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Islamic Army of Iraq founder: ISIS and Sunni Islamists will march on Baghdad
Date: 2014-06-21 07:25:59 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:789385
A top commander of the Sunni insurgency in Iraq has told The Telegraph how his men are fighting alongside the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham to take back Baghdad, even if it means pushing the country to civil war. Sheikh Ahmed al-Dabash, 47, ....
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Saudi deputy CP, Russian FM Lavrov discus Middle East issues
Date: 2014-06-21 07:02:23 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:789341
Deputy Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia met Friday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov who is on a formal visit to the kingdom. According to the Saudi news agency, the meeting took up bilateral relations and means ....
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2 injured in air strikes by Haftar forces in Libya
Date: 2014-06-21 07:01:06 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:789334
Two people were injured Friday when retired Libyan general Khalifa Haftar's air forces launched raids against two dredges carrying weapons and ammunition in Ras El Helal port. According to a Libyan army officer, the two vehicles were dumped ....
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Palestinian presidency warns of continued Israeli escalation
Date: 2014-06-21 06:59:57 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:789286
The Palestinian presidency renewed warning of the continued Israeli escalation measures the latest of which was the killing of a teenage on Friday. In a statement on Friday, the presidency said that such acts are rejected and condemned and create ....
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UN: Al-Qaeda remains 'real and lethal threat' to Yemen
Date: 2014-06-21 06:50:25 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:789308
The militant Al-Qaeda network in the Arabian Peninsula remains "a real and lethal" threat to Yemen as people try to forge ahead with political transition in the country, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Yemen Jamal Benomar told the ....
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Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi mocks Bashir's call for national dialogue as 'fake dawn'
Date: 2014-06-21 06:32:19 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:789275
Former Sudanese Prime Minster and head of the Umma Party Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi attacked President Omar al-Bashir after his call to hold national dialogue describing the step as fake and not real dawn for change. Speaking to a mass of supporters ....
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Barzani: Iraq crisis could not be solved only through military option
Date: 2014-06-20 12:05:15 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:788375
President of the self-ruled northern Kurdish region of Iraq Masoud Barzani discussed on Friday with head of Mutahidoun Coalition Osama Al-Nujaifi the latest security and political developments in Iraq. Barzani stressed the necessity of solving ....
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Senior Lebanese officer survives Bekaa blast
Date: 2014-06-20 11:50:33 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:788343
A senior Lebanese police officer survived a blast that rocked the Dahr al-Baydar crossing in the eastern Bekaa area on Friday. Major General Abbas Ibrahim, the head of Lebanon's general security said the blast happened just after his car passed ....
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Hague: Iraq faces severe challenge to its existence
Date: 2014-06-20 07:30:01 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:787880
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Thursday that Iraq faced a "severe challenge to its existence as a state" and the current conflict would be a "decisive moment in its history." Hague told ITV News that under the current ....
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Obama to deploy Special Forces to Iraq
Date: 2014-06-20 07:29:22 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:787877
U.S. President Barack Obama announced Thursday that he’s prepared to deploy up to 300 special forces to Iraq, as militants who have plunged the country into chaos consolidate their gains, The Time Magazine reported. Speaking to reporters from the ....
