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Israeli forces detain 12 Palestinians in WB
Date: 2018-04-10 09:50:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7342148
RAMALLAH, April 10 (MENA) - Twelve Palestinians were arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank and Al Quds on Monday night and early on Tuesday. The Israeli forces detained two youths form Bayt Rima village, east of Ramallah along with ....
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Abbas to urge full implementation of Arab peace initiative at Arab summit - official
Date: 2018-04-10 09:39:23 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7342122
ŮŚRAMALLAH, April 10 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will call during the Arab summit - due to be held in Saudi Arabia on Sunday - for full implementation of the Arab peace initiative, a member of the Fatah movement's Central Committee ....
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Palestinian dies of wounds near al Quds
Date: 2018-04-09 18:00:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:7341638
RAMALLAH, April 9 (MENA) - A 30-year-old Palestinian was succumbed to his wounds after being shot by an Israeli settler near al Quds, local medical sources reported Monday. The Palestinian young man, identified as Mohamed Abdel Karim Marshoud, ....
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Jordan condemns chemical attack on Syria's Douma
Date: 2018-04-09 16:37:18 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:7341618
AMMAN, April 9 (MENA) - Jordan condemned Monday the chemical attack that took place in the city of Douma, Ghouta, eastern the Syrian capital Damascus, which left scores dead and injured, calling for an international investigation into the ....
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Fatah deputy chief: US seeks turning Palestinian cause from political to humanitarian
Date: 2018-04-09 16:35:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:7341616
RAMALLAH, April 9 (MENA) - Deputy Head of Palestinian Fatah Movement Mahmoud al Aloul asserted that the US seeks to convert the Palestinian cause from a political issue to a humanitarian and economic one. This remark came as a comment on the ....
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US officials confirm Israel hit Syria after suspected Ghouta chemical attack
Date: 2018-04-09 14:32:58 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:7341428
WASHINGTON, April 9 (MENA) - Israel carried out air strikes against a Syrian air base early Monday morning and informed the U.S. in advance, two US officials told NBC News. The pre-dawn missile attack came hours after a deadly suspected poison ....
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Lavrov urges Turkey to hand over Afrin region to Syrian gov't.
Date: 2018-04-09 13:18:33 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7341080
MOSCOW, April 9 (MENA) - Moscow hopes Turkey will return Afrin under the Syrian government control, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday in a press conference with his Tajik counterpart Sirodjidin Aslov. "Turkish President Recep ....
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ICC statement paves way for launching official probe into Gaza incidents - Palestinian FM
Date: 2018-04-09 13:01:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7341181
RAMALLAH, April 9 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al Maliki has considered the statements of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the crimes of Israel in Gaza Strip as a start to launching an official probe into ....
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OPCW chief expresses grave concern about chemical attack in Syria
Date: 2018-04-09 10:59:28 GMT - Netherlands - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7341017
THE HAGUE, April 9 (MENA) - Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Ahmet Uzumcu expressed Monday his grave concern about the alleged chemical attack that targeted the Syrian town of Douma. The United ....
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Israel declines to comment on involvement in Syria air base attack
Date: 2018-04-09 08:56:29 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7340884
MOSCOW, April 9 (MENA) - The Israeli army has refused to comment on the Russian Defense Ministry’s data about the strikes on the Syrian T-4 airbase, Sputnik news agency reported. The Russian Defense Ministry has stated two Israeli warplanes had ....