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  • US-led alliance kills 15 Daesh militants in Iraq

    US-led alliance kills 15 Daesh militants in Iraq

    Date: 2015-03-28 09:13:54 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:2259433

    The US-led alliance carried out air raids Saturday against sites of Daesh terrorist group and killed 15 terrorists in west of Iraq's Mosul. The air raids targeted Daesh militants who intended to launch an attack on the Kurdish peshmerga forces in ....

  • Saudi FM did not give statements to media recently - ministry

    Saudi FM did not give statements to media recently - ministry

    Date: 2015-03-28 09:12:26 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:2259941

    Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal has not given any statements to the media recently, the Saudi Press Agency quoted the Foreign Ministry as saying. The statement was issued after online news websites published remarks attributed to the ....

  • 86 diplomats evacuated from Yemen

    86 diplomats evacuated from Yemen

    Date: 2015-03-28 08:12:36 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:2259505

    The Saudi naval forces managed to evacuate 86 diplomats from Yemen. Two Saudi vessels, carrying 86 diplomats arrived Saturday morning at King Faisal Naval Base in Western Fleet in Jeddah. The diplomats work at the Saudi Embassy in Yemen, the ....

  • Official: Siege of gunmen in Somali hotel ends, 17 dead

    Official: Siege of gunmen in Somali hotel ends, 17 dead

    Date: 2015-03-28 08:11:13 GMT - Somalia - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:2259497

    Somali government officials say they have taken control of the hotel where extremist gunmen were holed up for more than 12 hours in an attack that has left at least 17 people dead. Capt. Mohamed Hussein said Saturday the gunfire had stopped and ....

  • Israeli occupation forces open fire on Palestinian farmers in eastern Gaza

    Israeli occupation forces open fire on Palestinian farmers in eastern Gaza

    Date: 2015-03-28 08:01:25 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:2259441

    Israeli occupation forces positioned at the border with Gaza Strip opened fire on Palestinian farmers in eastern Gaza city. No injuries were reported. Witnesses, meanwhile, said that they heard an explosion and shooting in Zeitoun ....

  • Obama calls King Salman, expresses support for Yemen strikes

    Obama calls King Salman, expresses support for Yemen strikes

    Date: 2015-03-28 07:57:03 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:2259421

    US President Barack Obama spoke over phone to Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz on Friday, and expressed his support for airstrikes launched by the Saudi-led Arab coalition on Houthi targets in Yemen, the White House revealed in a statement. Obama ....

  • Saudi-led airstrikes continue in Yemen

    Saudi-led airstrikes continue in Yemen

    Date: 2015-03-28 07:44:11 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:2259289

    The Saudi-led "Operation Decisive Storm" continued against the Houthis by targeting military sites in Yemen today at dawn. For the first time in the third day of the operation against Houthis and supporters of former Yemeni president Ali ....

  • Assad can suspend conflict in Syria now - US State Department

    Assad can suspend conflict in Syria now - US State Department

    Date: 2015-03-28 07:41:09 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:2259265

    Syrian President Bashar al Assad can stop the ongoing conflict in Syria now through announcing readiness to hold a serious dialogue with the Syrian opposition, said US Department of State Deputy Spokesperson Jeff Rathke. Assad has the ability to ....

  • Germany

    Germany "understands" motives for "Decisive Storm" operation -- FM

    Date: 2015-03-27 13:33:22 GMT - Germany - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:2256113

    German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Friday his government "understands" motives behind the Saudi-commanded "Decisive Storm" military operation in Yemen. In a statement to the press, the minister said Houthi militias have ....

  • Military operations successful in Tikrit: Iraqi PM

    Military operations successful in Tikrit: Iraqi PM

    Date: 2015-03-27 12:57:03 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:2255801

    Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar el Abadi said that the military operations in Tikrit are going on successfully in accordance with the set plan. The jets of the international alliance and the Iraqi army resumed shelling Daesh group hideouts in Tikrit ....

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