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Death toll from clashes in Idlib rises to 117 - SOHR
Date: 2018-01-12 14:22:22 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:7187530
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said that, the death toll from clashes between the Syrian army, and the armed opposition forces in the northwestern province of "Idlib" rose to 117 people over the past two days, Alhurra channel ....
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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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SOHR: Firece clashes between SDF, Daesh terrorists in eastern Euphrates River
Date: 2018-01-12 09:59:42 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7187002
Fierce clashes erupted between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and terrorist Daesh group on the eastern banks of Euphrates River in the outskirts of Deir Ezzor, amid intensified airstrikes by the US-led coalition on Daesh posts, the London-based ....
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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 ....
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Nearly 100,000 displaced by fighting in northwest Syria: UN
Date: 2018-01-11 09:11:00 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7185073
Nearly 100,000 people have been displaced since early December by fighting in northwestern Syria, where the regime is waging an offensive against jihadists, the United Nations said on Wednesday, according to the Daily Mail. Russian-backed regime ....