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  • 2 Libyan soldiers killed in Benghazi clashes

    Date: 2014-10-24 15:01:13 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:1191165

    TRIPOLI, Oct 24 (MENA) – Two Libyan soldiers were killed in Garyounes area in Benghazi due to the ongoing clashes there. The bodies of slain soldiers were moved to the Benghazi medical center, said a well-placed military source. Libya plunged ....

  • 67 Daesh militants escape from Fallujah

    Date: 2014-10-24 14:44:40 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:1191105

    BAGHDAD, Oct 24 (MENA) - As many as 67 foreign Daesh militants have fled Iraq's Fallujah toward the border with Syria, an Iraqi security source said on Friday. Purging operations in Jurf Al Sakhar have confused Daesh militants in Fallujah, stated ....

  • Sudan’s NEC considers measures for expats participation in polls

    Date: 2014-10-24 14:10:52 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:1190773

    KHARTOUM, Oct 24 (MENA) – Sudan’s National Election Commission is considering measures for the participation of expatriates in the upcoming elections, says head of the commission Mukhtar Al-Asam. In press statements on Friday, Asam said the NEC ....

  • 17 Daesh militants killed in southern Tikrit

    Date: 2014-10-24 13:52:52 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:1190753

    BAGHDAD, Oct 24 (MENA) - Seventeen Daesh militants were killed Friday in Dalouiya area in southern Tikrit after Iraqi air forces launched a strike on their hideout. The attack resulted in destroying five armored vehicles owned by the terrorist ....

  • Libyan soldier injured at military checkpoint

    Date: 2014-10-24 13:47:54 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:1190761

    TRIPOLI, Oct 24 (MENA) - A soldier of the Libyan army was injured on Friday in a mortar attack on a checkpoint near Al- Abraq International Airport. The missile attack also caused damage to the checkpoint, a military source said. The source ....

  • Libyan parl't speaker calls for dialogue, disarmament

    Date: 2014-10-24 13:27:07 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:1190621

    TRIPOLI, Oct 24 (MENA) - Libyan parliament speaker Aguila Saleh Quwaidar has pressed for dialogue to solve the Libyan crisis. In statements Friday to mark the third anniversary of the liberation of Libya, Quwaidar also called for reconciliation ....

  • Baghdad airport now out of militants’ reach, US says

    Date: 2014-10-24 13:16:57 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:1190541

    WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (MENA) - Iraqi security forces aren't yet able to mount a counteroffensive against Daesh fighters, but they have been able to conduct strategically disruptive “spoiling attacks” and have developed a plan to retake parts of the ....

  • Fear in Algeria after 1st Ebola case detected in Mali

    Date: 2014-10-24 13:14:41 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:1190501

    ALGIERS, Oct 24 (MENA) - A state of fear and anxiety has overwhelmed Algeria after the first Ebola case was detected in neighboring Mali. A two-year old girl tested positive for Ebola in Mali, doctors in the African country have ....

  • Iraqi warplanes destroy 30 armored vehicles, tank in Babel

    Date: 2014-10-24 12:45:02 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:1190281

    BAGHDAD, Oct 24 (MENA) - Iraqi warplanes have destroyed 30 armored vehicles and a tank that belonged to the gangs of Daesh, north of Babel, the Iraqi news agency reported Friday. The Iraqi Air Force targeted Daesh sites in Farsiya area near ....

  • Kuwaiti deputy parliament speaker heads for Cairo

    Date: 2014-10-24 12:34:36 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:1190269

    KUWAIT CITY, Oct 24 (MENA) - Kuwaiti deputy parliament speaker Mubarak Benya al-Khareinij headed for Cairo Friday to participate in the third round of the first legislature of the Arab Parliament to kick off there Saturday and until October 27. ....

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