Middle East
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3 Palestinians injured by Israeli fire
Date: 2018-08-10 16:35:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:7527758
GAZA CITY, Aug 10 (MENA) - At least three Palestinians were wounded Friday by Israeli occupation forces who opened fire at them, during the weekly Great March of Return protests along the eastern border of the Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said young ....
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Iran aide doesn't see 'any reason' for Trump-Rouhani talks
Date: 2018-08-10 14:37:34 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:7527633
TEHRAN, Aug 10 (MENA) - A semi-official Iranian news agency is quoting an aide to the country's president as saying that he does not see "any reason" for talks between US President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani at the next ....
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Russian servicemen in Syria shoot down drone near Hmeymim base
Date: 2018-08-09 22:58:33 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:102 - ID:7526883
MOSCOW, Aug 9 (MENA) - Russian servicemen in Syria downed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that was approaching Russia’s Hmeymim air base from the militant-controlled territory, Tass News Agency reported quoting a senior Russian military official as ....
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Israeli army instructed to take "strong action" against Gaza
Date: 2018-08-09 20:36:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:92 - ID:7526825
RAMALLAH, Aug 9 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Security Cabinet has instructed the Israeli army to take "strong action" against Gaza, Israeli Army Radio reported on Thursday. The Cabinet issued a brief statement late ....
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Former Iranian president Ahmadinejad says embattled Rouhani must step aside
Date: 2018-08-09 20:22:12 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:91 - ID:7526793
TEHRAN, Aug 9 (MENA) - Following days of protests across the Islamic Republic of Iran, the former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took to his Telegram social media account Thursday to blast his successor, casting Rouhani as someone untrustworthy and ....
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Israeli military court releases 4 Palestinian journalists, keeps 5th in detention
Date: 2018-08-09 19:39:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:87 - ID:7526737
RAMALLAH, Aug 9 (MENA) - An Israeli military court held at Ofer prison near Ramallah on Thursday ordered the release of four Palestinian journalists detained earlier this month but a fifth was kept in detention, according to Abdul Nasser Noubani, an ....
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Saudi king orders hosting of 1,000 male, female pilgrims from Palestine
Date: 2018-08-09 16:01:51 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:7526473
RIYADH, Aug 9 (MENA) - Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has ordered the hosting of 1,000 male and female pilgrims among the relatives of Palestinian martyrs, SPA news agency reported Thursday. The move comes as part of the king's Hajj ....
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Violence renews between Israel, Palestinian resistance
Date: 2018-08-09 15:33:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:7526433
GAZA CITY, Aug 9 (MENA) - Israel renewed its raids over Gaza Strip on Thursday shortly after the Palestinian resistance stopped launching rockets into Israel. Israeli artillery shelled an agricultural plot of land in central the enclave with no ....
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Israeli military court remands Palestinian writer for 12 days
Date: 2018-08-09 15:09:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:7526437
RAMALLAH, Aug 9 (MENA) - An Israeli military court Thursday remanded Palestinian writer Lama Khater in custody for 12 more days, Wafaa news agency quoted the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). PPS attorney Firas Sabah said the court, which ....
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Palestinian PM urges world countries to stop Israeli attack on Gaza
Date: 2018-08-09 15:07:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:7526215
RAMALLAH, Aug 9 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah urged the international community especially the European Union (EU) to exert utmost efforts to halt the Israeli aggression and violations committed against the Palestinians in Gaza ....