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Jordan has no plans to ban MB group: Jordanian PM
Date: 2014-08-16 17:36:16 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:877064
Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour asserted that the government has no plans to disband the Muslim Brotherhood group. "We guarantee the right of the Brotherhood to operate legally in the country," he added. Local media reported that ....
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Abadi underlines importance of Germany's assistance in fighting terror
Date: 2014-08-16 09:37:25 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:876344
Iraqi Premier Designate Haider al-Abadi underlined the importance of Germany's assistance to Iraq in its fight against terrorism. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, for his part, congratulated Abadi on assigning him as Iraq's new ....
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ISIL militants killed, injured in Mosul air strikes
Date: 2014-08-16 08:42:29 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:876223
A number of militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were killed and injured in air strikes that targeted their HQ in southern Mosul. Fighter jets carried out the strikes on Al-Qayara and Al-Mafkouk towns in Mosul, leaving ....
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Clashes continue around Tripoli airport
Date: 2014-08-16 07:42:39 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:876148
Fierce clashes and heavy bombing were reported in the early hours of Saturday in the Libyan capital. Tripoli International Airport has been exposed to violent armed clashes between Zantan revolutionaries, who control the airport, and Islamist-led ....
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EU foreign ministers agree to arm Kurds in Iraq
Date: 2014-08-16 06:52:04 GMT - Belgium - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:876075
EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels have agreed to arm Kurdish fighters battling Islamist militants in northern Iraq, Sky News reported on Friday. Prior to the meeting, France, Germany, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands all said they ....
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Kurdistan to probe defeat in fight against militants
Date: 2014-08-15 18:17:08 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:875775
Kurdistan president Masoud Barzani said on Friday that a committee will be formed to punish officials who failed to defend Sinjar Mountain in a fight against Islamist militants. In statements quoted by the Iraqi news agency, Barzani asserted that ....
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Tunisian president meets Hamas delegation
Date: 2014-08-15 18:15:00 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:875774
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki met on Friday with a Palestinian delegation from Hamas movement. During the meeting, the delegation briefed Marzouki on the latest developments in the Gaza Strip, which has been under Israeli attacks since July ....
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Sudan's Bashir leaves hospital after second knee surgery
Date: 2014-08-15 14:18:49 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:875553
Sudan’s President Omar Al Bashir checked out of a hospital in Khartoum on Friday after undergoing his second knee operation in three months on Monday. The same Sudanese medical team which performed surgery on his right knee at Royal Care Hospital ....
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Palestinian support moral, humanitarian, national duty, says Algerian president
Date: 2014-08-15 12:00:57 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:875321
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika asserted his country's support to the Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip which has been hit by Israeli airstrikes for more than a month before the Palestinians and Israel reached a five-year ....
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Nasrallah: ISIL would be in Beiruit if Hezbollah not intervened in Syria
Date: 2014-08-15 11:55:56 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:875315
Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that if Hezbollah hadn’t intervened in Syria at the right time, ISIL would be in Beirut now. During an interview with a Lebanese newspaper, Nasrallah said intervention in Syria aimed at ....