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Arab jets shell Houthi positions in Sanaa, Amran
Date: 2016-02-28 06:45:04 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:4403277
Arab coalition warplanes shelled on Saturday evening positions affiliated to Houthis and pro-former president Ali Abdullah Saleh militias in Sanaa and Amran governorates, Yemen Press news agency reported on Sunday. The jets targeted arms and ....
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7 killed, injured in booby-trapped car explosion in Syria
Date: 2016-02-27 11:41:17 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:4399337
At least two persons were killed and five others injured following an explosion of a booby-trapped car, driven by a suicide bomber, the Syrian state television reported on Saturday. The attack took place at a security checkpoint in Hama ....
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7 killed, injured in booby-trapped car explosion in Syria
Date: 2016-02-27 08:51:34 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:4398205
At least two persons were killed and five others injured following an explosion of a booby-trapped car, driven by a suicide bomber, the Syrian state television reported on Saturday. The attack took place at a security checkpoint in Hama ....
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UAE soldier killed in Yemen
Date: 2016-02-27 08:32:46 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:4398033
UAE Emirati soldier, who was fighting with the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, was killed on Saturday, UAE General Command of the Armed Forces said. The UAE martyr, identified as Mohammed Rashed Rashed, had been taking part in "Operation Renewal of ....
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Syrian ceasefire comes into force
Date: 2016-02-27 07:42:58 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:4397777
A cessation of fighting has come into force between the government forces and formations of the armed opposition in Syria, Al-Arabiya Satellite Channel reported. The United Nations security council on Friday unanimously demanded that all parties ....
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Coalition warplanes shell Houthi militias' positions in Sanaa
Date: 2016-02-27 07:39:48 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:4397757
Arab coalition warplanes on Saturday continued shelling militias of Houthis and former Yemeni president Ali Abdallah Saleh in Sanaa. Eyewitnesses said the shelling targeted al Delimi airbase close to Sanaa Airport in northern the capital. They ....
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Lavrov, Kerry discuss preparations for ceasefire in Syria
Date: 2016-02-25 09:27:56 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:4386897
US Secretary of State John Kerry spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday about the terms of the ceasefire in Syria ahead of the duo’s upcoming task force meeting to discuss the terms of the agreement on cessation of ....
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Al Assad reiterates readiness to implement ceasefire truce
Date: 2016-02-24 12:48:30 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:4381785
Syrian President Bashar al Assad reiterated his government's readiness to stop hostilities and abide by the US-Russia brokered truce that will come into effect on Saturday. Al Assad made these remarks during a phone call with his Russian ....
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Israeli forces arrest 17 Palestinians in West Bank
Date: 2016-02-24 10:22:09 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:4380177
Israeli forces arrested 17 Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank on Wednesday, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said. Fourteen Palestinians were arrested in Hebron, Ramallah and Beira governorates, the club said in a statement. The ....
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AL welcomes US-Russia ceasefire plan for Syria
Date: 2016-02-23 15:23:10 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:4376225
The Arab League (AL) welcomed on Tuesday the US-Russia truce plan agreed on to cease hostilities in Syria as of Saturday. Secretary-General of the Arab League Nabil el Araby described the ceasefire plan as a positive step toward a political ....