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Arab coalition jets pound sites of Houthi militias
Date: 2016-09-10 10:06:16 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:5579001
Arab coalition jets pounded on Saturday sties of Houthi militias and destroyed a tank in Yemen's northwestern province of Hajjah. The jets also targeted a warehouse affiliated to the militias in Midi district, located on the Red Sea coast in ....
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5 killed, 23 injured in twin attacks in eastern Baghdad, says Interior Ministry
Date: 2016-09-10 08:40:27 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:5579053
At least five people were killed and 23 others injured on Friday in twin attacks outside "Nakheel" mall in eastern Baghdad, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said. The first explosion took place when a suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt blew ....
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Yemen UN envoy says militias stalling to gain int'l recognition
Date: 2016-09-10 08:03:49 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:5578865
Yemen's envoy to the UN Khaled al Yamani has accused a delegation of the militias of acting to gain more time in the hope of having international recognition. Negotiations alone can solve the Yemeni crisis, Yamani told Al Arabiya Al Hadath TV ....
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UNICEF: 100,000 children trapped in Aleppo face outbreaks of waterborne diseases
Date: 2016-08-20 08:18:26 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:5457297
UNICEF on Friday warned that ongoing fighting in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo has meant that some two million people are without access to safe drinking water and that 100,000 children are facing outbreaks of waterborne diseases. "Access to ....
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Iraqi warplanes drop leaflets over al Qayyarah ahead of crackdown
Date: 2016-08-20 08:12:04 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:5457229
Iraqi warplanes have dropped thousands of leaflets over Mosul's al Qayyarah, asking residents to leave the city immediately as an anti-Deash military operation is underway. Residents were urged to head for al Tinah village and residential ....
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UN envoy to Libya concerned over situation in Derna
Date: 2016-08-20 08:09:35 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:5457205
UN envoy to Libya Martin Kobler has voiced concern over deteriorating living conditions in Libya's Derna city. In his Twitter account, Kobler expressed concern over the very difficult living conditions in Derna, stressing the importance of ....
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Harrowing Accounts Of Torture, Inhuman Conditions And Mass Deaths In Syria’s Prisons
Date: 2016-08-18 08:21:59 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:5446905
Amnesty International issued a report on the horrifying experiences of detainees subjected to rampant torture and other ill-treatment in Syrian prisons. Amnesty International estimates that more than 17,723 people have died in custody in Syria ....
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22 Houthis killed in northern Yemen
Date: 2016-08-11 08:37:43 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:5409121
At least 12 Houthis and pro-Saleh militants were killed when Arab coalition jets shelled a building where the Houthi elements were hiding in Harad district in Hajjah governorate in northwestern Yemen, a military media center said on Thursday. The ....
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Arab coalition warplanes continue shelling Houthi posts
Date: 2016-08-11 08:31:35 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:5409037
Arab coalition warjets renewed for the third straight day the shelling of posts of militias of Houthis and ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, eyewitnesses said on Thursday. The raids targeted a presidential guards camp, Dulaimi military ....
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Israel demolishes several residential, commercial facilities in Jerusalem
Date: 2016-07-26 10:17:55 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:5323845
Israeli forces demolished a number of houses and commercial facilities in occupied Jerusalem and its vicinity under the pretext that these buildings were not licensed. Palestinian sources said on Tuesday Israeli bulldozers razed out 11 houses in ....