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Dozens killed, injured in Syria clashes
Date: 2015-02-07 07:38:42 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:1911129
Dozens of Syrian people were killed, including 29 soldiers, in clashes between the Syrian Army and the armed opposition. At least four people were killed when a barrel bomb fell on Idleb, activists at the Syrian opposition said, according to Sky ....
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9 MB members nabbed in Damietta
Date: 2015-02-06 19:03:03 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:1909957
Damietta police on Friday arrested nine members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group. Six of the arrestees are wanted by the prosecution while the three others were nabbed in possession of slogans that instigate violence and riots. The ....
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Merkel pledges economic aid for Iraq alongside military aid
Date: 2015-02-06 19:01:10 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:1909949
German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged greater support for Iraq and Turkey in the fight against Daesh as the Iraqi prime minister announced that the liberation of his country’s second-largest city would come “soon.” “We have decided to support a ....
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Kuwaiti interior min. urges ruling family members to hand in unlicensed firearms
Date: 2015-02-06 18:51:15 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:1909913
Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah sent a written invitation to the Amiri Diwan to ask members of the ruling family to hand in any unlicensed firearms or ammunition in their possession ....
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Tunisian president receives US congressional delegation
Date: 2015-02-06 18:45:08 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:1909889
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi held a meeting Friday with a visiting US congressional delegation led by Senator John McCain. The US congressman voiced optimism of Tunisia's transition to democracy, saying that Tunisia will be a good ....
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Jordan's king vows 'relentless' war against terrorism
Date: 2015-02-05 19:35:19 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:1904705
Jordan's King Abdullah II has vowed that his country would fight a "relentless" war against the jihadist group after the murder of one of his air-force pilots, The Independent reported Thursday. As he arrived back in the capital, Amman, after ....
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Saudi king meets GCC health ministers
Date: 2015-02-05 19:32:23 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:1904677
Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud met on Thursday with the Ministers of Health of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for Arab States participating in the 78th Conference of the Council of Ministers of Health being held in Riyadh, the ....
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Iraqi president calls for int'l cooperation to eliminate Daesh terrorism
Date: 2015-02-05 11:31:03 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:1900649
Iraqi President Fuad Masum called for greater cooperation among world countries in order to eliminate the threat of Daesh. The heinous crime committed by Daesh against the Jordanian pilot Muaz al Kasasbeh is part of the endless crimes committed ....
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Iraqi PM to lift night curfew in Baghdad on Saturday
Date: 2015-02-05 09:14:04 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:1899221
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi decided on Thursday to lift the night curfew in Baghdad as of Saturday. Al Abadi took the decision to alleviate the suffering of Iraqi citizens, according to a press statement released by the Information ....
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Jordan denies king 's participation in air raids against Daesh
Date: 2015-02-05 09:13:28 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:1899213
Jordan denied reports that King Abdullah II was personally taking part in air raids launched against Daesh militant group. Speaking to Al Ghad newspaper out Thursday, Jordanian Minister of State for Media Affairs Mohamed Mo'omani said reports ....