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Syrian Armed Forces helicopter shot down in Aleppo - reports
Date: 2020-02-14 23:32:26 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:8312406
Militants shot down a Syrian army helicopter in Aleppo province, Sputnik news agency reported. The helicopter was making a sortie when it was shot down over Al Atarib in the province of Aleppo. According to Sputnik correspondent, the ....
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Moscow: 844 Syrian refugees back home over past 24 hours
Date: 2020-02-14 00:13:43 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:8311276
A total of 844 Syrian refugees returned back home over the past 24 hours, the Russian Center for Refugee Reception, Distribution and Settlement said in a statement Thursday. About 251 people left Lebanon for Syria via the Jaydet-Yabus and ....
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Rocket hits Iraqi base hosting US troops
Date: 2020-02-14 00:06:33 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:8311273
A rocket attack on Thursday night slammed into an Iraqi base in the remote province of Kirkuk where American troops are stationed, Al Arabiya reported. There were no immediate reports of casualties. It was the first attack on the K1 base since ....
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UN Security Council passes resolution calling for ceasefire in Libya
Date: 2020-02-13 00:11:34 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:8309773
Members of the UN Security Council have passed and adopted a resolution calling for a “lasting ceasefire” in Libya during a vote on Wednesday. The text, drafted by Britain, was approved by 14 votes out of 15, with Russia abstaining, according to ....
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Putin, Italian prime minister exchange views on Libya - Kremlin
Date: 2020-02-13 00:10:02 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:8309772
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte held a phone conversation to exchange views on the situation in Libya, the Kremlin press service said on Wednesday. "A substantive exchange of views was held on the ....
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Moscow: 695 Syrian refugees back home over past 24 hours
Date: 2020-02-13 00:08:12 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:8309771
Some 695 Syrian refugees have returned back home from neighboring Jordan and Lebanon over the past 24 hours, the Russian Center for Refugee Reception, Distribution and Settlement said in a statement Wednesday. About 307 people left Lebanon for ....
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Pentagon: 109 US troops diagnosed with brain injuries after Iran missile attack
Date: 2020-02-11 06:27:49 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:8306694
The Pentagon says 109 US service members have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries following Iran's missile attack on a base in Iraq last month. Iran launched at least a dozen ballistic missiles at the Al-Asad airbase in Iraq in ....
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Palestinian boy shot dead by Israeli soldiers in Hebron
Date: 2020-02-05 22:24:28 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:8299862
A Palestinian boy was shot dead during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, WAFA reported on Wednesday, quoting the Palestinian Ministry of Health as saying. A 17-year-old boy identified as Mohammad Salman ....
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Palestinian president says will never accept US Mideast peace plan
Date: 2020-02-05 22:18:27 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:8299860
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stressed on Wednesday that the Palestinian people and leadership will never accept the peace deal announced by US President Donald Trump. "The deal will eventually fail exactly as all previous plots hatched ....
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AL stresses importance of following up implementation of Arab economic summit
Date: 2020-02-05 14:24:20 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:8299392
Arab League Assistant Secretary General for Social Affairs Haifa Abu Ghazala stressed the importance of following up the implementation of decisions taken at the fourth Arab Economic and Social Development Summit that was held in Beirut in January ....