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Abbas calls on Palestinians to camp at Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2014-10-17 18:08:09 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:1145413
RAMALLAH, Oct 17 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stressed Friday the need to camp in the Al-Aqsa Mosque to defend it in the face of the Israeli aggression. "Al Quds will remain the eternal capital of the State of Palestine," Abbas ....
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Houthis seize Yemen city
Date: 2014-10-17 17:55:01 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:1145365
SANAA, Oct 17 (MENA) - Houthi militants on Friday took control of Radaa city in the central Yemen, after fierce clashes with tribes' militants and al-Qaeda affiliated elements. After defeating the Takfiri elements of al-Qaeda, people's committees ....
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UN envoy warns of Daesh militants in Libya
Date: 2014-10-17 16:59:12 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:1145225
TRIPOLI, Oct 17 (MENA) – The UN envoy to Libya Bernard Leon has warned of Daesh presence in Libya. In press statements on Friday, Leon said that some groups affiliated to Daesh are reportedly moving in in the Sahel region. He underlined the ....
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OIC assistant chief for humanitarian affairs, director of OCHA Geneva to visit Iraq
Date: 2014-10-17 16:49:49 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:1145073
GENEVA, Oct 17 (MENA) - Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs for the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Hesham Youssef and Director of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA ) Geneva Rashid ....
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3 militants killed in Yemen
Date: 2014-10-17 11:33:23 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:1143473
SANAA, Oct 17 (MENA) – As many as three militants of the Houthi group and al-Qaeda were killed and another one was injured in Yemen on Friday. Two Houthi militants were killed in the northern part of the Yemeni city of Ibb amid clashes with ....
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Militants fire gunshots in air in Lebanese Tripoli
Date: 2014-10-17 11:19:09 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:1143445
BEIRUT, Oct 17 (MENA) – Some militants fired gunshots in the air in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, causing panic among residents of the second largest city of the country, an informed source told MENA on Friday. The shootings came amid a funeral of a ....
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2 Lebanese army patrols attacked in Tripoli
Date: 2014-10-17 09:46:08 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:1142853
BEIRUT, Oct 17 (MENA) - Two Lebanese army patrols were attacked on Friday at dawn in Tripoli in northern Lebanon. A hand grenade was hurled at a military center in Tripoli, according to a statement of the Lebanese army command. No injuries ....
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Iraqi army begins operation against Daesh militants in north Tikrit
Date: 2014-10-17 09:12:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:1142589
BAGHDAD, Oct 17 (MENA) – Salahuddin Operations Command said on Friday that it began a military operation to liberate areas seized by Daesh militants in northern Tikrit and Baiji cities . The news was reported by Sky News Arabia without ....
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Kurdish fighters advance towards several Kobani's neighborhoods
Date: 2014-10-17 08:14:38 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:1142125
DAMASCUS, Oct 17 (MENA) - Kurdish fighters backed by US airstrikes waged ferocious street battles Wednesday that had Daesh militants on the run in the fiercely contested town of Kobani on the Syrian border, according to New York Post. US ....
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Soldier killed in northern Lebanon attack on army carrier
Date: 2014-10-17 07:19:18 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:1141893
BEIRUT, Oct 17 (MENA) - A Lebanese soldier was killed early Friday when a military carrier carrying troops along the road in Bireh in the northern Akkar province came under gunfire. A security source told The Daily Star that Jean Jamal al-Hashem, a ....
