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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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," ....
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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 ....
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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, ....
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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 ....
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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 ....