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Somali security forces arrest 10 suspected of belonging to al-Shabaab group
Date: 2015-01-01 12:53:15 GMT - Somalia - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:1655849
MOGADISHU, Jan 1 (MENA) - Somali security forces arrested ten persons suspected of belonging to militias of the Islamist extremist al-Shabaab group. The Somali officials said that the arrested were transferred to security headquarters where they ....
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OIC chief to visit Palestine Sunday
Date: 2015-01-01 11:33:28 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:1655381
JEDDAH, Jan 1 (MENA) - Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad bin Amin Madani is to visit the Palestinian territories on Sunday. During his tour, Madani will meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and will ....
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1,500 Nusra, Islamic front militants flee into Arsal from Daesh - source
Date: 2015-01-01 09:24:43 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:1654513
BEIRUT, Jan 1 (MENA) - Around 1,500 militants from Nusra and Islamic Front fled into the Lebanese town of Arsal from Daesh that is now controlling Syrian Qalamoun Mountains area near Lebanon, a Lebanese source said on Thursday. The militant group ....
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Ex-Lebanese PM Omar Karami dies aged 80
Date: 2015-01-01 08:35:33 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:1654005
BEIRUT, Jan 1 (MENA) - Former Lebanese Prime Minister Omar Karami died on Thursday morning at the age of 80. Karami, from the northern city of Tripoli, died at the American University of Beirut Medical Center after a long illness. Karami was ....
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Pirates attack ship off Yemen coast
Date: 2015-01-01 06:45:50 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:1653553
SANAA, Jan 1 (MENA) - Pirates attacked an unidentified ship off the coast of Yemen, a local newspaper said on Thursday. The ship guards opened fire on the armed pirates, forcing them to retreat. Pirate attacks have become a threat to the ....
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Hamas praises Abbas over ICC step
Date: 2014-12-31 20:51:29 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:114 - ID:1652805
GAZA CITY, Dec 31 (MENA) - Hamas has praised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for signing Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. In a statement on Wednesday, Hamas said that the move is a step in the right direction. The ....
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26 killed suicide bombing in Yemen
Date: 2014-12-31 20:37:13 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:111 - ID:1652581
SANA'A, Dec 31 (MENA) - At least 26 people were killed and 48 others injured in a suicide bombing in Ibb province, Saba News Agency cited director of health office in Ibb Bakil al-Jahafi as saying on Wednesday. A suicide bomber blew himself up in ....
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Rejecting Palestine resolution not the end: Abbas
Date: 2014-12-31 19:03:27 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:96 - ID:1652073
RAMALLAH, Dec 31 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday said that rejecting a raft resolution by the UN Security Council on Palestinian statehood is not the end of efforts to end to the Israeli occupation. In a ceremony ....
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Arab League supports Djibouti political accord
Date: 2014-12-31 16:51:55 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:1651753
CAIRO, Dec 31 (MENA) - Arab League chief Nabil Al Araby welcomed an agreement signed by the government and the opposition in Djibouti. The agreement will pave the way for implementing political reforms to overcome a crisis hindering the country's ....
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Iraqi army kills 100 Daesh militants
Date: 2014-12-31 16:35:18 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:1651485
BAGHDAD, Dec 31 (MENA) - The Iraqi army liberated on Wednesday the Iraqi city of Al Karmah from the terrorist Daesh group after killing 100 militants. Also, the servicemen dismantled 250 bombs and destroyed 15 vehicles used by the terrorist ....
