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  • Aoun: Lebanese parliamentary election to be held on May 6

    Aoun: Lebanese parliamentary election to be held on May 6

    Date: 2018-01-26 14:55:34 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:7211985

    Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun said Friday that the parliamentary election will be held in the country as scheduled on May 6. Aoun’s remarks came during his meeting with United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Miroslav ....

  • 2 Daesh militants arrested in Iraq's Saladin

    2 Daesh militants arrested in Iraq's Saladin

    Date: 2018-01-26 13:15:47 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7211754

    The Iraqi forces arrested two Daesh militants in the vicinity of Tuz Khurmatu in eastern Saladin in Iraq, a security source was quoted by Al Sumaria News channel as saying Friday. Based on a tip-off, the two Daesh elements were arrested and ....

  • 40 Houthis killed in airstrikes, clashes in Taiz

    40 Houthis killed in airstrikes, clashes in Taiz

    Date: 2018-01-26 12:08:05 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7211667

    Forty Houthi militants were killed and dozens others injured in air raids launched by the Arab coalition warplanes and in clashes with Yemeni legitimate forces in Taiz province. Sky News channel carried the news on Friday, without giving any ....

  • Tunisian FM participates in AU summit in Addis Ababa

    Tunisian FM participates in AU summit in Addis Ababa

    Date: 2018-01-26 11:56:10 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7211583

    Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui will lead his country's delegation at the meetings the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU), due to be held from January 28 to 29 in Addis ....

  • Syria says claims it uses chemical weapons ‘lies’

    Syria says claims it uses chemical weapons ‘lies’

    Date: 2018-01-24 14:01:09 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:7208929

    The Syrian government said on Wednesday that claims by the French and US foreign ministers that it was still using chemical weapons were “lies,” Al Arabiya news channel reported. On Tuesday, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the Syrian ....

  • SDF denies Daesh presence in Syria's Afrin

    SDF denies Daesh presence in Syria's Afrin

    Date: 2018-01-24 13:28:05 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:7208859

    The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have denied Turkish claims that Daesh elements are present in the Afrin region of northwestern Syria, where Ankara launched an offensive four days ago. "The whole world knows Daesh is not present in Afrin," ....

  • Yemeni forces kill 40 Houthi militants, free several areas in Saada

    Yemeni forces kill 40 Houthi militants, free several areas in Saada

    Date: 2018-01-24 13:10:49 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:7208805

    The Yemeni national army, with the support of the Arab coalition, killed 40 Houthi militants across three fronts in the Saada governorate, military sources said on Wednesday The sources also said that the Yemeni army continued to advance in ....

  • Abul Gheit deplores Benghazi terror attack

    Abul Gheit deplores Benghazi terror attack

    Date: 2018-01-24 11:23:10 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:7208470

    Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit has condemned the twin car bomb attack in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Tuesday night that killed at least 27 people and injured dozens. He condoled with the Libyan state, its leadership, ....

  • Israel arrests 18 Palestinians in WB

    Israel arrests 18 Palestinians in WB

    Date: 2018-01-24 11:10:02 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:7208364

    Israeli forces detained on Wednesday 18 Palestinians during a storming operation in various parts of the West Bank. The occupation troops claimed that those arrested were wanted, Palestinian sources said. The incursion falls within the ....

  • SOHR: Clashes between regime forces, armed opposition troops in Idlib countryside

    SOHR: Clashes between regime forces, armed opposition troops in Idlib countryside

    Date: 2018-01-24 10:29:06 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:7208242

    The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said clashes continued between regime forces and armed opposition troops in Abu Al Duhur town in Idlib countryside. The SOHR said that the regime forces advanced and controlled a village ....

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