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  • 15 Daesh militants killed in shelling attacks in Babylon

    Date: 2014-09-27 13:29:41 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:1023401

    BAGHDAD, Sept 27 (MENA) - Fifteen Daesh militants were killed Saturday in artillery shelling on Hillah city, Babylon, 100 km south of Baghdad. According to a security source in Babylon, the security forces killed 15 members of Daesh in security ....

  • UAE to provide healthcare, education to refugees in Iraqi Kurdistan, Jordan

    Date: 2014-09-27 13:22:19 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:1023497

    ABU DHABI, Sept 27 (MENA) – The U.A.E. Ministry of International Cooperation and Development (MICAD) on Saturday signed two agreements with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to provide healthcare, education and job opportunities to Syrian ....

  • US aircrafts shell Daesh hotbeds in Iraq

    Date: 2014-09-27 12:39:45 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:1022813

    BAGHDAD, Sept 27 (MENA) - The US aircrafts launched on Saturday an air strike that targeted the hotbeds of terrorist Daesh group in Dalouiya neighbourhood in Salahuddine governorate. The air strike left nine members of Daesh group killed, Iraqi ....

  • AL chief attends int'l meeting in support of Lebanon

    Date: 2014-09-27 10:50:53 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:1022105

    CAIRO, Sept 27 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi has attended a meeting of the international group to support Lebanon. The meeting, held on the sidelines of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, tackled the ....

  • Libyan party welcomes dialogue to solve crisis

    Date: 2014-09-27 07:29:17 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:1020409

    TRIPOLI, Sept 27 (MENA) - Libya's Justice and Construction Party has welcomed dialogue to solve the Libyan crisis and UN efforts to achieve that goal. "Dialogue is essential to reach a political solution to the crisis in Libya," said party leader ....

  • Yemen releases 3 Iranians to stop Houthis from storming national security HQ

    Date: 2014-09-27 07:10:56 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:1020405

    SANAA, Sept 27 (MENA) - Yemen has set free three Iranians and a Yemeni who were held at the national security building. The arrested were released so that armed Houthi elements would not break into the building, Al Sharae newspaper said ....

  • Ban Ki-Moon called on Lebanon’s leaders to elect president without further delay

    Date: 2014-09-26 22:47:19 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:126 - ID:1020157

    NEW YORK, Sept 26 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon urged Lebanese leaders to speed up the election of a new president. In his speech during the Ministerial Meeting of the International Support Group for Lebanon, the UN Secretary-General ....

  • Palestinian Red Crescent receives Ecuadorian delegation in Gaza

    Date: 2014-09-26 21:30:45 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:118 - ID:1019997

    GAZA CITY, Sept 26 (MENA) - The Palestinian Red Crescent Society received on Friday an Ecuadorian delegation with an aid convoy to the Gaza Strip. The delegation toured the strip to record ruins, shattered roads and rubble of Gazan houses hit ....

  • Iraqi forces fend off Daesh attack on Tikrit University

    Date: 2014-09-26 21:26:44 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:117 - ID:1020065

    BAGHDAD, Sept 26 (MENA) - Iraqi security forces fended off a Daesh attack on Tikrit University, an Iraqi security source said on Friday. Salahuddin forces stationed outside the university destroyed two cars affiliated to Daesh and killed ....

  • 2,169,977 pilgrims arrived in Saudi Arabia -- Official

    Date: 2014-09-26 20:13:28 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:106 - ID:1019681

    JEDDAH, Sept 26 (MENA) - As many as 2,169,977 pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia, Commander of the Saudi Passport Forces for Haj, Maj. Gen. Ayed Al-Harbi said. In a press conference in Jeddah on Friday, Harbi said that 2,102,069 pilgrims ....

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