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2 arrested over conducting Kirkuk bombings

Date: 2019-06-13 22:22:40 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:7979650

The Iraqi forces arrested on Thursday two people over their involvement in conducting Kirkuk blasts. Acting upon intelligence, the security forces apprehended two Daesh militants, saying they stood behind the bombings occurred in Kirkuk on May ....

Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria decry smuggling of weapons into Libya

Date: 2019-06-12 23:19:36 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7978161

The foreign ministers of Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria have denounced the continuous smuggling of weapons into Libya from regional parties and others. The ministers held in Tunis on Wednesday a seventh meeting of the tripartite initiative to support ....

Abul Gheit visits New York to take part in meeting with UNSC

Date: 2019-06-12 23:11:40 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:7978158

Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit visits New York on Wednesday to take part in a high-level ministerial meeting at the UN Security Council. The meeting aims at probing ways of developing relations between the Arab League and the UNSC ....

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 ....