Middle East
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US targets Iran construction sector with new sanctions
Date: 2019-11-01 08:13:09 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:8169788
WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (MENA) - The United States extended its sanctions on Iran by taking aim at its construction sector, which Washington linked to the country's Revolutionary Guards, France 24 channel reported on Friday. The sanctions would also ....
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Israeli occupation forces shell two outposts for Palestinian resistance in Gaza
Date: 2019-10-31 20:48:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:8169601
GAZA CITY, Oct 31 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes and tanks on Thursday shelled two outposts for the Palestinian resistance in northern Gaza Strip, with no casualties reported. Spokesman for the Israeli army said the shelling comes in response to ....
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Israel to bury withheld bodies of Palestinian martyrs in cemetery of numbers
Date: 2019-10-31 20:26:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:8169592
RAMALLAH, Oct 31 (MENA) - Israeli Prosecution on Thursday informed attorney of the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, Mohammad Mahmoud, that they intend to bury the withheld bodies of martyrs Mesbah Abu Sbeih and Fadi Qanbar in what ....
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Arab Parliament supports Palestinian president's invitation for elections
Date: 2019-10-31 15:08:33 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:8169107
CAIRO, Oct 31 (MENA) – The Arab Parliament (AP) expressed its support for the Palestinian president's invitation to hold election, as being a key factor to end internal Palestinian division and strengthen national unity, within the Palestinian ....
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Syrian Constitutional Committee members arrive at UN premises to start work
Date: 2019-10-31 14:38:57 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:8168900
GENEVA, Oct 31 (MENA) - Members of the Syrian Constitutional Committee have arrived at the UN headquarters in Geneva to practically launch the first round of their meetings. The 150-member committee groups delegates representing the government, ....
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Palestinian elections important for ending division: Abul Gheit
Date: 2019-10-31 13:58:26 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:8168965
CAIRO, Oct 31 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit asserted the importance of the Palestinian elections to end the 13-year-old division. This came during Abul Gheit's meeting on Thursday with Member of the Palestine Liberation ....
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SOHR: 25 killed, injured in Aleppo market explosion
Date: 2019-10-31 12:25:33 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:8168451
LONDON, Oct 31 (MENA) - At least 15 people were killed and 10 others variously injured when a booby trapped car went off in a market in northern Aleppo countryside, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). The blast, which ....
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US Middle East envoy says Washington to unveil peace plan ‘at the right time’
Date: 2019-10-31 07:18:39 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:8168345
WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump’s special envoy for the Middle East said Washington’s peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians would be unveiled at a later time given the delay in the Israeli government’s coalition formation ....
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Settlers perform Talmudic rituals at Al Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2019-10-30 11:11:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:8167010
RAMALLAH, Oct 30 (MENA) - Jewish settlers performed Talmudic rituals on Wednesday at Al Aqsa Mosque under the protection of Israeli police. Eyewitnesses said that ten settlers stormed into the mosque, the third holiest Islamic shrine, from Bab Al ....
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AL calls on ICC to hold Israeli officials accountable for massacring Palestinians
Date: 2019-10-29 23:03:52 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:100 - ID:8166391
CAIRO, Oct 29 (MENA) - The Arab League (AL) has called upon all international organizations, especially the International Criminal Court (ICC), to work for bringing to justice all the officials of the Israeli occupation regime who were responsible ....