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  • SDF fully control Old City in Raqqa

    SDF fully control Old City in Raqqa

    Date: 2017-09-04 13:29:38 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:6974684

    The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are now in full control of the Old City in the Syrian city of Raqqa, that was controlled by Daesh terrorist group since 2013, according to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights . With the ....

  • BRICS leaders urge reaching permanent settlement to Syrian crisis

    BRICS leaders urge reaching permanent settlement to Syrian crisis

    Date: 2017-09-04 13:27:39 GMT - China - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:6974671

    The BRICS leaders called for reaching a permanent settlement to the Syrian crisis, stressing that a comprehensive political process is the only solution for this crisis in order to allow the Syrians to preserve the sovereignty and independence of ....

  • France renews support for political solution to Libyan crisis - FM

    France renews support for political solution to Libyan crisis - FM

    Date: 2017-09-04 13:26:31 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:6974711

    French Foreign Minister Jean Yves Le Drian renewed on Monday his country's support of finding a political solution to the Libyan crisis through holding dialogue with different political partners in the unrest-hit North African nation. At a press ....

  • ICRC head starts visit to Palestine, Israel Tuesday

    ICRC head starts visit to Palestine, Israel Tuesday

    Date: 2017-09-04 13:26:16 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:6974676

    International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Peter Maurer will embark Tuesday on a three-day visit to Palestine and Israel to assess the humanitarian situation there. Maurer is set to hold high-level meetings with both Palestinian ....

  • Fire breaks out in Mecca with no casualties -- Civil Defense

    Fire breaks out in Mecca with no casualties -- Civil Defense

    Date: 2017-09-04 12:13:32 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:6974541

    The Saudi Civil Defense Ministry said that a fire broke out in a store in al Moyasem area in Mecca on Monday. In a released statement, the ministry added that the fire took place outside the area where holy rituals of pilgrimage are ....

  • Over 400 civilians return to Syria’s Aleppo province – Russian Defense Ministry

    Over 400 civilians return to Syria’s Aleppo province – Russian Defense Ministry

    Date: 2017-09-04 09:14:27 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:6974157

    More than 400 civilians returned to their homes in the Syrian province of Aleppo on Sunday, Sputnik quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as saying in a statement Monday. "Over 400 civilians returned to their houses in different settlements of ....

  • Al Shabaab kills 26 Somali soldiers in attack on base near Kismayu

    Al Shabaab kills 26 Somali soldiers in attack on base near Kismayu

    Date: 2017-09-03 16:53:24 GMT - Somalia - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:6973615

    Al Shabaab said it killed 26 Somali soldiers early on Sunday when the militants attacked a military base in a village near the port city of Kismayu, the Daily Mail reported. Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab's military spokesman, said: "This ....

  • Former Yemeni president enhances build-up in Sanaa

    Former Yemeni president enhances build-up in Sanaa

    Date: 2017-09-03 16:49:18 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:6973626

    Ousted Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh re-deployed his forces in Rima Hamid camp in Sanaa's Sanhan district, according to Yemeni local sources on Sunday. Saleh deployed units backing him in Sanaa in anticipation for a confrontation with the ....

  • SOHR: 155 members of Syrian forces, Daesh killed in Hama countryside

    SOHR: 155 members of Syrian forces, Daesh killed in Hama countryside

    Date: 2017-09-03 14:50:09 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:6973566

    The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Sunday that 120 elements of Daesh terrorist group and 35 members of the Syrian regime forces were killed during clashes in Uqayribat village in northern Hama countryside . The ....

  • Iraqi police arrest 18 Daesh gunmen

    Iraqi police arrest 18 Daesh gunmen

    Date: 2017-09-03 09:49:11 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:6973153

    Iraqi police arrested 18 Daesh gunmen while sneaking into Mosul from Tel Afar, Nineveh police commander Wathiq al Hamdani said Sunday. There are no suicide bombers among the detained terrorists, Hamdani said. Meanwhile, Hamdani denied the ....

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