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Turkey expelled from Coalition’s air-tasking order in Syria: Pentagon
Date: 2019-10-08 06:22:15 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:8135341
WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (MENA) - The Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) has pulled Turkey off the air tasking order and stopped the ISR feed, Radio Sawa reported. Pentagon Spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Carla Gleason announced that US has closed ....
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EU calls on Astana parties to put end to conflict, protect civilians in northern Syria
Date: 2019-10-07 14:43:28 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:8134535
BRUSSELS, Oct 7 (MENA) - The European Union (EU) has called on Astana guarantors including Turkey to make intensified efforts "to put an end to the conflict, protect the civilians and to ensure unhindered humanitarian aid" in northern Syria. Maja ....
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Trump: It is time to get out of endless wars
Date: 2019-10-07 14:01:05 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:8134621
WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump defended US withdrawal from northern Syria, saying it is time for us to get out of these ridiculous endless wars. "We will fight where it is to our benefit and only fight to win. Turkey, ....
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Palestinian youth succumbs to injuries in northern Gaza
Date: 2019-10-07 13:30:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:8134610
GAZA CITY, Oct 7 (MENA) - A 21-year-old Palestinian youth, injured by Israeli troops during a peaceful demonstration in the northern Gaza strip a few months ago, succumbed to his injuries on Monday, a Palestinian medical source said. Israeli ....
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Scores of Jewish settlers storm Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2019-10-07 11:55:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:8134319
RAMALLAH, Oct 7 (MENA) - Scores of Jewish settlers on Monday forced their way into Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, according to Palestinian Awqaf Department and Aqsa Affairs Director General Sheikh Azzam el Khateeb. As many as 117 ....
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16 Palestinians arrested in W.Bank
Date: 2019-10-07 11:48:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:8134228
RAMALLAH, Oct 7 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested 16 Palestinian citizens in different parts of the West Bank. In a statement on Monday, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said that the Palestinians were arrested in Anabta town in Tulkarm, ....
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Palestinian Foreign Ministry: Israeli crimes in al Quds cross red lines
Date: 2019-10-07 08:43:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8134007
RAMALLAH, Oct 7 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry slammed Israel's latest attack on al Quds hospital and the Aqsa Mosque as dangerous escalation. In a statement on Monday, the ministry said Israel has crossed all red lines by these ....
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US troops to withdraw from northern Syria ahead of Turkish incursion
Date: 2019-10-07 08:19:44 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:8133933
WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (MENA) - The White House indicated that US forces will withdraw from northern Syria in advance of an expected incursion of Turkish forces in the region that could spark fighting with American-backed Kurds, in what officials believe ....
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Injuries among Palestinians as settlers storm Joseph’s Tomb near Nablus
Date: 2019-10-07 08:09:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:8133977
RAMALLAH, Oct 7 (MENA) – Seven Palestinians were injured by Israeli gunfire Sunday morning as hundreds of Israeli settlers forced their way into Joseph’s Tomb in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, the Palestinian news agency WAFA ....
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Turkish actions in Cyprus’ EEZ 'unacceptable' says US amb. to Cyprus
Date: 2019-10-07 07:53:57 GMT - Cyprus - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:8133942
NICOSIA, Oct 7 (MENA) - Turkish provocative actions in Cyprus' exclusive economic zone are not acceptable, CNA quoted US Ambassador to Cyprus Judith Garber as saying. Quoting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo remarks during his official visit to ....