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  • Hezbollah forces in Qalamoun to uncover fate of abducted Lebanese personnel - sources

    Hezbollah forces in Qalamoun to uncover fate of abducted Lebanese personnel - sources

    Date: 2017-08-27 11:25:51 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:6964100

    Security sources said Hezbollah forces entered areas in Syria's western Qalamoun to uncover the fate of Lebanese military personnel kidnapped by Daesh, the Arabic-speaking Sky News reported Sunday . Earlier Sunday, the Lebanese army announced a ....

  • Shoukry heads for Germany as part of foreign tour

    Shoukry heads for Germany as part of foreign tour

    Date: 2017-08-27 11:18:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:6964026

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry headed for Germany on Sunday on the first leg of a foreign tour that will also take him to Belarus and Romania, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman said . The visits aim at boosting relations with the three ....

  • 11 killed, injured in two Baghdad blasts - source

    11 killed, injured in two Baghdad blasts - source

    Date: 2017-08-27 11:02:16 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:6964090

    Two separate explosions hit Baghdad early Sunday, leaving 11 casualties, an Iraqi security source said. The source said at least two people were killed and one was injured when a booby-trapped car exploded in Abu Desheer area in southern ....

  • Israeli occupation forces arrest 9 Palestinians in WB

    Israeli occupation forces arrest 9 Palestinians in WB

    Date: 2017-08-27 10:39:34 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:6963999

    Israeli occupation forces arrested nine Palestinians from different parts of the West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club said Sunday. The Club further mentioned that four of the arrestees are from Jericho, three from Hebron and two from ....

  • Nimrod camp receives 1,500 refugees from Tal Afer: Iraq's Migration Ministry

    Nimrod camp receives 1,500 refugees from Tal Afer: Iraq's Migration Ministry

    Date: 2017-08-27 10:00:47 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:6963911

    Iraq's Ministry of Displacement and Migration said Sunday that Nimrod camp received 1,500 refugees from Tal Afer, as military operations are taking place to liberate the Deash-controlled province. The evacuation of the refugees is still ongoing ....

  • Daesh claims Brussels knife attack on soldiers

    Daesh claims Brussels knife attack on soldiers

    Date: 2017-08-27 09:33:41 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:4 - ID:6963850

    Daesh terrorist group claimed on Saturday responsibility for a knife attack in Brussels that injured one policeman on Friday, Russia Today reported. Belgium’s federal prosecutors said that a 30-year-old man shot on Friday after attacking two ....

  • Houthis bar Saleh, lawmakers from leaving Sanaa

    Houthis bar Saleh, lawmakers from leaving Sanaa

    Date: 2017-08-27 09:32:35 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6963847

    Houthi militants have issued a decision banning Yemen’s ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, leaders of his party and lawmakers from leaving Sanaa. The militants set up checkpoints near Saleh's residence, Arabic-speaking Sky News channel reported on ....

  • Eidul Adha security plan goes into effect: source to MENA

    Eidul Adha security plan goes into effect: source to MENA

    Date: 2017-08-27 09:03:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6963791

    A security plan to secure celebrations of Eidul Adha has been put into effect, under directives of Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar, a well-placed security source at the Ministry of Interior said on Sunday. In statements to MENA, the source ....

  • Foreign Ministry: Shoukry informed about US aid cut hours ahead of announcing decision

    Foreign Ministry: Shoukry informed about US aid cut hours ahead of announcing decision

    Date: 2017-08-27 08:33:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6963744

    US State Secretary Rex W. Tillerson informed Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry of a recent US aid cut hours ahead of announcing the decision, said Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid on Sunday. Abu Zeid made the remark in response to a ....

  • Two Peshmerga personnel killed, six injured in Kirkuk blast

    Two Peshmerga personnel killed, six injured in Kirkuk blast

    Date: 2017-08-26 16:45:45 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:6963151

    Two Peshmerga personnel were killed and six others injured when an explosive charges targeted Peshmerga forces in southwestern Kirkuk, security sources said on Saturday. The sources said the blast took place near Sakhra village. ....

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