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Ties to Daesh group cited by group in Libya attacks
Date: 2015-02-21 10:17:41 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:2011321
Militants pledging allegiance to Daesh group claimed responsibility for three car bombs that killed at least 38 people in a town in eastern Libya on Friday in the latest escalation in a surge of violence linked to the group. The attacks, in the ....
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Death toll from attack on Somali hotel rises to 25
Date: 2015-02-21 09:56:28 GMT - Somalia - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:2011149
The death toll in Friday's bombing of a hotel in the Somali capital has risen to 25, including two lawmakers and workers from the prime minister's office, according to ABC News. One Islamic extremist rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the ....
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Iraqi army shells Daesh targets in Salahuddin province
Date: 2015-02-21 09:48:12 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:2010785
Iraqi troops in the northern province of Salahuddin shelled targets of the terrorist Daesh group, killing 38 of its elements. The Iraqi army raided Daesh targets in Tikrit, Bou Ajeil, al Alam, Qadaa al Dor, security sources said ....
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Iraqi VP invited to visit Turkey
Date: 2015-02-21 09:05:23 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:2010749
Iraqi Vice President Osama al Nujaifi received an invitation from Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to visit Ankara to discuss issues of mutual concern. The Iraqi vice president accepted the invitation and promised to visit Turkey within ....
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Yemeni rival parties discuss interim governing council
Date: 2015-02-21 08:54:33 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:2010645
Negotiations continued among rival parties in Yemen under a United Nations sponsorship to reach a solution to the political crisis in the country. UN mediator Jamal Benomar had announced on Thursday that the rival groups had agreed to form a ....
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Syrian rebels regain control over parts of Aleppo
Date: 2015-02-21 08:52:48 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:2010625
Syrian opposition gunmen restored control over a number of areas in northern Aleppo that government forces had seized during an offensive. The rebels made further progress in northern Aleppo and retook several parts that the government had gained ....
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Houthis appointed in leading defense posts in Yemen
Date: 2015-02-21 07:53:00 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:2010221
Acting Defense Minister Mahmoud al-Subeihi appointed a number of leaders at the ministry upon requests from Houthi Ansar Allah group, an independent Yemeni newspaper reported. Subeihi, who himself was appointed by a Houthi committee after the ....
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Morocco condemns terror attacks in eastern Libya
Date: 2015-02-21 07:25:42 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:2010049
Morocco condemned terror attacks that targeted a number of sites in eastern Libya on Friday, killing and injuring several people “Morocco expresses its full solidarity with Libya in its fight against terrorism, which poses a threat to its ....
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Kerry, Judeh confer on regional challenges
Date: 2015-02-21 07:09:10 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:2009953
US Secretary of State John Kerry has met here with his Jordanian counterpart Nasser Judeh to discuss regional challenges. Joint and international efforts to fight the terrorist Daesh organization were also probed, according to a statement by the ....
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Daesh militants bomb oldest mosque in Anbar
Date: 2015-02-20 16:24:37 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:2008201
The terrorist Daesh group Friday bombed the oldest mosque in the Iraqi province of Anbar. The Al Farouk Mosque had been built during the reign of Umar bin al Khattab, the second Khalifa of Muslims. Daesh militants planted bombs that went off ....
