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Egypt's role in resolving Syrian crisis 'crucial' - NCCDC head
Date: 2014-12-20 12:40:48 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:1575297
CAIRO, Dec 20 (MENA) - Head of the Syrian National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change (NCCDC) Hassan Ismail Abdel Azim underlined the importance of the Egyptian role in defusing the Syrian crisis, describing Egypt's role in resolving the ....
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Bombings kill 10 in Iraq
Date: 2014-12-20 11:15:14 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:1575153
BAGHDAD, Dec 20 (MENA) - Iraqi authorities say bombs targeting commercial streets and an army patrol have killed 10 people around Baghdad, ABC News reported Saturday. Police officials say a bomb exploded on a commercial street in the town of ....
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2 killed, 9 injured in blast in southern Baghdad
Date: 2014-12-20 09:55:27 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:1574393
BAGHDAD, Dec 20 (MENA) - Two people were killed and nine injured when a bomb went off Saturday near a number of shops in southern Baghdad. A security force rushed to the scene and the injured were moved to a nearby hospital for treatment, an ....
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Brigadier shot dead by Nursa Front in Syria's Homs - Observatory
Date: 2014-12-20 09:19:40 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:1573993
LONDON, Dec 20 (MENA) - The al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front has shot dead a brigadier over charges of murder and theft, announced the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The brigadier was killed in Homs after three weeks of his detention, said the ....
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3 Bahraini policemen injured in blast in Bani Jamra village
Date: 2014-12-20 08:35:07 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:1573753
MANAMA, Dec 20 (MENA) - Three Bahraini policemen were injured in a terror blast which took place in the village of Bani Jamra, which lies near the capital Manama. In its official Twitter account, the Interior Ministry said that all necessary ....
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Fierce clashes between Libyan army, Shura Council of Benghazi revolutionaries
Date: 2014-12-20 07:45:36 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:1573433
TRIPOLI, Dec 20 (MENA) - The Libyan Army forces have been in fierce battles with the Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries since yesterday. Army forces engaged in a fierce battle with the Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries in al Sabri ....
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Scores of Libyans displaced due to clashes in Bin Jawad
Date: 2014-12-20 07:41:45 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:1573441
TRIPOLI, Dec 20 (MENA) - Scores of residents of Libyan area of Bin Jawad have been displaced due to clashes taking place in the region between Fajr Libya fighters and army forces guarding petroleum facilities. Most of the shops are closed and ....
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Sirte local council denies news of raid on runway
Date: 2014-12-20 06:49:40 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:1573261
TRIPOLI, Dec 20 (MENA) - The local council of Sirte has denied news that a runway was targeted in the area of 17 West. A number of satellite channels and the social media claimed that the unused runway was hit in an airstrike. Chairman of the ....
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Ansar al-Sharia group announces responsibility for attack against Houthis in Ibb
Date: 2014-12-20 06:18:53 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:1573125
SANAA, Dec 20 (MENA) - Ansar al-Sharia group has claimed responsibility for an attack against the Houithis in Ibb governorate in central Yemen. Two of the group members attacked a house of a Houthi leader Friday, the al-Qaeda offshoot said on ....
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Israeli warplanes raid Gaza Strip for 1st time since truce
Date: 2014-12-19 22:56:22 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:130 - ID:1572825
GAZA CITY, Dec 19 (MENA) – Israeli warplanes launched an overnight raid on a site of the Palestinian resistance in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, the first since a truce ended the Israeli aggression on the enclave three months ....