Middle East & North Africa Archives

IRAQ-CONFLICT: Some 140 Iraqis died in past 24 hours

A total of 140 Iraqis have been killed and more than 350 injured in the past 24 hours according to figures released today by Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf.

IRAQ-CONFLICT: Twenty-two injured US servicemen arrive at hospital in

By IPS Correspondents

A US plane arrived here today with 22 injured US personnel from the Iraq war.

IRAQ-CONFLICT: UAE on humanitarian mission in Baghdad

By IPS Correspondents

A delegation from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Red Crescent Society (RCS) is currently here to see to the implementation of four emergency humanitarian projects to help alleviate the sufferings of the Iraqi people in their present predicament.

IRAQ-CONFLICT: Leave aid to experts, says UAE daily

By IPS Correspondents

A United Arab Emirates (UAE) newspaper today commented on the humanitarian situation of the war-hit Iraqis and the suffering of the civilian population.

IRAQ-CONFLICT: Aid ship’s entry into Umm Qasr port delayed

By IPS Correspondents

A first seaborne delivery of aid to southern Iraq through the port of Umm Qasr has been delayed by 24 hours until Friday, a British military spokesman said on Thursday.

MIDDLE EAST: Third Palestinian security man martyred

By IPS Correspondents

A third Palestinian security man fell martyr in Beit Lahya, northern Gaza Strip, when an Israeli Apache helicopter shelled a Palestinian security centre earlier today, Radio Israel said.

IRAQ-CONFLICT: Cities come under heavy bombing

By IPS Correspondents

Iraqi capital Baghdad came under coalition heavy bombardment in the past few hours where big explosions echoed throughout the capital.

MIDDLE EAST: Israeli air strike kills three in Gaza

By IPS Correspondents

An Israeli Apache attack helicopters fired two missiles at a Palestinian police post near the border dividing Beit Hanoon and Israeli territory, killing three Palestinian policemen and wounding four others.

IRAQ-CONFLICT: Intensive air raids on Basra

By IPS Correspondents

Al-Jazeerah satellite television said early this morning that there were intensive air raids on Basra, including nearby Abu al Khasib.

MIDDLE EAST: Palestinian activists from Islamic Jihad and Hamas arrested

By IPS Correspondents

Two Palestinian activists from Islamic Jihad Movement in Bethlehem were arrested by the Israeli occupation forces, a spokesman for the Israeli occupation army said today.

IRAQ-CONFLICT: Scores of US Marines injured in Nasiriyah

By IPS Correspondents

Tens of US Marines were injured by friendly fire they near the Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, southern Iraq, Al Jazeerah satellite TV channel said in an urgent dispatch from Iraq. (QNA)

IRAQ-CONFLICT: Eight loud explosions in outskirts of Baghdad

By IPS Correspondents

The Iraqi capital came under heavy US-UK shelling early this morning and eight loud explosions were heard a short while ago in the outskirts of Baghdad.

IRAQ-CONFLICT: US says Russian sales of military equipment could harm ties

By IPS Correspondents

US Secretary of State Colin Powell said last night it would be a "major difficulty" in the US-Russian relationship if Moscow failed to stop private Russian firms from selling Iraq military equipment.

IRAQ-CONFLICT: Two British soldiers killed near Basra

By IPS Correspondents

Two British soldiers were killed near Basra after their tank was hit by mistake by another British tank, British military officials told the BBC radio today. (QNA)

IRAQ-CONFLICT: Kuwait prevents reporters from entering Iraq

By IPS Correspondents

The Kuwaiti government prevented reporters of dailies and other information media from entering the lands under the control of invaders in Kuwaiti soil.

IRAQ-CONFLICT: Western media reports on fall of Umm Qasr rejected

By IPS Correspondents

Iraqi Information Minister Mohammad Said as-Sahaf has rejected western media reports that Umm Qasr had fallen.

IRAQ-CONFLICT: Israeli-made missiles fired at Baghdad

By IPS Correspondents

Military officials here on Wednesday stressed that several of the missiles hitting the Iraqi capital over the past days were Israeli-made ones.

IRAQ-CONFLICT: Two US tanks destroyed and 15 people killed in Baghdad

By IPS Correspondents

Al Jazeerah satellite TV channel correspondent has said that Iraqi units are now encircling 12 US tanks at a bridge in An-Nasiriyah area.

IRAQ-CONFLICT: NAM calls on UN Security Council to convene emergency meeting

By IPS Correspondents

Indonesia's formal request for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has received a major boost from the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries.