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  • Man killed, 7 injured in bomb attack in Baghdad

    Date: 2014-12-13 11:34:25 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:1527473

    BAGHDAD, Dec 13 (MENA) – A man was killed Saturday while seven others were injured when an explosive device went off in Baghdad. The device was planted on road no. 48, Sadr City, a vast Shia slum district in east Baghdad, local Iraqi media cited ....

  • Key Daesh terrorist killed in Iraq’s Anbar

    Date: 2014-12-13 09:49:27 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:1526497

    BAGHDAD, Dec 13 (MENA) – Iraqi security forces have killed Daesh training official in Anbar province. The forces killed Ibrahim Jaber el-Dilami who is responsible for training Daesh insurgents in Heet city. He added that Daesh has forced the ....

  • Military reinforcements in Iraq’s Salah el-Din province

    Date: 2014-12-13 09:31:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:1526341

    BAGHDAD, Dec 13 (MENA) – Military reinforcements have arrived in Salah el-din province as part of an operation to recapture the southern parts of the province from Daesh militant group, said the deputy head of the provincial security ....

  • More than 35 members of Daesh killed in Iraq's Anbar

    Date: 2014-12-13 09:13:06 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:1526361

    BAGHDAD, Dec 13 (MENA) - More than 35 members of Daesh group in the western Iraqi province of Anbar have been killed in an air raid, announced chairman of Anbar's Provincial Council Sabah Karhout Saturday. The Iraqi air force, in cooperation ....

  • Pentagon: Retaking Iraq's Mosul from Daesh key to the success of Operation Inherent Resolve

    Date: 2014-12-12 21:50:51 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:101 - ID:1525241

    WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (MENA) – The Pentagon acknowledged that wrestling control of Iraq’s second-largest city of Mosul from Daesh militant group (also known as ISIL) is key to the success of Operation Inherent Resolve, but that retaking the city will ....

  • Gharyan's local council denies news of siege

    Date: 2014-12-12 17:05:48 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:1524397

    TRIPOLI, Dec 12 (MENA) - The municipal council of Libya's Gharyan town dismissed Friday reports that the Libyan army is surrounding the town. The news posted on social media and carried by a number of satellite channels is a rumor, the council ....

  • Warplane attacks Libya's Zuwarah, no casualties reported

    Date: 2014-12-12 16:06:22 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:1524097

    TRIPOLI, Dec 12 (MENA) - A warplane attacked the Libyan city of Zuwarah on Friday but no casualties occurred, the city's mayor, Hafez bin Sasi, said. The warplane belongs to forces loyal to former general Khalifa Haftar, Sasi added. ....

  • Fresh clashes erupt between Sudan's Army, SPLM-N in S. Kordofan

    Date: 2014-12-12 15:41:09 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:1523965

    KHARTOUM, Dec 12 (MENA) – Fresh clashes erupted Friday between the Sudanese army and Sudan People Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) in South Kordofan. The army has seized control over Daldako, Kadugli city and left rebels with huge losses, ....

  • Blackout in Tripoli, Benghazi due to lack of natural gas supplies

    Date: 2014-12-12 15:26:55 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:1523901

    TRIPOLI, Dec 12 (MENA) - A blackout has occurred in several areas in Tripoli and Benghazi due to lack of natural gas needed to operate power plants. A halt in gas supplies from Sirte Corporation has completely stopped operation at Zaytouniya ....

  • Algerian official shot dead

    Date: 2014-12-12 15:21:22 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:1523969

    ALGIERS, Dec 12 (MENA) - The head of an Algerian municipality was shot dead on Friday. Gunmen stormed the farm of Shalgoum bin Yousef, the head of Bordj El Emir Abdelkader municipality in Tissemsilt state, and opened fire at him. Security sources ....

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