Middle East
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Israeli forces arrest Palestinian, bar farmers from reaching lands in Hebron
Date: 2019-06-06 16:34:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7970279
RAMALLAH, June 6 (MENA) - Israeli forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance of Yamoun town west of Jenin on Thursday, arresting a Palestinian, Palestinian sources said. Meanwhile, the occupation forces barred Palestinian farmers from reaching ....
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Syrian army units destroy dens of Nusra terrorists in countryside of Hama, Idleb
Date: 2019-06-06 16:27:45 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7970258
DAMASCUS, June 6 (MENA) - An army unit destroyed with missiles command centers of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in Maartherma town in Idleb countryside, killing dozens of the terrorists, SANA news agency reported. Army’s artillery targeted ....
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Trump says Iran ‘failing as a nation’ after nuclear sanctions
Date: 2019-06-06 16:03:59 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7970200
PARIS, June 6 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has hailed the impact of US-led economic sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear weapons ambitions, saying they have curtailed Iranian subversion in the Middle East and made Iran a “failing nation,” ....
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Trump says there is ‘always a chance’ of military action against Iran
Date: 2019-06-05 16:03:33 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7969372
WASHINGTON, June 5 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said Wednesday there is “always a chance” the US could take military action against Iran, but he would much rather hold talks with President Hassan Rouhani, CNBC reported. In statements ....
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Israeli settlers storm northern Nablus, set fire to Palestinian farmland
Date: 2019-06-05 12:38:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7969171
RAMALLAH, June 5 (MENA) – Dozens of Jewish settlers, backed by Israeli forces, barged into the district of Sebastia, northern Nablus in the northern West Bank. Mohamed Azem, head of Sebastia municipality, said on Wednesday that the settlers ....
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Jordan denounces building of 800 Israeli settlement units in Al-Quds
Date: 2019-06-05 12:00:02 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7969115
AMMAN, June 5 (MENA) – Jordan has strongly condemned Israel’s decision to build 800 settlement units in occupied East Jerusalem. Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Al Safadi said on Wednesday that the Israeli decision ....
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Palestinian president performs Eid prayers at mosque in Ramallah
Date: 2019-06-05 05:40:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:7968716
RAMALLAH, June 5 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas performed Eidul Fitr prayers at el Teshrifat mosque at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah on Wednesday. Chief Justice of Palestine Dr Mahmoud Al Habbash greeted Arab and Islamic ....
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In northern Syria, food supplies turned into weapon of war - - UN
Date: 2019-06-04 14:14:36 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:7968164
GENEVA, June 4 (MENA) - Fighters set fire to thousands of acres of wheat and other crops in northwest Syria in a campaign that has turned food supplies into a “weapon of war” and forced hundreds of thousands of civilians to flee, the United Nations ....
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Syria, Russia mull economic, trade cooperation
Date: 2019-06-04 12:21:40 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:7968022
DAMASCUS/MOSCOW, June 4 (MENA) - Syrian Minister of Presidential Affairs Mansour Azzam discussed on Tuesday with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov ways of boosting economic, trade, and financial relations. The two sides stresse, during ....
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Little festive atmosphere in Gaza amid rising poverty rates - Palestinian MP
Date: 2019-06-03 18:35:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:7967328
GAZA CITY, June 3 (MENA) - The Head of the Popular Committee against the Israeli Siege MP Jamal al Khodari stressed that there is little festive atmosphere in the Gaza Strip this year amid the rising poverty and unemployment rates ahead of Eidul ....