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  • Iraqi troops counter Daesh attack in western Anbar

    Iraqi troops counter Daesh attack in western Anbar

    Date: 2014-11-17 12:29:41 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:1349517

    Iraqi police Monday countered an attack by Daesh militants in Boghdadi area, western Anbar. Meanwhile, two booby-trapped cars went off: one on a bridge and the other near a checkpoint also in Boghdadi. Four militants of the Al-Qaeda terrorist ....

  • SOHR: 16 Daesh elements killed in Kobane clashes

    SOHR: 16 Daesh elements killed in Kobane clashes

    Date: 2014-11-17 12:28:51 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:1350441

    Trusted sources reported to SOHR that clashes have been ongoing over the past 84 hours in Ein al-Arab "Kobane” between Daesh and the Kurdish popular protection units. Clashes also took place on the road between Aleppo and Kobane. Coalition ....

  • Death sentence against Islamists in Lebanon reduced life imprisonment -- minister

    Death sentence against Islamists in Lebanon reduced life imprisonment -- minister

    Date: 2014-11-17 12:25:53 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:1350413

    Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi on Monday stressed that death sentences against Islamist detainees have been reduced to life imprisonment. Commenting on the two-hour deadline given by the kidnappers to slaughter military soldiers, he said ....

  • Qaraqe urges Egypt to interfere to release detainees re-arrested by Israeli forces

    Qaraqe urges Egypt to interfere to release detainees re-arrested by Israeli forces

    Date: 2014-11-17 12:04:10 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:1350181

    Palestinian Authority Minister for Prisoners' Affairs Issa Qaraqe called on Egypt to intervene to release detainees, who were arrested without any reason. In statements to MENA correspondent here on Monday, Qaraqe said that the re-arrest of ....

  • AL official says no peace in Mideast without Israel disarmament

    AL official says no peace in Mideast without Israel disarmament

    Date: 2014-11-17 11:44:26 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:1349929

    An Arab League official has said that tension will continue in the Middle East so long as Israel refuses to join disarmament treaties. Wael al-Assad, the director of disarmament affairs at the AL, told MENA Tuesday Israel had signed the treaty ....

  • Daesh group threatens to slaughter abducted Lebanese soldiers

    Daesh group threatens to slaughter abducted Lebanese soldiers

    Date: 2014-11-17 10:09:49 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:1348877

    The brother of the Lebanese captive soldier Ibrahim Maghit received a phone call from Daesh group in which he was informed that the kidnappers would slaughter the abducted soldiers after two hours, if a decision was not issued to annul rulings ....

  • Riyadh summit opens new leaf in Arab relations

    Riyadh summit opens new leaf in Arab relations

    Date: 2014-11-17 09:31:50 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:1348493

    Bahraini Foreign Minister Ghanem Bin Fadl Buainain asserted that Riyadh summit that include leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council states opened a new leaf in the pan-Arab relations. It is important to unify the foreign policies of the Gulf ....

  • OAPP welcomes UAE decision to endorse list of terrorist groups

    OAPP welcomes UAE decision to endorse list of terrorist groups

    Date: 2014-11-17 09:12:57 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:1348273

    The Organization of Arab Peoples and Parliaments (OAPP) has welcomed a decision by the UAE to endorse a list of terrorist groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt. The list includes 84 terrorist groups. The organization said Tuesday ....

  • Lebanon will not celebrate Independence Day in absence of head of state

    Lebanon will not celebrate Independence Day in absence of head of state

    Date: 2014-11-17 09:11:24 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:1348257

    Lebanese Prime Minister Tamam Sallam said Lebanon will not celebrate its Indepence Day this year because of the hindrances at all state institutions especially the absence of a president. The Lebanese "Al-Nahar" newspaper said Sallam will not ....

  • Israeli security on high alert after hanging of Palestinian bus driver by settlers

    Israeli security on high alert after hanging of Palestinian bus driver by settlers

    Date: 2014-11-17 08:18:45 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:1347737

    Israeli authorities are on high alert in al-Quds after the body of a Palestinian bus driver was found hanged by settlers after midnight Sunday. Also, Israeli troops detained six Palestinians from Bethlehem and Hebron in the West Bank, said a ....

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