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35 ISIL militants killed in US strikes in Mosul
Date: 2014-08-22 11:12:59 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:885906
BAGHDAD, Aug 22 (MENA) – At least 35 militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were killed in air strikes carried by a US war plane in western Mosul on Friday, Iraq's state news agency reported. The US plane attacked an ISIL ....
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3 ISIL fighters killed in Mosul
Date: 2014-08-22 10:35:32 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:885903
BAGHDAD, Aug 22 (MENA) – Three operatives from the militant group known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were killed and four others injured during armed confrontations with Kurdish Peshmerga forces in eastern Mosul on ....
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UN: Documented death toll in Syria hits 191,369 through April 2014
Date: 2014-08-22 09:19:05 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:885744
GENEVA, Aug 22 (MENA) - At least 191,369 people have been killed in Syria's conflict through April, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday. The UN report, based on data from four groups and the government that were cross-checked, ....
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Libya ready to present guarantees to Egypt, Tunisia on airports' safety
Date: 2014-08-22 06:04:20 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:885534
TRIPOLI, Aug 22 (MENA) - The Libyan government expressed full readiness to present all guarantees to Egypt and Tunisia to assure the safety of the Libyan airports of Mitiga and Misrata for the resumption of flights from both states in accordance ....
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MENA to open new Rabat office in Oct.
Date: 2014-08-22 05:56:12 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:885549
CAIRO, Aug 22 (MENA) - The Middle East News Agency (MENA) will open a new office in Rabat, Morocco, in October. The office will be opened in early October and allocated to young journalists to give them a chance to gain experience, MENA Board ....
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Jordan King calls for clear, sustainable socio-economic strategy
Date: 2014-08-21 20:33:53 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:144 - ID:885407
AMMAN, Aug 21 (MENA) - Jordan King Abdullah II on Thursday stressed the importance of a clear and sustainable social and economic strategy to address economic challenges facing Jordan, Petra news agency reported. Such strategy, he said, should be ....
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Libya's special forces advance as Ansar Al-Sharia militants pull back
Date: 2014-08-21 19:15:22 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:137 - ID:885312
TRIPOLI, Aug 21 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Libyan special forces said on Thursday that troops backed by forces of renegade Libyan General Khalifa Haftar made progress in fight against militant groups in Tripoli. The forces are shelling the sites ....
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US conducts 6 airstrikes against ISIL near Mosul dam
Date: 2014-08-21 18:39:30 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:134 - ID:885285
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (MENA) – U.S. military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in support of Iraqi Security Force operations, using fighter and attack aircraft to conduct six airstrikes in the vicinity of the Mosul Dam, according to a U.S. ....
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Berri receives Egyptian amb. to Lebanon
Date: 2014-08-21 17:58:54 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:130 - ID:885233
BEIRUT, Aug 21 (MENA) - Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri received on Thursday Egyptian Ambassador to Lebanon Ashraf Hamdy at the end of his tenure. The meeting tackled the latest development in the region. Egypt has nominated Mohamed ....
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Syria's death toll tops 180,000 - activists
Date: 2014-08-21 17:40:57 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:128 - ID:885220
DAMASCUS, Aug 21 (MENA) - More than 180,000 people have been killed in Syria's armed fight, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Among them were 58,805 civilians, including 9,428 children and 6,036 women, Radio Sawa quoted a statement by ....
