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  • 27 ISIL terrorists killed in Iraq

    Date: 2014-08-14 11:29:52 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:873730

    BAGHDAD, Aug 14 (MENA) - Police and army forces killed on Thursday 27 elements of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant group during a crackdown on Jurf Al Sakhar city, about 60 kilometers southwest of Baghdad. Ten other vehicles were destroyed ....

  • US continue strikes against ISIL

    Date: 2014-08-14 11:25:55 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:873731

    WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (MENA) - A US drone fired a missile to destroy an armed truck of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) in western Sinjar villag, the Pentagon said on Thursday. It added that the mission was accomplished successfully. ....

  • Tripoli district comes under rocket attack

    Date: 2014-08-14 09:46:03 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:873327

    TRIPOLI, Aug 14 (MENA) - A rocket hit a house at Um Darman district in the Libyan capital on Thursday but no casualties were reported, a security source said. The rocket penetrated the concrete roof to settle down in the center of the one-floor ....

  • Egyptian academic delegation in Yemen

    Date: 2014-08-14 08:14:42 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:873258

    CAIRO, ِAug 14 (MENA) - An Egyptian academic delegation is in Yemen for talks on ways to boost bilateral education cooperation. The visit came at an invitation from the Yemen University. The Egyptian delegation includes professors from renowned ....

  • 47 terrorists killed in Syria

    Date: 2014-08-14 08:07:18 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:873265

    DAMASCUS, Aug 14 (MENA) - The Syrian army launched on Thursday wide-scale military operations against terrorists’ hideouts, killing 47 of them and injuring others in several areas around the country. Reporters said 33 terrorists, most of them ....

  • Germany ready to arms Iraq kurds against ISIL militants

    Date: 2014-08-14 06:51:56 GMT - Germany - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:873142

    BERLIN, Aug 14 (MENA) - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said his country is ready to ease its arm exports ban to Iraqi kurds to help them while fighting against militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in northern ....

  • Kuwait installs underground system to secure borders with Iraq

    Date: 2014-08-14 06:28:21 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:873061

    KUWAIT CITY, Aug 14 (MENA) - The Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior succeeded in securing the northern borders by installing the latest underground security system meant to detect any infiltration attempt. The unseen system, installed along borders ....

  • Jordan troops shoot dead infiltrator along borders with Syria

    Date: 2014-08-14 06:20:06 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:873064

    AMMAN, Aug 14 (MENA) - Jordanian soldiers shot dead a man who tried to sneak into Jordan from the Syrian borders, a military source said Thursday. He said border guards spotted the man on Wednesday and asked him to stop but he ignored the ....

  • Rescue mission for Yazidis on Iraq’s Mount Sinjar appears unnecessary, Pentagon says

    Date: 2014-08-14 05:59:13 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:873062

    WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (MENA) - A team of about 20 U.S. troops and aid workers who landed Wednesday on Iraq’s Mount Sinjar determined that a rescue operation of besieged minorities stranded there is probably unnecessary, the Pentagon said. “There are ....

  • Algeria exceptionally opens boders with Libya to Egyptians

    Date: 2014-08-14 05:21:06 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:873027

    ALGIERS, Aug 14 (MENA) - Algeria decided to exceptionally open its borders with unrest-hit Libya to let in Egyptians fleeing violence in Libya. The move comes upon an Egyptian request to ease pressure on Tunisia's Ras Ajdir crossing with Libya ....

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