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Siniora says Arabia to revive political, economic role in Lebanon
Date: 2019-07-17 10:26:31 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8027513
BEIRUT, July 17 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia is ready to refocus attention on Lebanon to revive the political and economic role the kingdom traditionally had, according to senior Lebanese politicians who recently visited Jeddah. "The Saudis are serious ....
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Lavrov: Washington’s muscle-flexing against Iran may create dangerous situation in region
Date: 2019-07-17 09:44:42 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:8027488
MOSCOW, July 17 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Washington’s muscle-flexing against Iran may create a dangerous situation where the US will be responsible for any catastrophic consequences in the Middle East region, TASS news ....
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Lebanese minister: our labor measures do not target Paestinians
Date: 2019-07-16 14:16:34 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:8026582
BEIRUT, July 16 (MENA) - Lebanese Labor Minister Kamil Abu Suleiman has said the plan of organizing the work of foreign labor and combating illegal laborers does not target Palestinians inside Lebanon. In statements Tuesday, the Lebanese minister ....
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Israel arrests 11 Palestinians in WB
Date: 2019-07-16 11:33:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:8026289
RAMALLAH, July 16 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained on Tuesday 11 Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank. In a statement on Tuesday, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said five Palestinians were arrested in Jenin, two in each Ramallah and ....
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Palestinian young man injured by Israeli forces in Tulkarm
Date: 2019-07-16 10:28:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:8026175
RAMALLAH, July 16 (MENA) - A Palestinian young man was seriously injured in the West Bank city of Tulkarm when Israeli forces opened fire claiming that a car was trying to hit an Israeli soldier. The young man, who received bullets in the chest, ....
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Palestinian foreign ministry calls for launching int'l probe into death of Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jail
Date: 2019-07-16 10:02:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:8026097
RAMALLAH, July 16 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates called for launching an international investigation into the death of Palestinian prisoner Nassar Taqatqa, 31, who died while in solitary confinement in the ....
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IRAN VP says EU has to put pressure on US not Iran
Date: 2019-07-16 09:18:45 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8026052
TEHRAN, July 16 (MENA) - European states have to put pressure on the US to give up arbitrary sanctions against Iran rather than pressure Iran, First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri said on Tuesday. Speaking at a conference in Tehran, Jahangiri ....
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Palestinian prisoner dies in solitary confinement in Israeli jail
Date: 2019-07-16 07:31:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8025865
RAMALLAH, July 16 (MENA) - Head of the prisoners and ex-prisoner affairs committee, Major General Qadri Abu Bakr, announced the death of Nassar Taqatqa while in solitary confinement in the Israeli prison of Nitzan in Al-Ramle district, the Palestine ....
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EU agrees sanctions against Turkey for drilling off Cyprus
Date: 2019-07-15 21:36:08 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:90 - ID:8025773
BRUSSELS, July 15 (MENA) - European Union officials on Monday agreed political and financial sanctions against Turkey after Ankara went ahead with drilling operations off Cyprus despite repeated warnings, France 24 reported. "The conclusions on ....
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Palestinians lose $270 mn annually due to Israeli movement and travel restrictions in West Bank
Date: 2019-07-15 14:05:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:8024815
RAMALLAH, July 15 (MENA) - A study conducted by the Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem (ARIJ) shows that Palestinians lose 60 million hours a year due to restrictions imposed by the Israeli occupation on movement of citizens between the cities ....
