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Pompeo warns Iran over attacks by 'proxies' in Iraq
Date: 2019-12-14 06:32:22 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:8228823
WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned Iran of a "decisive" response if US interests are harmed in Iraq following rocket attacks on bases used by US troops, according to Radio Free Europe. In a statement, Pompeo ....
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5 Palestinians injured at Gaza borders
Date: 2019-12-13 18:17:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:8228491
GAZA CITY, Dec 13 (MENA) - Five Palestinians were injured on Friday when Israeli soldiers stationed on the border with the Gaza Strip opened fire at thousands of participants in the weekly March of Return peaceful protests, the Palestinian Health ....
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US Senate unanimously passes Armenian genocide bill
Date: 2019-12-12 20:31:17 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:8227751
WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (MENA) - In a stinging rebuke to Turkey, the Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide – marking a shift in U.S. policy despite repeated objections from the Trump administration, USA ....
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Israel admits sending 192 Palestinian children for adoption in Sweden
Date: 2019-12-12 12:52:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:8226940
RAMALLAH, Dec 12 (MENA) - Israel's government has admitted sending 192 Palestinian Muslim children for adoption in Sweden in the period between 1970 and 1990. Arab member of Knesset Ahmed Tibi sent an interpellation to the government asking for ....
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Israeli “Price Tag” gangs spray hate slogans on 1948 village homes
Date: 2019-12-12 10:49:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:8226536
RAMALLAH, Dec 12 (MENA) - The Israeli “Price Tag” gangs damaged tires and sprayed racist slogans in the village of Manshiyat Zabda in the 1948 lands, according to the Palestinian News Network (PNN). The villagers said that they were surprised at ....
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Berlin expresses solidarity with Greece, Cyprus over Libya, Turkey
Date: 2019-12-12 09:40:22 GMT - Cyprus - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:8226545
NICOSIA, Dec 12 (MENA) - A spokeswoman for the German Foreign Ministry on Wednesday expressed Berlin's solidarity with Greece and Cyprus over violations in the Eastern Mediterranean and called on Turkey and Libya to respect the sovereign rights of ....
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East Libyan parl't to file complaint to UN over Turkish plans to send troops to Libya
Date: 2019-12-12 07:20:27 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8226488
BENGHAZI, Dec 12 (MENA) - The parliament, based in eastern Libya, will file a complaint to the United Nations over Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's remarks on a possible deployment of troops to Libya, a chairman of the Libyan parliament's ....
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Israel to hold unprecedented 3rd election in year after Knesset dissolves
Date: 2019-12-12 07:08:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:8226464
RAMALLAH, Dec 12 (MENA) - The Israeli Knesset dissolved itself on Wednesday midnight, sending Israelis to the ballot boxes for the third time this year after both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival Benny Gantz have failed in their ....
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Israeli gunboats open fire at Palestinian fishermen off Gaza shores
Date: 2019-12-11 11:00:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:8225155
GAZA CITY, Dec 11 (MENA) - Israeli gunboats opened fire on Wednesday at Palestinian fishermen off the shores of the Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said the fishermen were sailing in the area where they are allowed to fish. No casualties were ....
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Settlers pelt Palestinian cars with stones
Date: 2019-12-11 10:00:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:8225166
RAMALLAH, Dec 11 (MENA) - Settlers threw stones at Palestinian vehicles near Zaatara town in eastern Bethlehem, damaging a number of them, Palestinian security sources said Wednesday. The sources said citizens' cars were vandalized while crossing ....
