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After military raid, India looks at more ways to pressure Pakistan

After military raid, India looks at more ways to pressure Pakistan

Sep 30, – In a rare public acknowledgement, Indian officials said teams of elite troops crossed the de facto border dividing the nuclear-armed rivals in the Himalayan state, killing several militants it believed were planning to attack major cities. Beyond Thursday’s raid by Indian special forces into Pakistan’s side of divided Kashmir, New Delhi is […]

September 30, 2016 | By | Reply More
Suicide bombers attack Yemeni army checkpoints, killing 10

Suicide bombers attack Yemeni army checkpoints, killing 10

July  18, – Al Qaeda’s Yemeni branch claimed responsibility for the attacks near the capital of Hadramout province on the Gulf of Aden, the latest in a series of bombings since forces loyal to Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, backed by troops from the United Arab Emirates, drove out the Islamist militants from the city […]

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Heavy rain kills six in Oman, UAE- media

Heavy rain kills six in Oman, UAE- media

Mar 10, – Omani police on Thursday found one body that had been swept away in a flash flood in the northern district of Nizwa, and another in a car that sank into the mud in a flooded valley in the northwestern area of Al-Buraimi, the Shabiba daily reported. Torrential rain in northern Oman and […]

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Saudi-led coalition jets kill 20 at a wake in Yemen- residents

Saudi-led coalition jets kill 20 at a wake in Yemen- residents

Sep 06, – The air strikes targeted troops loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, an ally of the Houthis, across the country and hit a Houthi base in what was the al-Imam University, a religious school in northern Sanaa, locals said. Jets belonging to a Saudi-led coalition killed at least 20 people at a […]

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Toll from Yemen rebel attack rises as 10 Saudi troops killed

Toll from Yemen rebel attack rises as 10 Saudi troops killed

Sep 05, – It was the first public acknowledgement by the Saudis that they have ground troops in Yemen, where they lead a coalition targeting Shiite rebels known as Houthis and their allies. Saudi Arabia’s military said Saturday that 10 of its troops were killed in a rebel missile strike a day earlier in Yemen, […]

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Rebel rockets kill 14 civilians in Yemen city- medics

Rebel rockets kill 14 civilians in Yemen city- medics

Aug 24, – The bodies of those killed, including seven women and four children, were taken overnight to the morgue at a public hospital in Taez, said the medical officials. Iran-backed rebels in Yemen fired rockets into a residential district of Taez, killing 14 civilians, mostly women and children, officials said Monday, as battles raged […]

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Saudi Arabia delivers arms to Aden airport, first landing at airport in months

Saudi Arabia delivers arms to Aden airport, first landing at airport in months

Jul 22, – “This marks the start of the airport operation,” Yemen’s Transport Minister Badr Basalma said at the airport on Wednesday, according to the Saudi-owned broadcaster Al Arabiya television. “Planes carrying humanitarian assistance are expected to arrive at the airport in the coming two days.” A Saudi Arabian military aircraft carrying arms for pro-government […]

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Saudi soldier killed in Yemen border clash

Saudi soldier killed in Yemen border clash

Apr 18, – The soldier is the seventh to die since coalition aircraft on March 26 began air strikes in Yemen to stop a southern advance by Iran-backed Huthi rebels. Fighting along Saudi Arabia’s border with Yemen has killed a soldier from the kingdom, the Saudi-led coalition spokesman said on Saturday. Brigadier General Ahmed al-Assiri […]

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Democratic reforms in Gulf and Arab nations

Democratic reforms in Gulf and Arab nations

Oct 05, –  A look at democratic reform efforts in Arab and Gulf nations since the Arab Spring erupted in December 2010: SAUDI ARABIA Saudi women were allowed this year for the first time in the Shura Council, an advisory body, and women will for the first time be allowed to vote and run in […]

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Emirati Man dies of Mers-Coronavirus in UAE: WHO

Emirati Man dies of Mers-Coronavirus in UAE: WHO

Aug 30, – Geneva/Abu Dhabi: An Emirati with a previously confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (Mers-CoV) has died, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. The 82-year-old Emirati, who had been undergoing chemotherapy for the last two years, was the first death from Mers coronavirus confirmed in the UAE. The world health body’s report […]

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