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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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, ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....