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Syrian warplanes destroy Daesh armoured vehicles in Homs countryside
Date: 2016-05-11 10:31:58 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:4886017
The Syrian warplanes shelled on Wednesday hideouts and supply lines of the terrorist Daesh organization in the eastern countryside of Homs. The Syrian news agency (SANA) quoted a military source as saying that a Syrian army unit destroyed four ....
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Israeli forces storm Kafr 'Aqab, Kalandia camp
Date: 2016-05-11 09:37:19 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:4885513
Israeli forces stormed into Kafr 'Aqab and Kalandia camp north of occupied Jerusalem. Israeli soldiers opened fire at people in Kafr 'Aqab, injuring a Palestinian youth in the head. He is in serious condition, the Palestine Red Crescent Society ....
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Hostage rescue in Afghanistan draws praise from Carter
Date: 2016-05-11 09:35:45 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:4885493
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter commended US and Afghan special operations personnel and the Afghan special operations forces for the professionalism and skill they demonstrated in a hostage rescue mission in Afghanistan’s Paktika province. In ....
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Former PM's son handed over to Pakistan ambassador
Date: 2016-05-11 09:34:31 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:4 - ID:4885489
Former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s son Ali Haider Gilani was handed over to Pakistan by Afghan officials on Wednesday, Geo News reported. The Afghan defense minister handed over Ali Haider to the Pakistan ambassador in Kabul Abrar ....
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Moroccan, Tunisian PMs meet in Rabat
Date: 2016-05-11 09:32:39 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:4885465
Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane received his visiting Tunisian counterpart Habib Essid on Tuesday evening. The two premiers had identical viewpoints on Arab and international issues, a statement issued by the Moroccan government ....
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Interior Min: Ghoureya fire controlled, no casualties
Date: 2016-05-11 09:29:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4885445
A Ministry of Interior Media Department official said civil protection forces succeeded in extinguishing the fire that erupted in two fabric shops in the crowded and ancient neighborhood of Ghoureya in the wee hours of Wednesday. There were no ....
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Fire in central old Cairo brought under control
Date: 2016-05-11 09:28:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4885433
Civil protection forces brought down a fire that broke out in the wee hours of Wednesday in a number of fabric shops in the Ghoureya neighborhood of central Cairo. No casualities were reported, a security source told MENA. A cooling operation ....
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Interior Ministry denies minister was ready to visit Journalists Syndicate
Date: 2016-05-10 07:14:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4876973
A well-placed source at the Interior Ministry on Monday denied reports quoting MP Osama Sharshar, claiming that Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar was ready to visit the Journalists Syndicate at the beginning of the crisis to contain it. In a ....
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Security source denies involvement of 5 officers in Helwan terrorist attack
Date: 2016-05-10 06:41:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4876757
A security source denied on Monday a news report that five police officers were involved in the recent terrorist attack in Helwan that left eight policemen dead. "The report is unfounded," the source told MENA. The report was carried by a news ....
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AU condemns Helwan terrorist attack
Date: 2016-05-10 06:20:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4876673
Chairperson of the African Union Commission Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has strongly condemned Sunday's terrorist attack in Cairo's suburb of Helwan which killed eight policemen. In a statement obtained by MENA, Zuma offered condolences to the ....