Arab world
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Leader of Shura Council of Benighazi Revolutionaries survives assassination attempt
Date: 2014-09-08 05:38:06 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:911147
TRIPOLI, Sept 8 (MENA) - Zeyad Balaam, field commander of Omar Al-Mokhtar Battalion and prominent leader of Shura Council of Benighazi Revolutionaries, survived an assassination attempt in Benghazi on Sunday. He was moved to Benghazi Medical ....
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U.S. airstrikes target ISIS fighters near 2nd-largest dam in Iraq
Date: 2014-09-08 04:52:56 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:911137
WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (MENA) - The U.S. military launched airstrikes targeting ISIS fighters around a key dam in western Iraq on Sunday, the Pentagon said. It carried out the airstrikes near Haditha Dam at Iraq's request, according to Rear Adm. John ....
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Arab League endorses anti-Daesh resolution
Date: 2014-09-07 21:32:00 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:143 - ID:911079
CAIRO, Sept 7 (MENA) - The Arab League on Sunday unanimously adopted a resolution aiming at protecting Arab national security and taking necessary measures to combat the terrorist groups, including the Al Qaeda-splinter terrorist group Daesh. In a ....
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Arab countries to cooperate in encountering Daesh: Omani FM
Date: 2014-09-07 19:48:02 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:129 - ID:910907
CAIRO, Sept 7 (MENA) - Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi announced Sunday that all Arab states were committed to cooperate under the international umbrella to counter the Al Qaeda-splinter terrorist group Daesh. ....
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Saudi embassy's staff in Yemen 'evacuated'
Date: 2014-09-07 19:38:29 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:126 - ID:910896
SANAA, Sept 7 (MENA) – The Saudi Embassy in Yemen evacuated on Sunday its staff from Yemen due to the deteriorating situation in Sanaa. The Saudi Arabia has taken this decision after the Houthis have closed the airport road in a protest at the ....
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Egypt committed to treat Sudanese patients: amb.
Date: 2014-09-07 19:32:45 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:124 - ID:910904
KHARTOUM, Sept 7 (MENA) - The Egyptian health ministry is committed to treat Sudanese nationals the same way it treats the Egyptian nationals, Egypt's Ambassador in Khartoum Osama Shaltout said on Sunday. After a meeting with the Sudanese ....
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Dozens of Palestinains injured in al-Quds clashes
Date: 2014-09-07 19:27:55 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:122 - ID:910847
RAMALLAH, Sept 7 (MENA) - Dozens of Palestinians were injured in al-Quds district of Wadi al-Joz when clashes erupted with Israeli occupation forces. A Palestinian teenager from al-Quds who was shot in the head by an Israeli soldier with a ....
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AL ministerial council calls for putting strategies to fight terror
Date: 2014-09-07 18:26:02 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:115 - ID:910583
CAIRO, Sept 7 (MENA) – The Arab League (AL) ministerial council on Sunday called for devising national and regional strategies to combat terrorism and confront the so-called "Islamic State" (Known as Daesh). In a statement, the AL council slammed ....
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UN agencies reaching millions of Iraqis affected by crisis
Date: 2014-09-07 18:16:19 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:112 - ID:910691
CAIRO, Sept 7 (MENA) - UN agencies and humanitarian partners are responding to the ongoing humanitarian crisis with lifesaving programs, from Basra in the southeast of the country to Anbar province west of Baghdad, to Duhok in the Kurdistan Region ....
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Egypt's FM says Palestinian cause top priority for Egypt, Arab states
Date: 2014-09-07 17:36:50 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:103 - ID:910798
CAIRO, Sept 7 (MENA) – Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has stressed that the Palestinian cause is a top priority for Egypt and all Arab states and expressed rejection of any military solutions to the Syrian crisis. Addressing a session of ....