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Palestinian prisoner continues hunger strike for 100 days
Date: 2019-10-21 09:59:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:8154113
RAMALLAH, Oct 21 (MENA) - Palestinian detainee Ahmad Ghannam, 42, has been on a hunger strike for 100 days demanding an end for his administrative detention in Israel without charge or trial, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said ....
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Trump said to favor leaving few hundred troops in eastern Syria
Date: 2019-10-21 09:06:35 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8154065
WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (MENA) - President Donald Trump is leaning in favor of a new Pentagon plan to keep a small contingent of American troops in eastern Syria, perhaps numbering about 200, to combat Daesh and block the advance of Syrian government and ....
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US troops leaving Syria to go to western Iraq
Date: 2019-10-20 14:26:18 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:8153209
DAMASCUS, Oct 20 (MENA) - All of the nearly 1,000 U.S. troops withdrawing from northern Syria will head to western Iraq to continue the campaign against Daesh militants, NBC reported Sunday quoting Defense Secretary Mark Esper. As Esper left ....
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SDF troops to withdraw from Ras Al Ain - commander
Date: 2019-10-20 11:20:00 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8152779
DAMASCUS, Oct 20 (MENA) - Leading commander in the Syrian Democratic Forces Ridor Khalil said Sunday the troops will withdraw from the border area with Turkey upon the Ankara-Washington agreement. In statements carried by Russia Today, Khalil ....
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More than 16 million children are poorly nourished in Middle East, North Africa
Date: 2019-10-20 10:46:09 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8152756
NEW YORK, Oct 20 (MENA) - More than 16 million children under five years old do not enjoy nutritious food. Nearly 11 million children suffer from chronic or acute malnutrition, including over 7 million stunted children and 3.7 million acutely ....
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400 settlers break into Al-Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2019-10-20 10:19:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8152643
RAMALLAH, Oct 20 (MENA) - About 400 hardcore Jewish settlers, heavily guarded by Israeli police, broke into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday, according to the Islamic Awqaf in Al Quds. It said that the fanatic settlers have been entering the ....
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20 killed in Turkish shelling of Syria's Ras al Ain
Date: 2019-10-20 09:37:53 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:8152540
DAMASCUS, Oct 20 (MENA) - About 20 people were killed in Turkish shelling of the Syrian city of Ras al Ain during the past 24 hours, the vice president of the executive committee of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said. In statements to the ....
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All US troops withdrawing from Syria expected to go to western Iraq: Pentagon chief
Date: 2019-10-20 06:45:24 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:8152402
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that all of the nearly 1,000 troops withdrawing from northern Syria are expected to move to western Iraq to continue the campaign against Daesh militants and "to help defend Iraq," US ....
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Palestinian youth wounded by Israeli fire east of Jabalia refugee camp
Date: 2019-10-19 08:52:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:8151456
GAZA CITY, Oct 19 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth was injured by Israeli fire east of Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip. Local sources said the Israeli occupation forces opened fire at four Palestinian citizens, leaving one of them ....
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Pentagon: US not to partake in Syria's safe zone
Date: 2019-10-18 21:22:27 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:8151151
WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper said the United States will not take part in enforcing the so-called safe zone in northern Syria. During an impromptu Pentagon news conference on Friday, Esper noted that the US is ....
