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Algeria’s former PM placed in custody over alleged corruption

Date: 2019-06-12 23:07:55 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7978154

Algeria’s supreme court has placed former prime minister Ahmed Ouyahia in custody over charges of financial corruption. Algeria’s state-run TV reported that Ouyahia would be jailed at a prison in the Algerain capital Algiers as he appeared ....

Yemeni army foils Houthi attack on Hodeidah

Date: 2019-06-12 23:06:45 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7978153

The Yemeni army forces thwarted on Wednesday an attack launched by the Houthi militias on military outposts in al-Tahita directorate, south of Hodeidah province. The army forces managed to foil the Houthi attempt and forced the militias to ....

UNITAD adviser says Daesh crimes in Iraq amount to genocide

Date: 2019-06-12 16:38:45 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7977854

UNITAD Special Adviser Karim Khan has said that ISIS crimes in Iraq amount to war crimes and genocide, as well as crimes against humanity. An investigative team for the accountability of ISIS crimes, UNITAD is still probing crimes of the ....

Syria repels 'Israeli missile strike' – state TV

Date: 2019-06-12 16:36:00 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7977850

Syria's Air defense systems have been activated around Tel al-Harah in southern Syria, close to the border with Israel, to repel an incoming missile attack allegedly launched by the Israeli forces, state news agency SANA reports. Amid the strike ....

Palestinian security guard injured by Israeli fire in Nablus

Date: 2019-06-11 09:05:43 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7975369

A Palestinian security personnel was injured by Israeli fire in the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday morning. Israeli forces surrounded the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority’s Preventive Security Service as they were conducting ....

Saudi air defense downs two Houthi drones

Date: 2019-06-11 07:28:07 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7975265

Saudi air defense forces intercepted two drones launched by Houthi militias from neighboring Yemen, the Arab Coalition’s spokesman Colonel Turki al Maliki announced. The drones targeted the city of Khamis Mushait in the Kingdom's south on Monday ....

UAE, Germany tackle bilateral relations

Date: 2019-06-09 23:33:29 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:7973581

Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received the visiting German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at Al Shati' Palace in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. During the meeting, the crown ....

Israeli forces arrest 37 Palestinians in West Bank during Eidul Fitr

Date: 2019-06-09 23:30:37 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7973579

Israeli occupation forces have arrested 37 Palestinians in the West Bank during Eidul Fitr, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club announced on Sunday. There are three girls among the arrestees, the club said in a press statement. Of all, the Israeli ....

Sudanese police dismiss reports on attempts to smuggle Bashir

Date: 2019-06-06 23:58:48 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7970453

The Sudanese police denied the reports circulated on some media outlets about attempts to smuggle ousted President Omar al Bashir and figures of the former regime from Kober prison. In a statement broadcast by Sky News channel, the police ....

8 killed, wounded in airstrikes in northwest Syria

Date: 2019-06-01 23:21:46 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7965067

Three people were killed and five others were wounded on Saturday in airstrikes on Jisr al-Shughur in Idlib governorate, northwest Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. The Russian raids reached the demilitarized zone along ....