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Scores of settlers storm al Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2019-10-15 08:55:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:8145454
RAMALLAH, Oct 15 (MENA) - Dozens of Israeli settlers forced their way into al Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday to mark the second day of Sukkot Jewish holiday amid tightened security measures imposed by the Israeli occupation forces. Earlier in the day, ....
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SOHR: 135 SDF elements, 122 pro-Turkish fighters killed in northern Syria
Date: 2019-10-15 08:23:04 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8145359
LONDON, Oct 15 (MENA) - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said that 135 elements from the Syrian Democratic Forces and 122 pro-Turkish forces were killed since the beginning of the Turkish onslaught in northern Syria last week. Al ....
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UN: Turkish forces in Syria displaced 160,000 civilians
Date: 2019-10-15 07:39:23 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8145355
NEW YORK, Oct 15 (MENA) - The Turkish military offensive in Syria has displaced at least 160,000 civilians, the UN secretary general said on Monday in a statement urging an “immediate de-escalation.” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “is gravely ....
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Efforts to prevent Syria-Turkey clashes over Ankara's offensive: Moscow
Date: 2019-10-15 07:13:09 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:8145324
MOSCOW, Oct 15 (MENA) - Efforts are being made to prevent direct clashes between Turkey and Syria over Ankara's ongoing offensive in Syria's north, Sputnik news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov as saying on ....
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US imposes sanctions on Turkey over Syria offensive
Date: 2019-10-14 23:33:16 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:8145223
WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (MENA) - The U.S. has imposed new sanctions against Turkish officials and institutions over the country's incursion into northern Syria, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Vice President Mike Pence announced outside the White ....
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Trump says he’ll issue executive order to impose sanctions against Turkey
Date: 2019-10-14 21:26:26 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:8145188
WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (MENA) - President Donald Trump announced Monday that he would “soon” issue an executive order to authorize sanctions against the highest levels of the Turkish government, as the situation on the ground in northern Syria ....
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UN: 160,000 people displaced due to Turkish offensive in Syria
Date: 2019-10-14 18:24:27 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:8144990
NEW YORK, Oct 14 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for an immediate de-escalation of the fighting which has generated many civilian casualties and displaced up to 160,000 people in Syria in less than a week. “He also notes ....
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Palestinian detainee on hunger strike for 93 days, says group
Date: 2019-10-14 11:05:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:8144215
RAMALLAH, Oct 14 (MENA) - A Palestinian detainee held in Israeli prisons has been on hunger strike for 93 consecutive days demanding his release from administrative detention, WAFA quoted the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) as having said ....
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Israel arrests Palestinian preventive security director, five youths
Date: 2019-10-14 09:25:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:8144028
RAMALLAH, Oct 14 (MENA) - Israel arrested on Monday Director of the Palestinian Preventive Security in Jerusalem Said Atari and five youths from Al-Aqsa Mosque precincts, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. Eyewitnesses said Israeli forces ....
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Israel evacuates worshippers from praying area of Bab al-Rahma
Date: 2019-10-14 09:07:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8143866
RAMALLAH, Oct 14 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces evacuated on Monday Palestinian worshippers from the praying area of Bab al-Rahma in Al-Aqsa Mosque complex. In the wee hours of Monday, the Israeli occupation police evacuated the worshippers ....
