Middle East
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Israeli air force intercepts Syrian missiles
Date: 2019-01-20 19:38:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:7766563
GAZA CITY, Jan 20 (MENA) - Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted a projectile launched from Syria after it accused Israel of carrying out a rare daytime attack on the south of the country, the Jerusalem Post reported on ....
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Kuwait grants $ 60 mln to Gaza desalination plant
Date: 2019-01-20 08:55:45 GMT - Kuwait - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7765311
KUWAIT CITY/BRUSSELS, Jan 20 (MENA) - Kuwait has allocated $60 million for a desalination plant project in the Gaza Strip. The grant was announced by Mohammed Sadeqi, the engineering adviser of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development ....
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Former US envoy says Trump has given 'new life' to terror group
Date: 2019-01-20 08:41:46 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7765339
WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (MENA) - The former US envoy for the anti-Daesh coalition, who resigned last month because of President Donald Trump abrupt decision to pull US forces out of Syria, has penned an op-ed arguing that Donald Trump has given the ....
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Blast in Almotahalik Aljanobi in Damascus leaves people killed, injured
Date: 2019-01-20 08:27:51 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:7765283
LONDON, Jan 20 (MENA) - A blast on Sunday near security premises in Almotahalik Aljanobi in Damascus left an unidentified number of people killed and injured, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The blast targeted a Syrian ....
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3 terrorist tunnels destroyed in Salaheldin
Date: 2019-01-20 07:35:31 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7765195
BAGHDAD, Jan 20 (MENA) - Three tunnels, belonging to the terrorists in Makhoul Mountains in Salaheldin province, were destroyed, Spokesman for the Iraqi Security Media Center Brigadier-General Yehia Rasool said on Sunday. The three tunnels were ....
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Blast heard around Damascus; terrorist act reported
Date: 2019-01-20 07:10:55 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7765169
DAMASCUS, Jan 20 (MENA) - A blast has occurred around Damascus amid reports that it was a terrorist attack, said the state news agency (SANA) on Sunday. Roads leading to the scene have been closed and ambulances rushed there, Arabiya television ....
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Israeli settlers quarrel with residents, police attack Palestinians in Silwan
Date: 2019-01-19 09:17:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7764022
RAMALLAH, Jan 19 (MENA) - Israeli police intervened in support of Jewish settlers during a quarrel with Palestinian residents of Silwan, an Arab neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, early Saturday leaving four residents injured, according to ....
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Israeli forces conduct limited incursion into southern Gaza Strip
Date: 2019-01-18 10:25:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7762942
GAZA CITY, Jan 18 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Friday carried out a limited incursion into northeastern Rafah, in southern Gaza Strip. Four military bulldozers carried out dredging operations in the area, according to Palestinian ....
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Israeli authorities blow up house of Palestinian prisoner in Hebron
Date: 2019-01-18 09:56:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7762836
RAMALLAH, Jan 18 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces blew up on Friday the house of a Palestinian prisoner Khalil Youssef al-Jabarin in southern Hebron, south of West Bank. The occupation forces along with a military bulldozer and digger ....
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New UN special envoy for Syria to visit Moscow next week
Date: 2019-01-17 17:35:16 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:7762249
MOSCOW, Jan 17 (MENA) - New UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen plans to visit Moscow next week, his representative Reem Ismail told TASS on Thursday. "I can confirm his plans to go on a trip next week," the official said, when replying on ....