Middle East
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Israeli-made weapons, ammo seized in Syria
Date: 2019-05-11 19:07:03 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:7937513
DAMASCUS, May 11 (MENA) - The Syrian competent authorities in Quneitra found on Saturday weapons, equipment and medicine, some of them of Israeli-made, left by terrorists in Quneitra countryside, the Syrian news agency SANA reported. SANA ....
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Cyprus says Turkish provocations in EEZ hinder efforts to resume peace talks
Date: 2019-05-11 17:43:06 GMT - Cyprus - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:7937479
NICOSIA, May 11 (MENA) - The Cypriot National Council, the top advisory body to the President, on Saturday agreed that the Turkish provocations in Cyprus' exclusive economic zone hinder efforts for the resumption of the peace talks, under the UN ....
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Palestinian Foreign Ministry: Israel exploits Eurovision contest to consolidate its colonialism
Date: 2019-05-11 09:58:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7936844
RAMALLAH, May 11 (MENA) – The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates sent several letters calling on the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to withdraw any promotional materials for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, filmed in the ....
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One Palestinian killed, 32 others injured in Gaza border protests
Date: 2019-05-10 20:14:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:7936526
GAZA CITY, May 10 (MENA) - One Palestinian was killed and 32 others were injured by live bullets, including four children, when Israeli forces attacked hundreds of protesters taking part in the weekly Great March of Return rallies at the Gaza-Israel ....
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Daesh claims responsibility for Baghdad market attack
Date: 2019-05-10 09:52:19 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7935846
BAGHDAD, May 10 (MENA) - Daesh terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing that hit a popular marketplace in the eastern Baghdad city of Al Sadr on Thursday. A suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt blew himself up at the ....
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Washington to announce soon Palestine-Israel peace plan: envoy
Date: 2019-05-10 08:00:26 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7935663
WASHINGTON, May 10 (MENA) - The US is poised to announce soon its vision on achieving peace between the Palestinians and Israel, said U.S. Middle East peace negotiator Jason Greenblatt. The US plan will be realistic and applicable, yet, it will ....
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Moscow urges foreign partners not to scale back purchases of energy carriers from Iran
Date: 2019-05-09 21:40:54 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:7935591
MOSCOW, May 9 (MENA) - Moscow has urged its foreign partners not to curtail cooperation with Tehran, in particular, not to stop buying energy carriers, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a commentary released on Thursday. "We call on everyone not ....
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Palestinian foreign ministry considers "deal of century" as recognition of Israeli apartheid regime in occupied territories
Date: 2019-05-09 13:17:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7934862
RAMALLAH, May 9 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said that the announcements and decisions made by US President Donald Trump along with the leaks pertaining to the "deal of the century" in addition to the practices of the Israeli occupation ....
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Jewish settlers storm Aqsa Mosque compound
Date: 2019-05-09 10:24:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7934656
RAMALLAH, May 9 (MENA) - Settlers on Thursday stormed Al Aqsa Mosque compound from the Maghareba gate, said the Palestinian Awqaf authorities in Al Quds. Guarded by special units of the Israeli police, the settlers conducted provocative tours at ....
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Dunford: Deployment of Lincoln carrier meant to deter Iran
Date: 2019-05-09 10:23:13 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7934637
WASHINGTON, May 9 (MENA) - US General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has said that the deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force was intended to deter Iran, according to abc ....