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  • Saudi defense min. meets chiefs of staff of anti-Daesh coalition

    Saudi defense min. meets chiefs of staff of anti-Daesh coalition

    Date: 2015-02-19 15:57:30 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:2002177

    Saudi Arabia's Defense Minister Mohamed bin Salman bin Abdel Aziz met here on Thursday with the Chiefs of Staff of the Coalition States against Daesh. The meeting took up the ongoing efforts to eradicate terror groups from the region. The 5th ....

  • Pentagon screens 1,200 Syrian rebel fighters to potentially train for fight against Daesh

    Pentagon screens 1,200 Syrian rebel fighters to potentially train for fight against Daesh

    Date: 2015-02-19 08:03:42 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:1997705

    The United States has found around 1,200 opposition fighters in Syria that could participate in US military led training programs to fight against ISIS, the Pentagon said Wednesday as quoted by Radio Sawa. The fighters will undergo vetting for ....

  • Kerry: Daesh terrorist group targets Middle East

    Kerry: Daesh terrorist group targets Middle East

    Date: 2015-02-19 07:20:22 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:1997401

    US State Secretary John Kerry said on Thursday that Daesh terrorist group is targeting the Middle East. Addressing a ministerial meeting that was held on the sidelines of a summit that was hosted by the White House on terrorism, Kerry added that ....

  • Qatari reservation on Egypt's right to defend itself proves support to terrorists -- diplomat

    Qatari reservation on Egypt's right to defend itself proves support to terrorists -- diplomat

    Date: 2015-02-18 18:19:56 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:1995877

    Permanent Representative to the Arab League Afifi Abdul Wahab lashed out at Qatari reservation on Egypt's right to defend itself against Daesh brutal crimes saying, "Doha supported our doubts on helping terrorists by proofs". The Egyptian ....

  • Geagea supports Egypt's call for int'l coalition in Libya

    Geagea supports Egypt's call for int'l coalition in Libya

    Date: 2015-02-18 17:45:31 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:1995601

    Leader of the Lebanese Forces Party Samir Geagea on Wednesday threw his weights behind Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi' call for forming an international coalition for the crisis in Libya. "The world must seriously act to confront these ....

  • AL council condemns killing Egyptians in Libya

    AL council condemns killing Egyptians in Libya

    Date: 2015-02-18 16:58:02 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:1995249

    The Council of the Arab League (AL) strongly condemned as "heinous crime" the killing of 21 Egyptians by the terrorists of the Daesh group in Libya. In a statement on Wednesday, the highest body of the league extended its condolences to the ....

  • Representatives of Libyan political powers, activists convene in Cairo to discuss situation in Tripoli

    Representatives of Libyan political powers, activists convene in Cairo to discuss situation in Tripoli

    Date: 2015-02-18 13:44:57 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:1993693

    A group of Libyan politicians, writers, and activists assembled Wednesday in Cairo to discuss the situation in Libya and means to confront terror groups. The meeting dubbed, Conference of Libya the Homeland, took up efforts exerted on political, ....

  • Egypt calls on AL to support Egypt in its fight against terrorism

    Egypt calls on AL to support Egypt in its fight against terrorism

    Date: 2015-02-18 13:33:59 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:1993573

    Egypt has called on Arab countries to condemn the criminal act committed against Egyptians in Libya in a show of solidarity by the Arab League to Egypt in its measures to uproot terrorism and extremist thoughts and asked for a commitment by the Arab ....

  • Iraq seeks to improve security cooperation with Russia - minister

    Iraq seeks to improve security cooperation with Russia - minister

    Date: 2015-02-18 13:30:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:1993549

    Iraqi Interior Minister Mohamed Salem Ghaban expressed on Wednesday desire to boost cooperation with Russia in the security domain. He told Russian Ambassador to Iraq Ilya Morgunov that Iraqi security forces backed by Shiite popular committees ....

  • Yemeni intelligence officer assassinated in Aden

    Yemeni intelligence officer assassinated in Aden

    Date: 2015-02-18 13:23:30 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:1993169

    Suspected Al Qaeda militants shot dead a Yemeni intelligence officer in the southern city of Aden Wednesday. A number of unidentified gunmen opened fire at Col. Mohamed Mahdi al Zahrawi near his house and fled the scene, security sources ....

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