Middle East
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Israeli forces suppress protest of journalists in West Bank
Date: 2018-11-17 18:15:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:7674437
RAMALLAH, Nov 17 (MENA) - Several Palestinian and international journalists suffered severe tear-gas inhalation as Israeli forces suppressed a peaceful march at Qalandiya checkpoint north of Al-Quds. The demonstrators called on Israeli ....
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Palestinian Foreign Ministry slams US pro-Israel bias
Date: 2018-11-17 14:43:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:7674049
RAMALLAH, Nov 17 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates slammed on Saturday the US administration’s policy for the Middle East describing it as blindly biased towards the Israeli occupation regime. In a statement ....
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5.1-magnitude quake hits southeastern Iran
Date: 2018-11-17 07:35:42 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7673524
TEHRAN, Nov 17 (MENA) - A 5.1-magnitude earthquake hit Iran's Anbarabad, the southeastern province of Kerman with no casualties reported, managing director of Kerman crisis management office announced. Majid Saeedi said that immediately after the ....
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40 Palestinians injured by Israeli forces on Gaza border
Date: 2018-11-16 19:41:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:7673230
GAZA CITY, Nov 16 (MENA) - At least, 40 Palestinians were injured and others suffered teargas inhalation on Friday as Israeli forces attacked protests along the Gaza-Israel border, said the Ministry of Health in Gaza in a statement. The protests ....
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Early election inevitable, but Netanyahu denying it -- JPost
Date: 2018-11-16 16:41:37 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:7673172
GAZA CITY, Nov 16 (MENA ) - Nearly all of the Likud’s coalition partners have called to go to an early election as soon as possible, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly continued to express hope that it won’t happen on Friday ....
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Tunisia confirms its stance supporting Palestinian cause
Date: 2018-11-16 10:56:39 GMT - Tunisia - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7672708
TUNIS, Nov 16 (MENA) - Tunisia on Friday confirmed its stance supporting the Palestinian cause and the struggle of the Palestinian people to restore their rights. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement, underlined that Tunisia will ....
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Israeli forces open fire at Palestinian farmers in Gaza Strip
Date: 2018-11-16 09:56:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7672593
GAZA CITY, Nov 16 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces on Friday opened fire at Palestinian farmers and their lands which are located on borders, east of the al-Qarara town in southern Gaza Strip. No casualties were reported, eye witnesses ....
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Yemeni parliament urges UNSC to protect Palestinians
Date: 2018-11-16 08:22:16 GMT - Yemen - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7672450
ADEN, Nov 16 (MENA) - The Yemeni parliament has called on the United Nations Security Council and international organizations to intervene to stop the Zionist aggression on the Palestinian people, reported the Yemeni news agency on Friday. In a ....
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Russia: US bombs Syrian town with banned white phosphorus munitions
Date: 2018-11-15 22:48:28 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:110 - ID:7672276
MOSCOW, Nov 15 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the US-led international coalition have recently hit the Syrian city of Deir Ezor with phophorus bombs. In statements carried by Russia Today, the Russian ....
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After detaining mother of alleged Jerusalem attacker, Israeli police round up-remaining family members
Date: 2018-11-15 15:57:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:7671404
RAMALLAH, Nov 15 (MENA) - After detaining early Thursday Ulfat Abu Jamal, mother of Abdul Rahman who allegedly stabbed two Israeli policemen in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday night, Israel police returned to the Abu Jamal house in Jabal ....