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  • 7 Daesh militants killed in Iraq

    7 Daesh militants killed in Iraq

    Date: 2015-06-20 09:06:53 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:2830381

    Joint Iraqi forces killed seven Daesh terrorists in an airstrike launched in Fallujah, in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly 69 kilometers west of Baghdad. Three children were killed, when a mortar shell fell on southern Fallujah. ....

  • Syrian government forces make big gains in Quneitra, Reef Aleppo

    Syrian government forces make big gains in Quneitra, Reef Aleppo

    Date: 2015-06-20 08:29:46 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:2830181

    Syrian government forces made big advances in Quneitra and Reef Aleppo amid fierce clashes with opposition factions, said the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) Saturday. Clashes are going on between the Syrian army and the ....

  • Coalition jets hit Daesh site near Baiji refinery in Iraq

    Coalition jets hit Daesh site near Baiji refinery in Iraq

    Date: 2015-06-20 08:02:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:2830045

    International coalition jets raided a Daesh site near the Baiji refinery in Salahuddin province, northern Iraq, Friday. The Iraqi Defense Ministry did not comment on the strikes. An Iraqi security source had earlier said that Iraqi military ....

  • Mosque imam assassinated in Yemen

    Mosque imam assassinated in Yemen

    Date: 2015-06-20 07:52:03 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:2829969

    Two unidentified gunmen riding a motorcycle have shot dead the imam of Al Hazm Mosque in Hadramout governorate, southeastern Yemen. The gunmen belong to the Al Qaeda terrorist organization, according to the Yemeni news agency, which is controlled ....

  • Qassam Brigades claim responsibility for killing Israeli settler near Ramallah

    Qassam Brigades claim responsibility for killing Israeli settler near Ramallah

    Date: 2015-06-20 07:40:36 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:2829853

    The Ezz ad Din al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement, have claimed responsibility for killing an Israeli settler near the settlement of Dolev near Ramallah yesterday. The shooting occurred when two settlers were ....

  • UN chief criticizes Israel over killing, injuring Palestinian children during war on Gaza

    UN chief criticizes Israel over killing, injuring Palestinian children during war on Gaza

    Date: 2015-06-19 10:31:04 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:2826085

    UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon criticized Israel for the death and suffering of many Palestinian children during last summer's conflict in Gaza and is urging the Israeli government to take immediate steps to prevent such killings, Fox News ....

  • Sisi, Yemeni PM discuss Yemen updates

    Sisi, Yemeni PM discuss Yemen updates

    Date: 2015-06-18 17:03:13 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:2823757

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi held a meeting with Yemeni Vice President and Prime Minister Khaled Bahah to discuss the latest developments in Yemen, said Spokesman for the Presidency Alaa Yousef. During the meeting, Sisi stressed the importance ....

  • Saudi king accepts Putin's invitation to visit Moscow

    Saudi king accepts Putin's invitation to visit Moscow

    Date: 2015-06-18 16:57:12 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:2823749

    King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia has accepted President Vladimir Putin's invitation to visit Russia, the TASS cited Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammad bin Salman as saying on Thursday. "The Custodian of the ....

  • Yemen govt conditionally accepts EU's proposal for truce, says FM

    Yemen govt conditionally accepts EU's proposal for truce, says FM

    Date: 2015-06-17 17:18:29 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:2817785

    Yemeni Foreign Minister Riad Yassin said European foreign ministers who met with the government delegation in Geneva have floated a proposal for a humanitarian truce in the country. The delegation accepted the truce on a condition it be ....

  • Greek PM meets Arab ambassadors

    Greek PM meets Arab ambassadors

    Date: 2015-06-17 13:16:58 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:2815865

    Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras discussed with Arab ambassadors here the latest developments in the region, the Greek embassy in Cairo said in a statement Wednesday. They discussed ways to boost bilateral ties between Greece and the Arab ....

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