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Anbar Provincial council asserts state controls 80% of province
Date: 2014-06-15 09:49:06 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:778485
The Anbar Provincial Council member Fateh Al-Essawi asserted on Sunday that the security situation in the province is under control, denying reports on the withdrawal of the Iraqi army from some positions in Anbar. In statements on Saturday, ....
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Tony Blair: 'We didn't cause Iraq crisis'
Date: 2014-06-15 09:17:44 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:778665
The 2003 invasion of Iraq is not to blame for the violent insurgency now gripping the country, former UK prime minister Tony Blair has said as quoted by the BBC. He said there would still be a "major problem" in the country even without the ....
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2 soldiers injured in fake checkpoint in Benghazi
Date: 2014-06-15 07:41:25 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:778420
Two soldiers were injured after unidentified armed men opened fire at them at a fake checkpoint in Al Sabri district of Benghazi, a medical source told MENA on Sunday. Meanwhile, the source said a medical center has received an unidentified body, ....
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Israel arrest 80 Palestinians, most of them Hamas members
Date: 2014-06-15 06:47:04 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:778340
Israeli troops arrested 80 Palestinians overnight Saturday, including Hamas members, in Hebron, Ramallah and Tubas, Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Sunday. Among those arrested were members of the Palestinian Parliament. The source noted that a ....
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Gaza kid dies of wounds sustained during Israeli air strike
Date: 2014-06-14 17:32:43 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:777969
Seven-year old Ali Abdel-Latif has died of wounds sustained during an Israeli air strike in northwest Gaza City, a Palestinian health ministry spokesman in Gaza Strip said Saturday. The child and his uncle were targeted by an Israeli ....
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Haftar: extremist elements should be uprooted
Date: 2014-06-14 12:47:18 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:777546
Libya's former General Khalifa Haftar underlined the importance of uprooting the extremist elements which claim to be Muslims and the so called Muslim Brotherhood group which used Islam as a cover up. Speaking to the Saudi newspaper Okaz, Haftar ....
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Israeli jets bombard al-Qassam Brigades' site in Khan Yunis
Date: 2014-06-14 10:58:40 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:777320
Israeli jets bombarded on Saturday a site belonging to al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, eastern Khan Yunis city, southern the Gaza Strip. No casualties were reported, sources said. The Israeli planes are still hovering in the ....
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Iraqi army regains control over Daash-captured town
Date: 2014-06-14 10:21:55 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:777240
Iraqi forces took control of the Saladin town of Al-Dhuluiya, 170 km north of Baghdad, after kicking out operatives of the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant group, known as Daash. According to "Al-Arabiya Al-Hadath" TV, Iraqi forces ....
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Militants kill 2 special forces soldiers in Benghazi
Date: 2014-06-14 10:19:59 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:777234
Two soldiers of Libyan special forces were killed Saturday by unknown militants in Benghazi, a security source said. "A special force soldier was targeted in a drive-by shooting by militants driving a car with tinted windows," special forces ....
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Israel detains 12 Palestinians in al-Khalil
Date: 2014-06-14 09:11:51 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:777038
Israeli occupation forces detained Saturday 12 Palestinian citizens, after raiding their houses and taking them to an unknown destination. Israeli occupation forces also raided dozens of houses, after searching them and seized recordings of ....