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Pompeo defends ceasefire in northern Syria despite reports of fighting
Date: 2019-10-18 18:55:01 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:8151059
WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo forcefully defended the cease-fire agreement the United States brokered in Syria, brushed back accusations that the Kurds were sold out and said, despite reports of fighting, he is ....
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EU Council chief: Syria ceasefire is demand of capitulation of Kurds
Date: 2019-10-18 18:53:10 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:8151060
BRUSSELS, Oct 18 (MENA) - EU Council President Donald Tusk said the "so-called" Syria cease-fire is "a demand of capitulation of the Kurds" and called on Turkey to immediately halt its operation in northern Syria. After EU nations condemned ....
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Israeli occupation closes road for securing settlers' marathon
Date: 2019-10-18 08:08:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:8150242
RAMALLAH, Oct 18 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Friday closed a road between the cities of Ramallah and Nablus for securing a marathon of Israeli settlers. The occupation army announced on Thursday that the closure will continue from 5:00 ....
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Settlers prevent Palestinian farmers in Ramallah from reaping olives crop
Date: 2019-10-18 07:55:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8150228
RAMALLAH, Oct 18 (MENA) - Israeli settlers on Friday prevented residents of Barqa and Beten villages in northeastern Ramallah from reaping the olives crop. Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces attacked the farmers and threw tear gas bombs against ....
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US vice president says ceasefire agreed in Syria
Date: 2019-10-17 19:18:34 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:8149904
WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (MENA) – US Vice President Mike Pence announced Thursday that he and President Erdogan of Turkey agreed to a ceasefire halting Turkey's incursion into northern Syria, CNN reported. The deal appears to secure Turkey most of its ....
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US House speaker: Trump's withdrawal from Syria has given Russia "opportunity"
Date: 2019-10-17 19:17:05 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:8149947
WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (MENA) - US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Thursday that President Donald Trump's "meltdown" a day earlier was spurred by pointed questions about his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria. Pelosi, ....
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Scores of Palestinians suffocated by tear gas fired by Israeli occupation forces in Hebron, Ramallah
Date: 2019-10-17 18:52:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:8149934
RAMALLAH, Oct 17 (MENA) - Scores of Palestinians were suffocated by tear gas fired at them by Israeli occupation forces during confrontations in Beit Amer town in northern Hebron city, southern the West Bank, local sources reported on ....
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Lebanon thanks Egypt and six other states for their support amid wildfires crisis
Date: 2019-10-16 22:32:11 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:96 - ID:8148391
BEIRUT, Oct 16 (MENA) – Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri thanked the states that helped his country during the crisis of the wildfires that ravaged many of its parts. Hariri thanked Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, Jordan, Greece, Italy and ....
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US House approves resolution opposing Trump administration’s Syria troop withdrawal
Date: 2019-10-16 21:19:38 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:91 - ID:8148434
WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (MENA) – The US House of Representatives approved a resolution opposing Donald Trump administration's move to withdraw US forces from Syria. The vote was 354-60 with four members voting present, CNN reported Wednesday. The ....
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OIC deplores Israeli storming of Al Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2019-10-16 16:44:57 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:8147994
JEDDAH, Oct 16 (MENA) - The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned the storming of Al Aqsa Mosque by Israeli settlers accompanied by Minister of Agriculture Uri Ariel under the protection of Israeli police. The OIC ....
