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Iraqi forces destroy hideout including weapons, explosives
Date: 2018-01-13 10:50:10 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7188538
An Iraqi security force has detected and destroyed a hideout including weapons and explosives belonging to cells of Daesh terrorist group on the Diyala-Salahuddin borders, an Iraqi security source said on Saturday. In a statement carried by the ....
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Iraqi forces purge 360 villages from Daesh elements
Date: 2018-01-13 09:51:07 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7188402
Iraqi troops have combed 360 villages in al Huwaija to purge the district from Daesh elements. An area exceeding 5,000 square kilometers has been combed, said deputy commander of the joint Iraqi operations Abdel Amir Yarallah on Saturday. It ....
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Five people killed, wounded in two separate attacks in Baghdad
Date: 2018-01-12 18:02:55 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:7187860
-Two civilians were killed and three others wounded in two separate attacks in Baghdad, Alsumaria news channel reported on Friday. An Iraqi police source said that one civilian was killed and three others were injured when an explosive device ....
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UAE, WHO sign agreement to provide emergency care in Yemen
Date: 2018-01-12 13:48:02 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:7187422
The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has signed a cooperation agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO) to support emergency care for mothers and newborns in the Al Mukalla province in Yemen's Hadramout ....
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Iraqi forces launch combing operation on borders between Diyala, Salahuddin
Date: 2018-01-12 11:15:07 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7187094
Iraq’s Tigris Operations Command announced on Friday that a wide-scale combing operation has been launched on the borders between Diyala and Salahuddin provinces. In statements to Alsumaria news channel, Tigris Operations Commander Lt. Gen. ....
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Yemen: Speaker's sons, grandson kidnapped by Houthis
Date: 2018-01-12 11:11:45 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7187082
Houthi militias abducted Yemeni parliament Speaker Yahya al Rai's two sons and grandson in order to press him not to leave Sanaa, local sources told Al Arabiya news channel on Friday. The sources added that the three are kept as hostages, while ....
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Saudi air defense intercepts Houthi missile on Najran
Date: 2018-01-11 17:35:56 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:7186194
Saudi air defenses intercepted Thursday a ballistic missile launched by Houthi militias on the southwestern Saudi city of Najran, located near the border with Yemen. Al-Arabiya television which carried the news gave no further details. ....
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Palestinian president to visit Russia early in Feb.
Date: 2018-01-11 11:38:07 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:7185385
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will visit Moscow in the first half of February for talks on the Middle East situation, especially the US decision on relocating the US embassy to al Quds, said Palestinian Ambassador to Russia Abdel Hafiz ....
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UAE FM urges Qatar to change pro-terror policy
Date: 2018-01-11 10:56:40 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:7185234
UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash has called on Qatar to change its pro-terror policy as a precondition to solve its issue with the Arab countries fighting terrorism. The Qatari crisis will not be settled before it first ....
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Russia, US chiefs of staff discusses conditions in Syria
Date: 2018-01-11 09:19:18 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7185086
Chief of Russia’s General Staff Valery Gerasimov discussed Syria and some other issues of mutual interest with US Marine Corps Gen Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a phone conversation on Wednesday, Russia’s Defense Ministry ....