one of his top priorities in the coming period ....

Missile hits Ramtha haphazardly - source

Date: 2015-06-25 13:49:50 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:2863105

AMMAN, June 25 (MENA) - Some missiles coming from Syria fell on Ramtha city located on the Jordanian-Syrian borders leaving one person killed and four others injured, a Jordanian source said. The source told MENA that the missiles' origin is ....

Hamas launches English-language website

Date: 2015-06-25 12:24:42 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:2862529

GAZA CITY, June 25 (MENA) - The media office of Hamas launched on Thursday an official English-language website. The website comes as part of the movement's keenness on communicating with audience, according to a press statement issued by the ....