Middle East
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Israeli occupation arrests 100 Palestinians in Ramadan
Date: 2019-05-16 09:54:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7943631
RAMALLAH, May 16 (MENA) - As Israeli occupation forces continued arrests across Palestine, the number of apprehended Palestinians has reached 100 since the start of Ramadan, according to the Palestinians Prisoners' Club. The occupation has been ....
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20,000 new settlement units built in Netanyahu's premiership -- report
Date: 2019-05-16 09:09:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7943637
RAMALLAH, MAY 16 (MENA) - Israel has built nearly 20,000 settler homes in the occupied West Bank in the past decade under Benjamin Netanyahu's premiership, anti-settlement watchdog Peace Now said in an annual report. About 630,000 Israeli ....
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Poland demands reaction over assault of ambassador to Israel
Date: 2019-05-15 21:58:33 GMT - Poland - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:7943409
WARSAW, May 15 (MENA) - Poland's foreign ministry says it has summoned Israel's ambassador to the country to explain why the Polish ambassador to Israel was assaulted and insulted on the streets of Tel Aviv, Fox News reported. The incident comes ....
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Iraq to purchase Russia's S-400 missile systems
Date: 2019-05-15 12:01:38 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:7942591
MOSCOW, May 15 (MENA) - The Iraqi government has made a decision to purchase the S-400 missile systems from Russia, Iraqi Ambassador to Moscow Haidar Mansour Hadi said at a press conference. "As for the missile defense systems, the government has ....
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Kremlin: Pompeo gave no assurances to Moscow on Iranian issue
Date: 2019-05-15 11:48:36 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7942498
MOSCOW, May 15 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo had not given any assurances on the Iranian issue at Tuesday’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. Moscow regrets ....
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Palestinian statistics: 305 martyred since start of marches of return
Date: 2019-05-15 11:42:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7942310
GAZA CITY, May 15 (MENA) - As many as 305 martyrs were killed and 18,000 injured since the start of the peaceful marches of return which started in the east of Gaza on March 30 until May 14, according to new statistics of the Palestinian Health ....
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US fabricated Syria's fuel crisis to harm its economy - center
Date: 2019-05-15 11:41:07 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:7942250
DAMASCUS, May 15 (MENA) - The Russian and Syrian coordination center said that the US fabricated with its allied countries the Syrian fuel crisis to harm its economy. The fuel crisis targets cracking down on the Syrian economy, Russia Today ....
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Palestinians mark 71st anniversary of Nakba Day, announce full strike across territories
Date: 2019-05-15 10:48:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7942149
GAZA CITY, May 15 (MENA) - Palestinians will start on Wednesday events marking the 71st anniversary of the 1948 Nakba, a term used to describe the tragedy Israel’s establishment has caused for Palestine’s indigenous people as preparations are going ....
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13 Palestinians arrested in Al Quds, W.Bank
Date: 2019-05-15 10:36:13 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7942300
RAMALLAH, May 15 (MENA) - Thirteen Palestinians were arrested Wednesday by Israeli occupation forces in Al Quds and the West Bank. Palestinian sources said that 11 Palestinians, including a woman working with the authority of prisoners' affairs, ....
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US orders non-essential embassy staff to leave Iraq
Date: 2019-05-15 09:11:29 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:7942207
BAGHDAD, May 15 (MENA) - The US Embassy in Iraq says the State Department has ordered all non-essential, non-emergency government staff to leave the country right away amid escalating tensions with Iran, the New York Post reported. The alert, ....