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34 of Daesh members killed during Iraqi air raid in Anbar
Date: 2015-06-17 15:07:37 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:88 - ID:2816589
BAGHDAD, June 17 (MENA) - Iraqi jets carried out two air raids on members of Daesh terrorist group while they were performing their trainings in Anbar leaving 34 of them, including some leaders, dead. In press statements on Wednesday, the Iraqi ....
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Iraqi PM: Iraq keen to develop ties with Iran in various areas
Date: 2015-06-17 14:50:12 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:85 - ID:2815681
BAGHDAD, June 17 (MENA) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi asserted on Wednesday that his country is keen on developing relations with Iran in political, economic and security spheres. Iraq seeks to forge ties with Iran and all countries in ....
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Iraq's defence min. inspects situation in Anbar's city of Haditha
Date: 2015-06-17 14:46:58 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:2815401
BAGHDAD, June 17 (MENA) – Iraqi Defense Minister Khalid al Obeidi visited on Wednesday Haditha City in Anbar province to check on the military operations against Daesh fighters and cohesion between the Iraqi forces and tribesmen. During his ....
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Tunisian PM meets ISESCO director
Date: 2015-06-17 14:45:44 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:2816405
RABAT, June 17 (MENA) - Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid met on Wednesday with Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO) Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri. They discussed ways of bolstering ties ....
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Hundreds of Syrians return to border town of Tal Abyad from Turkey after Kurds drive Daesh out
Date: 2015-06-17 14:44:29 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:2815493
DAMASCUS, June 17 (MENA) - Hundreds of displaced Syrians returned to the strategic Syrian town of Tal Abyad, located on the Turkish-Syrian border, a day after Daesh group was driven out of the town, according to Fox News. Wednesday's return came ....
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Palestinian group urges reconciliation before forming new gov't
Date: 2015-06-17 14:43:38 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:2815653
GAZA CITY, June 17 (MENA) - A Gaza-based group urged on Wednesday Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to achieve reconciliation before carrying out a cabinet reshuffle. Khaled al Batsh, a leader of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine, called ....
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Kuwaiti diplomat meets US amb.
Date: 2015-06-17 14:40:02 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:2816213
KUWAIT, June 17 (MENA) - Undersecretary of the Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry Khaled al Jarallah met on Wednesday with US Ambassador to Kuwait Douglas Silliman. They discussed bilateral relations as well as the latest developments at the regional and ....
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Qaeda kills 2 people for spying for America
Date: 2015-06-17 14:37:08 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:2816409
ADEN, June 17 (MENA) - Al Qaeda militants in Yemen executed two persons on Wednesday in public for planting tracking devices which enabled the assassination of the group's leader in a suspected US drone strike last week. According to a Yemeni ....
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UN envoy wraps up Syrian visit
Date: 2015-06-17 14:14:33 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:2815921
GENEVA, June 17 (MENA) - UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura wrapped up his visit to Damascus, a UN official said Wednesday. Jessy Chahine, spokeswoman of de Mistura, said the UN envoy stayed in Syria for three days as part of efforts ....
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New study finds millions of people in Yemen slipping into hunger
Date: 2015-06-17 14:01:34 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:2815905
CAIRO, June 17 (MENA) - A new study released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation in Yemen (MoPIC), on behalf of ....