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Tunisian police arrest terrorist cell in Bizerte
Date: 2015-08-17 07:38:37 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:3170941
Tunisian police have arrested a terrorist cell in Bizerte state. The terrorist cell intended to target security and military units in the northern Tunisian state, a statement by the Tunisian Interior Ministry said. One element of the cell was ....
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Israel reopens Karam Abu Salem crossing
Date: 2015-08-16 10:13:53 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:3166281
Israeli authorities reopened Sunday Karam Abu Salem crossing to allow goods and aid supplies to the Gaza Strip after the weekend. The authorities allowed 650 trucks to the enclave loaded with goods for the commercial and agricultural sectors. ....
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Iraqi PM refers military personnel accused of negligence in Ramadi battle to court-martial
Date: 2015-08-16 08:48:16 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3165705
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi agreed on Sunday to refer military personnel who are accused of negligence in Ramadi battle to military justice, Sky News reported. Ramadi city fall in the hands of Daesh two months ago is considered the ....
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Bombs in and around Baghdad kill 22 people, Iraqi officials say
Date: 2015-08-16 08:47:34 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:3165697
A car bomb at a popular auto dealership Saturday killed 13 people and injured 52 in eastern Baghdad's volatile Sadr City neighborhood, where a market bombing two days earlier killed dozens, FoxNews quoted police as saying. The Habibiya car ....
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Fierce clashes in Syria's Harasta- rights group
Date: 2015-08-15 09:36:36 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:3161357
Fierce clashes erupted in the Harasta city, northeastern Damascus on Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The clashes occurred between the regime forces and Islamist militant factions, it said. Meantime, the army fighter ....
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Daesh leader used American hostage as sexual slave
Date: 2015-08-15 08:10:41 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:3160705
The leader of Daesh terrorist group personally kept a 26-year-old American woman as a hostage and raped her repeatedly, The Washington Post said Saturday quoting US officials and her family. The family of Kayla Mueller said in an interview Friday ....
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Iraqi army close to retaking Ramadi -- US Col.
Date: 2015-08-15 08:09:59 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3160701
Iraqi troops are more than halfway through an operation to encircle Daesh militants in Ramadi, after which they will launch a final offensive to retake the Iraqi city, said US Air Force Colonel Pat Ryder, the spokesman for the US Central ....
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Yemeni popular resistance controls security administration in Taiz
Date: 2015-08-15 08:08:48 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:3160693
The popular resistance in the Yemeni province of Taiz managed to control the security administration of the province and the adjacent areas after fierce battles with Houthis. The popular resistance along with the national army managed to control ....
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Libyan FM says discussed with Egyptian counterpart Daesh genocide in Sirte
Date: 2015-08-14 19:34:36 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:3159841
Libyan Foreign Minister Mohammed al Dairi on Friday held a phone call with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry to discuss the situation in Sirte city after Daesh militants have committed acts of genocide against its residents. In exclusive ....
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Hadi urges Yemeni people to join PRC to regain legitimacy
Date: 2015-08-14 07:25:05 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:3156309
Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi called on the Yemeni people on Friday to join the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) to restore legitimacy and power in Yemen as soon as possible. He made the remarks during his meeting with advisers ....