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Australia set for 'years' of military action against Daesh
Date: 2015-09-10 09:11:16 GMT - Australia - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3322921
Australia's role in the fight against so-called Islamic State in the Middle East could last "years", Foreign Minster Julie Bishop has said, according to the BBC. The remarks came after the Australian government said its aircraft would participate ....
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Arab coalition warplanes raid military camp in Sanaa
Date: 2015-09-09 18:28:03 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:3320945
Arab coalition warplanes raided on Wednesday a military camp in eastern Sanaa. It is the second time for the anti-Houthi warplanes to raid al Hafa military camp on the day. Eyewitnesses said plumes of smoke drifted high in the sky from the ....
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Israeli forces detain 7 Palestinians in Ramallah, Hebron, Tulkarm
Date: 2015-09-09 12:33:49 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:3318013
Israeli occupation forces arrested on Wednesday seven Palestinians in security raids launched in Ramallah, Hebron and Tulkarm governorates. Two out of the seven Palestinians were nabbed in northern Ramallah after storming their homes in Jalazone ....
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Lebanese politicians hit by eggs while heading for national dialogue session
Date: 2015-09-09 12:31:15 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:3317989
Lebanese protesters on Wednesday threw eggs on convoys of Lebanese politicians while they were flocking on the Lebanese parliament building to take part in the first dialogue session called for by Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri. Despite the strict ....
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Australia ups refugee intake and plans Syria strikes
Date: 2015-09-09 07:35:16 GMT - Australia - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:3315081
Australia is to take in thousands more Syrians, amid growing pressure to do more to help those displaced by violence in the Middle East, the BBC reported. Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Wednesday announced that Australia would accept 12,000 ....
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PFLP chief urges Palestine's Abbas to postpone PNC meeting
Date: 2015-09-09 07:30:04 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3315017
The chief of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) urged Tuesday Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to postpone a meeting of the Palestinian National Council (PNC), slated for September 14-15. In a message sent from his ....
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Bashir vows to achieve peace in Sudan 2016
Date: 2015-09-08 18:28:23 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:3313697
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al Bashir has pledged to achieve peace across the country within 2016. Bashir spoke Tuesday at a takeover ceremony between former acting Minister of Defense and Chief of Staff Mustafa Osman Obeid, and new Minister ....
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Palestinian president meets Norwegian envoy
Date: 2015-09-08 16:26:19 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:3312905
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met on Tuesday with Norway's special envoy to the Middle East peace process at the presidential palace in Ramallah. The two officials discussed the latest developments in the Palestinian territories. Abbas ....
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Iraqi troops kill dozens of Daesh militants in Anbar
Date: 2015-09-08 12:53:07 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:3311033
Iraqi forces, backed by the anti-Daesh international coalition, killed on Tuesday dozens of Daesh militants in Anbar province. Up to 72 Daesh fighters were killed while attempting to launch an attack on military sites in Anbar, an Iraqi military ....
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Hamas launches 5-point vision to end internal Palestinian crisis
Date: 2015-09-08 07:23:45 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:3308021
Palestine's Hamas on Monday launched a five-point vision to end the current crisis on the Palestinian internal arena. According to a statement issued by the movement here, the vision includes postponing the Palestinian National Council meeting ....