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Air raids continue in rural Aleppo
Date: 2014-12-27 08:23:50 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:1620365
DAMASCUS, Dec 27 (MENA) - Air raids launched by Syrian fighter jets on rural Aleppo continued on Saturday and left several people dead and injured, according to activists in the Syrian opposition. Six people were killed, while ten others injured ....
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Extremist elements attack police station in northern Tunisia
Date: 2014-12-27 08:05:43 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:1620345
TUNIS, Dec 27 (MENA) - Fierce clashes erupted Friday night between security troops and about 100 extremist elements outside a police station in Diwar Haishar area in northern Tunisia. The elements attempted to break into the police station and ....
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Dozens of Daesh elements killed, wounded in airstrike on southwestern Kirkuk
Date: 2014-12-27 06:22:02 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:1619977
BAGHDAD, Dec 27 (MENA) - Dozens of Daesh elements have been killed and injured in an airstrike that targeted sites of the terrorist group in southwestern Kirkuk. Rasul Qadir, the Commander of the Operations Room in the south of Kirkuk, told Al ....
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Saudi arrests two people with firearms, drugs
Date: 2014-12-26 22:42:31 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:128 - ID:1619621
RIYADH, Dec 26 (MENA) – Saudi authorities arrested on Friday two people in possession of 17 kg of hashish and two Kalashnikov rifles after they infiltrated into the eastern region of the kingdom. The two suspects surrendered after an exchange of ....
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35 terrorists killed in Iraq -- ministry
Date: 2014-12-26 22:29:44 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:127 - ID:1619565
BAGHDAD, Dec 26 (MENA) - At least 35 militants were killed in wide scale security campaigns in Iraqi on Friday, the Defense Ministry said in a statement. Ten terrorists were gunned down while setting up a M120 mortar system in a bid to target the ....
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Saudi Arabia reports 2 new cases of coronavirus
Date: 2014-12-26 21:51:43 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:121 - ID:1619545
RIYADH, Dec 26 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia reported on Friday two new cases of coronavirus. As many as 355 people have died of the deadly virus since it appeared in the country in 2012. MERS causes coughing, fever and sometimes pneumonia, killing ....
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Libyan solider shot down in clashes with militants in Benghazi
Date: 2014-12-26 20:57:42 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:119 - ID:1619397
TRIPOLI, Dec 26 (MENA) - A Libyan soldier was killed on Friday in clashes with Shura Council of Libyan Revolutionaries in Benghazi. The solider was shot down during armed fight in Vanessa St. in Benghazi, an official source told MENA. The Libyan ....
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Syrian air raids on Daesh-held towns kill dozens
Date: 2014-12-26 19:51:17 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:109 - ID:1619353
DAMASCUS, Dec 26 (MENA) - Activists say Syrian air raids on two northern towns held by the militant Daesh group have killed more than 50 people in two days, ABC News reported. Rami Abdurrahman of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human ....
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4.4 magnitude earthquake hits Algeria
Date: 2014-12-26 19:43:13 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:106 - ID:1619265
ALGIERS, Dec 26 (MENA) - An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale hit Tuesday at 9.00 a.m. the province of Blida (50 km south of Algiers), APS quoted the Research Centre in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Geophysics (CRAAG) as saying. The ....
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Sudan expresses regret over Ban's condemnation of expelling UN senior officials
Date: 2014-12-26 19:39:21 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:103 - ID:1619089
KHARTOUM, Dec 26 (MENA) - The Sudanese Foreign Ministry on Friday expressed regret that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon rushed to condemn its decision to expel two senior UN officials from the country. The statement accused the two UN officials; ....