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1,115 Syrians crossed into Jordan in 72 hours
Date: 2014-04-27 18:50:26 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:114 - ID:690404
Amman, April 27 (MENA) - Some 1,115 Syrian refugees crossed into Jordan over the past 72 hours, according to The Jordanian border guard forces. The border guards said they had received the Syrians, who had come in via different crossing points ....
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6 killed, 25 injured in mortar shells attack on Aleppo, Idleb
Date: 2014-04-27 15:29:17 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:95 - ID:690641
DAMASCUS, April 27 (MENA) - Six Syrians were killed and 25 others were injured in mortar shells attack on Aleppo and Idleb. Shells that fell on several areas in Aleppo killed five people and injured 23 others, while a power transformer station ....
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Curfew to be imposed on vehicles in Baghdad Tuesday ahead of parliamentary polls
Date: 2014-04-27 15:24:36 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:93 - ID:690392
BAGHDAD, April 27 (MENA) - Baghdad Operations Command announced Sunday that the entrances and exists of the capital will be closed and a curfew will be imposed on vehicles as of Tuesday ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections. Spokesman of ....
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10 ISIL gunmen killed, 11 arrested, explosives warehouse seized in Nineveh
Date: 2014-04-27 14:17:43 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:690220
BAGHDAD, April 27 (MENA) - Ten ISIL gunmen were killed and eleven others were arrested, while explosives warehouses were seized in various districts of Ninawa, 405 km north of Baghdad, Ninawa Operations Command said in a statement on ....
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Qaeda leader killed in ambush south of Baghdad
Date: 2014-04-27 12:48:22 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:690218
BAGHDAD, April 27 (MENA) - Iraqi security forces killed Sunday a leader of al-Qaeda in an ambush south of Baghdad, a security source said. A force from Brigade 23, 17th Infantry Division managed to kill one of al-Qaeda terrorist leaders named ....
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Strike by Benina airport workers continuing for 2nd day
Date: 2014-04-27 12:10:56 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:690202
TRIPOLI, April 27 (MENA) - Workers at Benina International Airport continued to strike for the second day on Sunday to demand better security. Airport manager Ibrahim Ferkash said the staff entered into an open-ended sit-in to protest at the ....
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Sudanese health minister meets AL representative in Khartoum
Date: 2014-04-27 11:58:00 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:690116
KHARTOUM, April 27 (MENA) - Sudanese Health Minister Bahar Idris Abu Garda discussed here Sunday with Arab League representative in Khartoum Ambassador Salah Halima cooperation between the two sides in the health sphere. The two officials also ....
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Human Rights Watch urges Yemen to establish 18 as minimum age limit of marriage
Date: 2014-04-27 11:43:21 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:690114
NEW YORK, April 27 (MENA) - Human Rights Watch has urged the Yemeni government to expedite passage of a draft Child Rights Law establishing 18 as Yemen’s minimum marriage age. On April 27, 2014, Legal Affairs Minister Mohammad Makhlafi submitted ....
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7 Iraqi army members killed, injured in suicide bombing in Ramadi
Date: 2014-04-27 10:47:43 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:689992
BAGHDAD, April 27 (MENA) - Two army members were killed and five others injured in a blast of a booby-trapped car targeting a military checkpoint in Ramadi in Anbar governorate, a security source said Sunday. A security force sealed off the area ....
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Egypt's Air Force takes part in "Basic Liasion Drills" 2014
Date: 2014-04-27 09:56:12 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:689855
MANAMA, April 27 (MENA) - A formation of the Egyptian Air Force arrived here on Sunday to take part in the joint air drill, "Basic Liaison 2014", to be conducted by the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF), represented by the Royal Bahrain Air Force (RBAF), ....