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Defense minister meets US central command head
Date: 2015-09-30 10:32:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:3441693
Defense Minister Sedki Sobhi met on Wednesday with head of the US Central Command Lloyd James Austin for talks on boosting military cooperation. The two sides discussed regional and international efforts against terrorism and the latest regional ....
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Putin wins parliamentary approval to deploy Russian forces abroad
Date: 2015-09-30 10:31:05 GMT - Russia - International - SN:7 - ID:3441681
Russia's upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, has approved a request by President Vladimir Putin to authorize the the use of military force abroad, CNBC reported Wednesday. The Kremlin did not say which country the decision would ....
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Obama’s call at U.N. to fight ISIS with ideas is largely seen as futile
Date: 2015-09-30 08:14:43 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:3440585
US President Barack Obama has called upon a conclave of world leaders on Tuesday to fight violent extremism not just with weapons but with ideas, jobs and good governance, a strategy he has long advocated. There are few signs that it is succeeding, ....
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Pentagon to open communication channel with Russia over Syria
Date: 2015-09-30 08:11:12 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:3440533
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has ordered his staff to set up a communication channel with Moscow to coordinate military operations by the US and Russia in Syria. The order was issued on Tuesday a day after US President Barack Obama met with ....
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Saudi FM says Assad must go or face military option
Date: 2015-09-30 08:09:53 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:3440517
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Jubeir stressed that Syrian leader Bashar Assad must leave office or face military option. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the meetings of the UN General Assembly, Jubeir expressed rejection of Russia's ....
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30 Daesh militants killed, injured in int'l coalition raids in eastern Syria
Date: 2015-09-30 08:07:22 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:3440493
At least 30 Daesh militants were killed and injured in the air raids carried out by the US-led international coalition on the camps of the terrorist organization in eastern Syria, SkyNews Arabia reported on Wednesday. The all-news network quoted ....
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Israeli warplanes launch series of raids over Gaza, no casualties reported
Date: 2015-09-30 08:05:41 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3440465
Israeli warplanes launched at dawn of Wednesday a series of raids over Gaza Strip, causing damage but no casualties were reported, local sources said. The war jets carried out four air strikes targeting military positions of Qassam Brigades, ....
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Arab coalition warplanes shell Houthi sites in southern Sanaa
Date: 2015-09-30 08:04:16 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:3440437
Arab coalition warplanes shelled the sites of Houthi militias in Rima governorate in southern Sanaa for the first time since the Operation Decisive Storm was launched. The shelling targeted camps of the central security forces and a government ....
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131 Egyptians return home from Libya via Salloum over past 24 hours
Date: 2015-09-29 18:27:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:3438585
As many as 131 Egyptians have returned home from Libya via Salloum crossing over the past 24 hours, said Matrouh police chief Hesham Lotfy Tuesday. Of all returnees, 26 had illegally traveled to Libya. The security official ordered the arrival ....
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Interior minister confers with aides on parliamentary poll security plan
Date: 2015-09-29 17:23:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:3438265
Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar met with his aides and police chiefs to review a plan to secure the first phase of the upcoming parliamentary elections. Abdel Ghaffar ordered that a central operations room be formed and connected with other ....
