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  • Daesh bodies fill Diyala's streets - official

    Date: 2014-09-22 11:53:19 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:988769

    BAGHDAD, Sept 22 (MENA) - A senior commander of the Iraqi army's Dijla command Lieutenant-General Abdul-Amir al-Zaidi said the bodies of terrorist Daesh members fill the streets of Diyala after launching a wide-scale military operation against them ....

  • 11 people killed in western Tripoli

    Date: 2014-09-22 10:43:18 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:986953

    TRIPOLI, Sept 22 (MENA) - At least 11 people were killed in clashes and bombardment in Warshafa, western Tripoli. Local sources said Islamist fighters in the Fajr Libya (Libyan Dawn) coalition shelled Warshafa. Following the overthrow of ....

  • Nations sponsoring Yemen's initiative welcome govt-rebel deal

    Date: 2014-09-22 10:37:04 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:987965

    SANAA, Sept 22 (MENA) - Ambassadors of the 10 countries sponsoring the Gulf Cooperation Council initiative (GCC) in Yemen welcomed a deal signed between the Yemeni government and Shiite Houthi rebels. In a letter, the 10 nations urge all ....

  • Report: Lebanese army kills 50 suspected terrorists in Arsal

    Date: 2014-09-22 09:04:28 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:986957

    BEIRUT, Sept 22 (MENA) - The Lebanese army killed dozens of suspected terrorists in the rocky Bekaa Valley town of Arsal over the last three days, Lebanese daily as-Safir reported on Monday. The paper quoted well informed sources as saying that ....

  • Sudan denies hosting MB leaders deported from Qatar

    Date: 2014-09-22 08:58:33 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:987025

    KHARTOUM, Sept 22 (MENA) - The National Congress Party in Sudan has denied news that the African country is hosting seven Muslim Brotherhood leaders deported from Qatar. Those reports are baseless, NCP leader al-Fadel Haj Soliman told "Al Ahram ....

  • Libya parl't meets to discuss granting confidence to govt

    Date: 2014-09-22 07:15:08 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:986061

    TRIPOLI, Sept 22 (MENA) - The Libyan parliament is meeting Monday to discuss granting confidence to the crisis government. The parliament has failed to grant confidence to Abdullah al-Thinni's government over two sessions of talks. Thinni had ....

  • Lebanon needs more support from int'l community before 'drowning' -- PM

    Date: 2014-09-22 06:37:52 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:986225

    BEIRUT, Sept 22 (MENA) – Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam is scheduled on Monday to travel to New York where he will urge the international community to provide more support to Lebanon before it “drowns” under the burden of the Syrian refugees ....

  • Warshefana elders voice support for Libyan state legitimacy

    Date: 2014-09-22 06:13:39 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:985813

    TRIPOLI, Sept 22 (MENA) - The Libyan Council of Elders in Warshefana has voiced support for the February 17 Revolution and state legitimacy. Warshefana tribes support the rebuilding of the army and police establishments, the council said in a ....

  • 4 killed in Libya's Derna clashes

    Date: 2014-09-22 05:31:33 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:985861

    TRIPOLI, Sept 22 (MENA) - Heavy clashes in Al-Fatayeh area in eastern Libya's port city of Derna left four people killed, a security source said Monday. The clashes last night were between two groups of fighters one of the Brigade of Abu Selim ....

  • Fierce fighting, gunfire continue between Haftar's forces and Benghazi rebels

    Date: 2014-09-22 05:07:45 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:985749

    TRIPOLI, Sept 22 (MENA) - Fierce fighting and exchanged gunfire have been continuing between General Khalifa Haftar's forces and Benghazi rebels since last night, security forces in the Libyan city said Monday. They said the gunfire has jolted ....

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