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UNICEF: Nearly 15 million children are out of school in ME, North Africa
Date: 2019-08-08 16:01:42 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:8057848
NEW YORK, Aug 8 (MENA) - The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has warned that nearly 15 million children are out of school due to a combination of poverty, discrimination, poor quality learning, violence in schools and ....
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OIC condemns Israel's decision to build new settlement units
Date: 2019-08-08 14:21:42 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:8057584
RIYADH, Aug 8 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned Thursday Israel's decision to endorse a plan for building new 2,300 settlement units in the occupied Palestinian territories. OIC Secretary General Yousef Al-Othaimeen ....
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Israeli occupation forces step up military measures in Hebron
Date: 2019-08-08 13:45:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:8057321
RAMALLAH, Aug 8 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces stepped up military measures on Thursday in areas northern Hebron and streets leading to Bethlehem city in southern West Bank. The occupation forces set up several military roadblocks at the ....
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Syria categorically rejects US-Turkish agreement on so-called “safe zone”
Date: 2019-08-08 10:04:09 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:8057154
DAMASCUS, Aug 8 (MENA) - Syria expressed categorical rejection of the agreement which was announced by the US and Turkish occupations on establishing the so-called "safe zone", affirming that it constitutes a flagrant aggression against Syria’s ....
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Palestinian Foreign Ministry denounces Israeli decisions banning activities in Al Quds
Date: 2019-08-07 13:37:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:8056050
RAMALLAH, Aug 7 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday denounced decisions by Israeli Minister of Public Security Gilad Erdan banning Palestinian charity and cultural activities in occupied Al Quds city considering them as acts of ....
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Israeli occupation forces arrest 15 Palestinians in WB
Date: 2019-08-07 12:34:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:8055998
RAMALLAH, Aug 7 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested on Wednesday 15 Palestinians from the West Bank. According to a statement by the Palestinian Prisoner Club, five Palestinians were detained from Bethlehem and four from Al Quds including ....
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Israeli settlers storm into Al Aqsa mosque
Date: 2019-08-07 11:10:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:8055612
RAMALLAH, Aug 7 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers stormed Wednesday morning Al Aqsa mosque, through al Maghariba gate, under tight protection of the Israeli occupation forces. As many as 100 settlers broke into the holy mosque in successive ....
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Brazil court rejects Turkey’s extradition request for businessman
Date: 2019-08-07 06:09:37 GMT - Brazil - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:8055369
BRASILIA, Aug 7 (MENA) - Brazil’s highest court has rejected a request to extradite a Turkish citizen accused by Ankara of terrorism, saying the man would not be guaranteed a fair trial, The Sun Daily reported Wednesday. The unanimous decision by ....
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8 civilians killed, wounded in terrorist shelling in Hama countryside
Date: 2019-08-06 12:31:38 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:8054202
DAMASCUS, Aug 6 (MENA) - In a new breach of the de-escalation zone agreement in Idlib, terrorist organizations fired a number of rocket shells on the villages of Jourin, al-Jeed and Salimou in Hama northern countryside, SANA reported Tuesday. A ....
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UN voices concern over renewed fighting in Idlib
Date: 2019-08-06 12:16:49 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:8054236
GENEVA, Aug 6 (MENA) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Tuesday expressed deep concern over the situation in Idlib and its surroundings after the renewal of fighting in the area in northwestern ....
