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51 Houthis killed in Arab coalition air strikes in Yemen
Date: 2017-12-29 10:57:50 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7164645
Fifty-one Houthi militants were killed, and dozens others wounded in airstrikes launched by the Arab coalition in Yemen's western coast during the past 24 hours, Yemeni military sources said on Friday. A Houthi field leader was among the killings ....
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AP speaker praises stance of UN member states against US Jerusalem decision
Date: 2017-12-28 12:48:19 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:7163360
Speaker of the Arab Parliament (AP) Meshaal al Salami on Thursday extended thanks to all UN member states which rejected a decision taken by US President Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Addressing an Arab Parliament ....
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Houthi militants fire ballistic missile on Marib
Date: 2017-12-28 07:39:32 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7162804
Houthi militants have fired a ballistic missile on the positions of the Yemeni forces in Marib governorate, in northeastern the Yemeni capital, while clashes are still going on on several fronts, Sky News reported. Over the past few days, the ....
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Syria: Erdogan holds responsibility for shedding Syrian blood
Date: 2017-12-27 17:22:12 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:7162411
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan bears the greatest part of responsibility for shedding the Syrian blood, SANA quoted an official source at the Syrian Foreign and Expatriates Ministry as saying on Wednesday. The recent aggression and the ....
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Turkey is one of worst countries in treating reporters
Date: 2017-12-27 13:23:26 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:7161937
Head of the Tunisian Press Syndicate Nagui Baghouri said on Wednesday that Turkey is one of the worst countries in treating reporters. The International Press Federation is designating it as the biggest prison for journalists in the world, he ....
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AL chief to visit Libya next year -- AL official
Date: 2017-12-27 13:04:08 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:7161887
Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit will visit Libya next year, said AL Assistant Secretary General Ambassador Hossam Zaki on Wednesday. In press statements, he added that the AL lends much interest to the situation in ....
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Israel targets Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza
Date: 2017-12-27 11:50:16 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:7161688
The Israeli navy targeted Palestinian fishing boats off Gaza shores on Wednesday. Palestinian sources said that Israeli gunboats shot at them but none of the fishermen or their boats were harmed. Also, the sources said that Israeli military ....
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Abul Gheit inaugurates 1st specialized Arab unions forum
Date: 2017-12-27 10:26:31 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7161447
Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit inaugurated on Wednesday the first forum of the specialized Arab unions, under the theme "the role of Arab unions in joint Arab action in the coming stage." The forum will discuss means of benefiting ....
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AP rejects Israeli candidacy to UNSC seat
Date: 2017-12-27 09:57:12 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7161335
The Palestine committee at the Arab Parliament (AP) drew up a plan for the parliament's action to stand up to Israel's candidacy to a non-permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council for 2019-2020. This stance was announced at a ....
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SOHR: 22 killed in shelling on Syria's Idlib
Date: 2017-12-27 09:11:23 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7161247
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) has said the number of people killed in Syrian regime shelling of southern Reef Idlib (Idlib countryside) rose to 22. The London-based observatory, according al Hurra news channel, added the ....