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17 Daesh fighters killed in air raid in Iraq's Anbar
Date: 2015-01-28 16:26:49 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:1845469
Seventeen Daesh militants were killed in an air raid on a convoy in Al Baghdadi district in Anbar province, security sources said on Wednesday. The Daesh three-vehicle convoy was destroyed by an air strike launched by the Iraqi warplanes in ....
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AL chief calls for joint Arab cooperation against terror
Date: 2015-01-28 16:26:17 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:1845461
Arab League (AL) Chief Nabil el Araby called on Wednesday for Arab cooridnation to face the phenomenon of terrorism. During the two-day preparatory meeting grouping senior officials from the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, ....
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Angelina Jolie about Iraq trip, Syrian refugees: "I Was Speechless"
Date: 2015-01-28 13:14:49 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:1843725
Angelina Jolie has called on the international community to help refugees in Syria and Iraq. The Hollywood super star visited a refugee camp near Dohuk, Iraq on Sunday, and wrote about her experiences in an op-ed for The New York Times, in which ....
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Russian FM to meet with Syrian negotiators in Moscow
Date: 2015-01-28 09:53:58 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:1841513
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will have a meeting with representatives of the Syrian opposition and the government, who are in Moscow for consultations on settlement of the conflict in Syria, TASS news agency. The program or purposes of ....
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UN experts urges establishing observatory for human rights activists
Date: 2015-01-27 18:48:12 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:1838561
UN experts called on Tuesday for establishing an Arab observatory for the advocators of the human rights in the region. The appeal was made in the recommendations of a workshop on human rights in Tunisia. The workshop was co-organized by the ....
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Director of Yemeni president office freed
Date: 2015-01-27 18:18:51 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:1837481
Houthi group in Yemen released on Tuesday Dr Ahmed Awad ben Mubarak, the director of Yemeni president's office, who was abducted 11 days ago. Sources said a delegation of Shabwa tribe from which ben Mubarak hailed, received the official on ....
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Kuwaiti emir receives French FM
Date: 2015-01-27 18:04:37 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:1835141
Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al Ahmed al Jaber al Sabah met Tuesday with visiting French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius to discuss means of boosting bilateral ties. Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber al Mubarak al Hamad al Sabah also met with ....
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Algeria, Niger presidents discuss peace in Sahel region
Date: 2015-01-27 17:42:48 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:1838233
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika met on Tuesday with his Niger's counterpart Mahamadou Issoufou. During a press conference, Bouteflika expressed his support for Niger's efforts to bring about peace in the Sahel-Saharan region, especially ....
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Palestine's Abbas praises Egyptian supportive stance
Date: 2015-01-27 16:02:58 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:1837549
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday praised the Egyptian supportive stance on the Palestinian cause. Abbas briefed Fatah Central Committee on results of his recent visit to Egypt and meeting with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. The ....
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Bahrain slams Daesh for killing Japanese hostage
Date: 2015-01-27 15:02:01 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:1836833
The Bahraini Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday strongly condemned "the brutal murder of the Japanese captive Haruna Yukawa by the terrorist organization Daesh". The ministry, in a statement quoted by the kingdom's official news agency, added ....