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  • Three Russian journalists wounded in Syria - Russian Defense Ministry

    Date: 2018-04-11 21:59:51 GMT - Russia - World - SN:84 - ID:7345253

    MOSCOW, April 11 (MENA) - A bus carrying Russian journalists has been shelled by unidentified individuals in Syria, three people have sustained wounds, TASS cited the Russian Defense Ministry as saying on Wednesday. "A bus carrying Russian ....

  • Cyprus asks US to lift embargo on military sales

    Date: 2018-04-11 21:20:41 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:82 - ID:7345392

    NICOSIA, April 11 (MENA) - Cypriot Defense Minister Savvas Angelides has asked US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy Thomas Goffus to lift the US embargo on the sale of military material during a meeting they had, on ....

  • Mattis: Evidence of suspected attack near Damascus still being studied

    Date: 2018-04-11 19:42:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:77 - ID:7345319

    WASHINGTON, April 11 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis indicated that evidence of what happened in Saturday’s suspected attack near Damascus is still being studied, Fox News reported. At a photo-taking session during a meeting with his ....

  • Philippine air, ground assault kills 12 militants

    Date: 2018-04-11 19:03:39 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:75 - ID:7345256

    MANILA, April 11 (MENA) - Philippine troops killed about a dozen members of a pro-Daesh group in air and ground assaults this week on the southern island of Mindanao, Euronews quoted the army as saying on Wednesday, in what it called preemptive ....

  • OPCW to hold meeting on Syria on Monday -- Moscow

    Date: 2018-04-11 18:27:45 GMT - Russia - World - SN:72 - ID:7345282

    MOSCOW, April 11 (MENA) - The Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) will hold a special meeting on April 16 to discuss the Syria situation, Russia’s OPCW Permanent Mission announced on Wednesday. "A ....

  • UN condemns killing of peacekeeper in Central African Republic

    Date: 2018-04-11 18:07:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:71 - ID:7345255

    NEW YORK, April 11 (MENA) - The United Nations has condemned the killing of a Rwandan peacekeeper in Central African Republic, Voice of America reported on Wednesday. A statement by the spokesman for the secretary-general said the killing ....

  • Strike on Assad for chemical attack unlikely to advance wider US goals in Syria -- report

    Date: 2018-04-11 17:32:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:68 - ID:7345225

    WASHINGTON, April 11 (MENA) - Deliberations over how and when to impose punishment for the latest apparent chemical weapons attack in Syria have overshadowed a deeper internal debate over the Trump administration’s overall goals there, and whether a ....

  • Interior ministry advises foreigners willing to enter Egypt to apply via official website

    Date: 2018-04-11 16:58:10 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:66 - ID:7345146

    CAIRO, April 11 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry has advised foreigners willing to get visas to enter Egypt to apply via the state's official website (https://www.visa2egypt.gov.eg). The ministry made the announcement Wednesday after the US Gcl ....

  • Russian MP denies media reports that Assad left Syria

    Date: 2018-04-11 12:21:42 GMT - Russia - World - SN:44 - ID:7344515

    MOSCOW, April 11 (MENA) - Russian MP Dmitry Sablin, who is coordinator of the State Duma group for ties with Syria’s parliament, denied media reports that Syrian President Bashar al Assad and his family have allegedly left the republic, TASS news ....

  • Syria: 500 Douma patients had chemical attack symptoms, says WHO

    Date: 2018-04-11 11:33:19 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:36 - ID:7344291

    GENEVA, April 11 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has said an estimated 500 people went to health facilities with “signs and symptoms consistent with exposure to toxic chemicals” after the attack on the rebel-held town of Douma in Syria ....

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