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2 IRGC forces killed in clash with Kurdish group in Iran
Date: 2019-07-03 05:56:51 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:8007463
TEHRAN, July 3 (MENA) - Two local forces of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps have been killed in clashes with an armed Kurdish group in Iran’s northwestern province of West Azarbaijan. The IRGC said in a statement that the confrontation took ....
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Arab parliament chief deplores Israeli opening of tunnel in Jerusalem
Date: 2019-07-02 14:13:02 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:8006467
AMMAN, July 2 (MENA) - President of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union Atef Tarawneh has denounced the inauguration of a tunnel dug by Israel underneath the occupied Palestinian town of Silwan south of Al Aqsa Mosque. Tarawneh described the step ....
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Israeli forces apprehend 29 Palestinians in WB
Date: 2019-07-02 13:05:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:8006451
RAMALLAH, July 2 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained Tuesday 29 Palestinians from several areas in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, including seven Birzeit University students, according to a statement by the Palestinian Prisoner's Society ....
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Supreme Iranian leader appoints new military commanders
Date: 2019-07-02 12:28:19 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:8006496
TEHRAN, July 2 (MENA) - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei issued two separate decrees on Tuesday appointing new deputy chief of staff of the armed forces and the new commander of Basij (volunteer forces) ....
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OIC strongly condemns Israeli inauguration of "pilgrimage road" tunnel
Date: 2019-07-02 11:42:29 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:8006285
RIYADH, July 2 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned the inauguration of the "pilgrimage road" tunnel dug by Israel underneath the occupied Palestinian town of Silwan south of Al Aqsa Mosque. In a statement on ....
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Israel banned azan 294 times in 6 months at Ibrahimi Mosque
Date: 2019-07-02 09:44:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8006116
RAMALLAH, July 2 (MENA) - Israel prohibited the Muslim call to prayer 294 times at a historical mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron over the past six months. In a statement released on Tuesday, the Palestinian Religious Endowments ....
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Turkey orders arrest of 82 military personnel over suspected Gulen links
Date: 2019-07-02 09:17:55 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8006060
ANKARA, July 2 (MENA) - Turkey has ordered the arrest of 82 military personnel over suspected links to the network accused by Ankara of carrying out an attempted coup in 2016, Euronews said on Tuesday. Ankara blames U.S.-based Muslim cleric ....
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Egypt's Mufti condemns Israel's opening of tunnel in Jerusalem
Date: 2019-07-02 09:12:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8006074
CAIRO, July 2 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam condemned on Tuesday Israel's opening of the so-called "road of pilgrims" tunnel which runs from the town of Silwan in the occupied city of Jerusalem towards Al Aqsa Mosque. In a statement ....
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Number of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike rises to 11
Date: 2019-07-02 09:01:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8006062
RAMALLAH, July 2 (MENA) - Three Palestinian prisoners commenced a hunger strike Monday night, bringing the total number of detainees joining the campaign to 11. The hunger strike is the Palestinian prisoners' way to protest administrative ....
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White House: 'Little doubt' Iran was enriching uranium under Obama administration's watch
Date: 2019-07-02 07:08:49 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:8005940
WASHINGTON, July 2 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has said that Iran is "playing with fire," hours after the country effectively acknowledged that it was violating the terms of the 2015 multinational nuclear accord and threatened to pursue ....
