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Suicide attack foiled, 6 ISIL militants killed in Iraq
Date: 2014-08-18 14:28:47 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:92 - ID:879809
BAGHDAD, Aug 18 (MENA) - Iraqi security forces foiled Monday a suicide attack in Samarra city of Salahuddin province. Six ISIL militants were killed during the operation, a security source reported. The ISIL terrorists tried to enter a mined ....
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Saudi cabinet welcomes UNSC ban on ISIL, AlNosrah Front finance
Date: 2014-08-18 13:49:00 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:879730
JEDDAH, Aug 18 (MENA) - Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired Monday the Cabinet's session, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The Minister of Culture and Information Abdulaziz bin Mohiuddin Khoja said the Cabinet renewed ....
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Iraqi FM says we will mobilize international support to combat terrorism
Date: 2014-08-18 12:53:23 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:879456
BAGHDAD, Aug 18 (MENA) - Iraqi Foreign Minister Hussein Shahristani underlined that Iraq will work on mobilizing international support to combat terrorism in the Arab country. Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil said that the terrorist ....
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ISIL recruitment drive 'very worrisome' to North African governments
Date: 2014-08-18 11:38:11 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:879374
WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (MENA) - The World Tribune revealed Monday that the ISIL, with control over large parts of Iraq and Syria, has set its sights on North Africa. The paper quoted 'Islamist sources' as saying ISIL has intensified recruiting in ....
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ISIL targets Kuwait as host of US troops
Date: 2014-08-18 11:32:55 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:879375
WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (MENA) - The ISIL has targeted the US military presence in the Gulf, World Tribune reported. ISIL has posted a warning that it would attack Arab states that host US soldiers. "Kuwait could be the first target of the ISIL ....
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Iran's quake felt in Kuwait
Date: 2014-08-18 09:18:13 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:879155
KUWAIT CITY, Aug 18 (MENA) - Director for Environmental Crises and Supervisor of the National Seismic Network at KISR Dr Abdullah Al-Enizi told KUNA News Agency that the network detected the quake on a depth of 10 kilometers, centered in the Zagros ....
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Amb. denies Italian warplanes shelling military posts in Tripoli
Date: 2014-08-18 06:25:19 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:878824
TRIPOLI, Aug 18 (MENA) - Italian Ambassador here Giuseppe Buccino Grimaldi denied reports that his country was involved in shelling military posts in the Libyan capital. In statements on Monday, the ambassador said such reports are bare of truth, ....
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Obama informs Congress of airstrikes
Date: 2014-08-18 05:37:34 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:878810
WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama has formally notified Congress that he had authorized "limited" airstrikes in Iraq to help security forces, which retook the country's largest dam earlier from militants, The Washington Post ....
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Unidentified warplanes target military posts in Tripoli
Date: 2014-08-18 05:36:25 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:878823
TRIPOLI, Aug 18 (MENA) - Unidentified warplanes targeted at dawn Monday military positions in Tripoli where militants have been fighting for over a month, Libya sources said. The sources, told "Al-Wasat" website that five explosions were heard as ....
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Lebanon's army arrests 12 gunmen east of Arsal
Date: 2014-08-17 21:18:55 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:149 - ID:878736
BEIRUT, Aug 17 (MENA) – Lebanese army troops arrested 12 gunmen in a checkpoint, east of Arsal, the National News Agency reported. Those arrested are suspected of belonging a group that mounted attacks on the military nearly three weeks ago. ....
