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38 Houthi militants killed in clashes with Yemeni forces over past 24 hours
Date: 2018-06-21 20:57:02 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7454026
As many as 38 elements of the Houthi militias were killed in clashes with the joint Yemeni forces over the past 24 hours, Sky News channel quoted local sources as saying on Thursday. The clashes erupted on Yemen's western coast, the channel said, ....
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Egyptian-Libyan ties are strong, profound - Khalifa Haftar
Date: 2018-06-21 18:10:04 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7453901
The Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan Army Khalifa Haftar praised the depth and strength of the Egyptian-Libyan ties, adding that both countries share common fate relationship. In an interview with Al-Ahram Al-Arabi magazine to be published on ....
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EU adopts package to Lebanon to help it cope with refugees
Date: 2018-06-20 19:46:54 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:7452391
The European Union has adopted a support package to Lebanon of 165 million euros ($191 million) to help the country cope with hosting Syrian refugees, The New York Times reported. In a statement released Wednesday to mark World Refugee Day, the ....
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UNRWA commissioner-general never decided to curtail services offered to refugees
Date: 2018-06-20 15:52:58 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7452135
Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Pierre Krähenbühl have not decided until the moment to curtail services offered for more than 5 million Palestinian refugees, Media Adviser Adnan Abu Hasna said on ....
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Yemeni army storms "Rubaysah" district in southern Hodeidah
Date: 2018-06-20 09:19:31 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7451317
A Yemeni military commander said Wednesday that the Yemeni army stormed "Rubaysah" district in southern Hodeidah governorate on the western coast of Yemen, Al Arabiyah TV channel reported. The commander asserted that the Yemeni troops are seeking ....
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Daesh kidnaps 5 persons in northwestern Salahuddine governorate
Date: 2018-06-20 08:46:09 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7451259
Daesh terrorist group kidnapped five persons from a district in northwestern Salahuddine governorate, Al Sumariya News reported quoting an Iraqi local source as saying Wednesday. Daesh has recurrently kidnapped hundreds of civilians and held them ....
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Erekat: US wants to turn Palestine cause into humanitarian issue rather than political
Date: 2018-06-19 08:14:12 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7449680
Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said on Tuesday that the United States is trying to turn the Palestinian cause from a political issue into a humanitarian one. Speaking to ....
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Islamic Institutions say Israel is trying to control al-Aqsa
Date: 2018-06-19 08:11:52 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7449676
Israeli occupation police is trying to slowly take control of al-Aqsa Mosque, Islamic Institutions in Jerusalem said on Tuesday in a statement. The Waqf Council, the Supreme Islamic Committee and the Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem ....
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Knesset passes law amendment says security cabinet can declare war
Date: 2018-06-19 07:53:03 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7449634
The Knesset of Israel passed in the first reading the amendment to the proposed "Basic Law: The Government", which will cancel a recently passed clause which allowed the prime minister and defense minister to declare war. According to the ....
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Saudi national football team land safely in Russia's Rostov
Date: 2018-06-19 07:37:55 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7449607
The Saudi Football Federation announced the arrival of members of the Saudi team this evening in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, in preparation for playing against the Uruguayan team. The federation said in a statement that "The members of the ....