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Iraqi security arrests 4 Daesh terrorists in Mosul
Date: 2019-09-03 11:18:28 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:8088458
BAGHDAD, Sept 3 (MENA) - Iraq's Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday it arrested four Daesh elements in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate. Three of the arrested terrorists were fighters at the so-called Diwan al Jund while Daesh was controlling ....
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Houthi militants tapped absence of accountability for int'l law breaches: observers
Date: 2019-09-03 11:04:28 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:8088408
GENEVA, Sept 3 (MENA) - Houthi militants and their affiliate popular committees have exploited the absence of accountability for breaches of international human rights laws, the UN team set up to monitor violations in Yemen said on Tuesday. In ....
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Palestinian report: 12 Palestinians killed, 450 detained in August
Date: 2019-09-03 11:02:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:8088270
RAMALLAH, Sept 3 (MENA) - The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)'s Abdullah Hourani Center for Studies and Documentation said Israel killed 12 Palestinians, including a child, in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in August. According to the ....
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Israeli forces detain 22 Palestinians from WB
Date: 2019-09-03 10:31:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:8088404
RAMALLAH, Sept 3 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces detained Tuesday 22 Palestinians during crackdowns on their homes in the occupied West Bank, mostly from Hebron area, Wafa news quoted the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) as saying on ....
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Prisoners call off hunger strike in Israeli prison a day after starting it
Date: 2019-09-03 07:26:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8088154
RAMALLAH, Sept 3 (MENA) - More than 200 Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli jail of Rimon ended Tuesday their hunger strike that they started yesterday in protest against installation of jamming devices in the prison, which they fear cause cancer, ....
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Japan won't join US-led maritime coalition but may send MSDF to gulf separately
Date: 2019-09-03 07:07:19 GMT - Japan - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8088125
TOKYO, Sept 3 (MENA) - Japan will not join a US-led security mission to protect merchant vessels passing through key Middle Eastern waterways, but will consider deploying its naval force independently, The Japan Times reported Tuesday. Though the ....
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Lebanon slams Turkish response to Aoun's speech
Date: 2019-09-02 17:01:02 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:8087688
BEIRUT, Sept 2 (MENA) - The Lebanese Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Ministry deplored Monday the statement issued by the Turkish Foreign Ministry in response to President Michel Aoun’s address marking the start of the first centenary of the ....
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Russian envoy to ME, Israeli amb. mull Lebanese-Israeli tensions
Date: 2019-09-02 13:59:55 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:8087391
MOSCOW, Sept 2 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Representative for the Middle East and Africa Mikhail Bogdanov and Israeli Ambassador to Russia Gary Koren discussed the recent tensions on the Lebanese-Israeli border, the Russian ....
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China appoints new Middle East special envoy
Date: 2019-09-02 13:45:25 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:8087386
BEIJING, Sept 2 (MENA) - Senior diplomat Zhai Jun has been appointed as China's new special envoy for Middle East affairs, State news agency Xinhua quoted Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang as saying on Monday. Zhai, who served as ....
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Israeli settlers storm into Al Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2019-09-02 13:03:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:8087167
RAMALLAH, Sept 2 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers stormed Monday Al Aqsa mosque, through al Maghariba gate, guarded by Israeli occupation forces. As many as 102 settlers broke into the holy mosque in successive groups since the morning, ....
