Arab world

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  • US-led collation launched 30 fresh anti-Daesh airstrikes - US Central Command

    Date: 2014-11-21 20:49:11 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:98 - ID:1381609

    WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (MENA) - The United States Central Command on Friday said the US-led collation has launched 30 airstrikes against Daesh targets in Iraq and Syria since Wednesday. US and partner nation military forces continued to attack Daesh ....

  • All victims identified in Air Algerie crash: France

    Date: 2014-11-21 20:05:27 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:92 - ID:1381513

    PARIS, Nov 21 (MENA) - The French Foreign Ministry said Friday the identification of victims from a mysterious Air Algeria crash in Mali in July has been completed, allowing the remains to be returned to their families, Algerian local media ....

  • Defense minister: Syria bent on uprooting terrorism

    Date: 2014-11-21 18:25:29 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:87 - ID:1381181

    DAMASCUS, Nov 21 (MENA) - Syrian Defense Minister Fahd Jassem al-Freij said his country is bent on uprooting terrorism and restoring security and stability “to every single inch of land.” The defense minister’s comments, which were carried by SANA ....

  • 98 stranded people rescued north of Sudan - police

    Date: 2014-11-21 17:11:05 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:1380945

    KHARTOUM, Nov 21 (MENA) - Sudanese police said on Friday that 98 stranded people were rescued from a desert area north of the country. The survivors were on their way back from Libya to their families in various parts of Sudan, the police said in a ....

  • Escalation against Sudan sought at Security Council: Sudanese official

    Date: 2014-11-21 16:49:38 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:1380749

    KHARTOUM, Nov 21 (MENA) – A senior official at the Sudanese Foreign Ministry on Friday pointed to what he called an attempted escalation against his country at the UN Security Council on the back of the alleged mass rape accident in Darfur. In a ....

  • Mroni appointed chief of staff of Yemeni special security forces

    Date: 2014-11-21 15:54:54 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:1380385

    SANAA, Nov 21 (MENA) - The Yemeni minister of interior Friday appointed Abdul Razak Ahmad Al-Mroni chief of staff of the special security forces. The decision came in the wake of riot incidents that erupted at the camp of special security forces ....

  • 50 Deash militants killed in Iraq

    Date: 2014-11-21 15:29:51 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:1380337

    BAGHDAD, Nov 21 (MENA) – As many as 50 Daesh militants killed Friday in an Iraqi security operation to expel the terrorists from a village in Ramadi city, west of Baghdad. Security forces and tribesmen managed to restore control over the village, ....

  • Cargo ship sinks off Yemen's Hadhramaut coast

    Date: 2014-11-21 15:28:20 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:1380497

    SANAA, Nov 21 (MENA) - A cargo ship sank off the Yemeni coast of Hadhramaut, said well-placed sources Friday. Rescue teams rushed to the scene and managed to rescue seven Indian sailors, who were on board the ship. The sailors were moved to ....

  • Attack on military site thwarted in Yemen

    Date: 2014-11-21 15:26:27 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:1380377

    SANAA, Nov 21 (MENA) - The Yemeni army has thwarted an attack on a military army site in Ma'rib, the Ministry of Defense said Friday. Militants traveling in four vehicles attempted to storm the military site before being stopped troops, a ....

  • Tunisia's ISIE refers 22 electoral crimes to prosecution

    Date: 2014-11-21 15:10:14 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:1380261

    TUNIS, Nov 21 (MENA) – Tunisia's Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) on Friday referred 22 files to the public prosecution over alleged electoral violations. In a press conference today, ISIE President Chafik Sarsar said that the ....

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