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  • Iraq, Canada hold military talks

    Iraq, Canada hold military talks

    Date: 2017-08-23 13:12:51 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:6958160

    Iraqi Defense Minister Erfan al Hayali had talks on Wednesday with Canadian Armed Forces Chief of Defense Staff Jonathan Vance on means of enhancing bilateral cooperation. The talks tackled means of offering military support for the Iraqi ....

  • Lebanon, Russia in talks over fighting Daesh

    Lebanon, Russia in talks over fighting Daesh

    Date: 2017-08-23 12:33:01 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:6958019

    Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu discussed on Wednesday with his Lebanese counterpart Yacoub Sarraf the Russian support of Lebanon in face of Daesh terrorist group. On Saturday, the Lebanese army began a broad military operation dubbed ....

  • Lebanese security detains Syrian belonging to Daesh

    Lebanese security detains Syrian belonging to Daesh

    Date: 2017-08-23 12:30:58 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:6958007

    The Lebanese security authority arrested Wednesday a Syrian on charges of belonging to Daesh terrorist group and working with it to recruit people to fight with the group. The arrested confessed to all charges against him as he established ....

  • Five killed, dozens injured in suicide bombing in Afghanistan

    Five killed, dozens injured in suicide bombing in Afghanistan

    Date: 2017-08-23 10:50:12 GMT - Afghanistan - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:6957847

    At least five people were killed and 38 wounded when a suicide attacker detonated a car bomb near a police headquarters in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Wednesday, officials said as quoted by ABC news. The explosion struck a crowd of ....

  • Former Libyan prime minister released after being 'kidnapped in Tripoli'

    Former Libyan prime minister released after being 'kidnapped in Tripoli'

    Date: 2017-08-23 10:18:04 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:6957587

    Former prime minister of Libya has been released after being held for a week by an armed group linked to the country’s UN-backed government, sources said. Ali Zeidan, 61, had not been seen since the evening of August 13 as he was detained by ....

  • Iraqi forces tell Daesh militants to choose either surrender or die

    Iraqi forces tell Daesh militants to choose either surrender or die

    Date: 2017-08-23 09:28:25 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:6957655

    Iraqi government forces used loudspeakers to tell Daesh militants in Iraq's Tal Afar city to choose either to surrender or die. Iraqi field sources said on Wednesday that Daesh militants are panicked and fled to the city's center. On Tuesday, ....

  • Fierce clashes renew between SDF, Daesh militants in Raqqa

    Fierce clashes renew between SDF, Daesh militants in Raqqa

    Date: 2017-08-23 08:58:41 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:6957700

    Fierce clashes renewed on Wednesday between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Daesh militants in Raqqa, the main stronghold of the militant group in Syria, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The clashes erupted after ....

  • Bahrain calls for filing international lawsuit against Qatar

    Bahrain calls for filing international lawsuit against Qatar

    Date: 2017-08-23 07:25:54 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6957531

    A call to file an international lawsuit against the Government of Qatar for its subversive role in Bahrain has resonated with the country's lawmakers, BNA reported Tuesday. MPs have announced a parliamentary and official action to prepare a ....

  • Israeli settlers storm Aqsa Mosque

    Israeli settlers storm Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2017-08-22 11:13:51 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:6956361

    Israeli settlers stormed on Tuesday the precincts of Al Aqsa Mosque under strict security by Israeli elite forces. The Awqaf Ministry in Al Quds said that the storming operations took place from Al Maghareba Gate where the settlers conducted ....

  • AL chief lauds Cairo statement on activating Arab peace initiative

    AL chief lauds Cairo statement on activating Arab peace initiative

    Date: 2017-08-22 10:22:05 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:6956215

    Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit on Tuesday welcomed a statement issued by the foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan and Palestine after a Cairo meeting earlier this week. The statement by the three top diplomats called for activating ....

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