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Israeli troops arrest Palestinian girl in Hebron
Date: 2019-12-08 08:32:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8220534
RAMALLAH, Dec 8 (MENA) - Israeli forces held on Sunday a Palestinian girl at a military checkpoint near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron, under the pretext of possessing a knife. Palestinian sources said the 14-year-old Afnan ....
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Israeli warplanes raid Gaza Strip
Date: 2019-12-08 05:56:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:8220445
GAZA CITY, Dec 8 (MENA) - Israeli war jets carried out a number of air strikes over Gaza Strip hours after two rockets landed in settlements surrounding the enclave, Palestinian sources said. The raids targeted Palestinian resistance positions in ....
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Iranian soldier shoots 3 policemen to death
Date: 2019-12-07 22:32:04 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:8220309
TEHRAN, Dec 7 (MENA) - An Iranian soldier has shot three policemen to death in the country’s south, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. The incident took place at a police station near the port city of Bandar Lengeh, some 1,000 kilometers, ....
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OHCHR calls on Iran to address multiple human rights violations in context of recent protests
Date: 2019-12-06 12:05:07 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8218690
GENEVA, Dec 6 (MENA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet expressed alarm at the continuing lack of transparency about casualties and the treatment of thousands of detainees, as well as continuing arrests reported to be taking ....
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11 killed, 42 injured in gas explosion at wedding in western Iran
Date: 2019-12-06 09:37:06 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8218415
TEHRAN, Dec 6 (MENA) - Eleven people were killed and 42 others injured in a gas explosion at a wedding hall in Iran’s western province of Kurdistan on Thursday night, Iranian news agency Tasnim reported on Friday. In remarks late on Thursday, the ....
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Palestine expresses ‘great concern’ over ICC Prosecutor’s annual report
Date: 2019-12-05 19:15:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:8218105
RAMALLAH, Dec 5 (MENA) – The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has expressed 'great concern’ over the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda’s Annual Report on Preliminary Examination Activities in the Situation in Palestine, WAFA ....
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Esper: US to keep 600 soldiers in Syria
Date: 2019-12-05 10:09:35 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8217039
WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Thursday that his country will keep some 600 troops in Syria after it announced the completion of military pullback in northeast the conflict-wrecked country, according to Sky ....
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Fresh intelligence points to Iranian threat against US forces and interests in Middle East, officials say
Date: 2019-12-04 10:18:14 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8215506
WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (MENA) - There is fresh intelligence of a potential Iranian threat against US forces and interests in the Middle East, CNN quoted several US defense and administration officials as saying. "There has been consistent intelligence ....
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Israeli settlers raze lands near Nablus, three Palestinians injured in Qalqiliya
Date: 2019-12-04 07:59:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:8215418
RAMALLAH, Dec 4 (MENA) - Bulldozers of Israeli settlers Wednesday razed Palestinian-owned lands in the village of Burin, to the south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, Wafa news agency reported quoting local sources as saying. Ghassan ....
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China supports Palestinian people in restoring legitimate national rights, appreciates Egypt active mediation
Date: 2019-12-04 06:18:57 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:8215358
BEIJING, Dec 4 (MENA) - China's UN ambassador has voiced support for the Palestinian people in efforts to restore their legitimate national rights. At a General Assembly debate on the question of Palestine, China's Permanent Representative to the ....
